49ers Should Take Notice of Veteran Safety’s ‘Surprise’ Cut by Jets
Regrets? Maybe Adrian Amos has had a few. One of them could well be his decision to sign on with the New York Jets this offseason, a move which has not gone well. It culminated this weekend in what the New York Post labeled a “surprise” move, one that the San Francisco 49ers surely noticed: Amos and the Jets agreed to cut ties on Saturday, by mutual agreement, according to NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero.
“Veteran safety Adrian Amos and the #Jets have mutually agreed to part ways, per source,” Pelissero wrote on Twitter/X.
Presumably, Amos wanted out of New York because he had lost out on playing time as the season went on and because, at age 30, he is hoping to latch on with a championship contender who needs experienced depth in the defensive backfield.
Sound familiar, 49ers fans?
Adrian Amos a Well-Respected Veteran Safety
Adrian Amos is a player who makes sense for the 49ers.
He is a nine-year veteran who had spent four years with the Bears and four years with the Packers. He had played in 66 straight games for the Packers in his time there, and started every game, earning the captain’s designation in 2022. He was a fifth-round pick from Penn State by the Bears in 2016, and immediately made an impression—he started all 16 games as a rookie in Chicago.
But that was not the case in New York. Amos signed on the recommendation of quarterback Aaron Rodgers and played well this season, when he got the snaps. He was behind Jordan Whitehead and Tony Adams on the depth chart, and his playing time dried up over time—he played just 62 snaps in the last seven weeks after having played 203 in the first four weeks of the year.
At Pro Football Focus, Amos had graded out with a mark of 72.7 this season, one of the best of his career. His best game, in which he logged a grade of 74.3, came in Week 3 vs. New England, and was the game in which he played 72 snaps, or 100%. That was the most snaps of his season.
