Three-time All-Pro linebacker Jamal Adams is now a member of the Minnesota Vikings, and he had just three words to share after the news broke.
Adams took to social media on Monday, July 27 to disseminate his message.
“Year 10,” Adams posted to X. “#Skol.”
Adams, a three-time All-Pro selection (2018-20), has played stints with the New York Jets (2017-19), Seattle Seahawks (2020-23), as well as the Tennessee Titans and Detroit Lions in 2024 before joining the Las Vegas Raiders last season.
He has spent most of his NFL career as a safety, though Adams played linebacker for the Raiders in 2025.
“It’s unclear whether he’ll be playing safety or linebacker in the Brian Flores defense,” Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk wrote Monday night. “Given the flexibility and creativity of the scheme, he could play both.”
Jamal Adams Struggled With Injury Issues for 3 Straight Years Before Last Season
GettySafety and linebacker Jamal Adams is the newest member of the Minnesota Vikings defense.
Adams has played in 102 games over his nine-year professional tenure, starting 87 of those contests. However, he has struggled to stay healthy and on the field in recent years.
He played in just 15 total regular season games between 2022-24, including one contest, nine contests and five contests respectively across that three-season run. However, Adams returned to full health last year, appearing in all 17 games for the Raiders and starting four of those outings.
Adams has tallied 546 total tackles, including 55 tackles for loss, 44 quarterback hits, 36 passes defensed, 22.5 sacks, eight forced fumbles, four interceptions and four fumble recoveries over the course of his career. He will play the upcoming campaign at the age of 31.
Vikings Needed Pass-Rush Boost Heading into Upcoming Season
GettyOutside linebacker Dallas Turner of the Minnesota Vikings is now a starter.
Minnesota needed a pass-rush boost heading into training camp, and the team got one — at least to some degree — by adding Adams.
“Vikes bringing in a dynamic blitzing safety!!” former Vikings player and KFAN analyst Ben Leber posted to X on Monday night. “Welcome.”
The Vikings’ primary rush will come from the edge of the defensive front, where Dallas Turner will start alongside Andrew Van Ginkel. Turner, entering his third season after Minnesota made him a first-round pick back in 2024, led the team with eight sacks last season and is replacing Jonathan Greenard in the starting lineup on a full-time basis.
Greenard, now a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, was part of a trade between the Vikings and Eagles during April’s NFL draft. Minnesota got back two third-round picks in return as part of that deal.
Adams can help Minnesota by serving as a part of the exotic blitz packages for which Flores’ defense has become known over his three years at the helm.
Adams’ knack for coverage, serving his ability to function effectively as both a pass-rusher and pass-defender, allows for the type of versatility Flores is likely to need due to a thin group off the edge behind Turner and Van Ginkel, as well as major question marks at the cornerback position.
All-Pro Jamal Adams Joins Vikings, Sends Emphatic 3-Word Message