Veterans continue to find new deals around the league on Tuesday. Safety Adrian Amos is signing with the Jaguars, Aaron Wilson of KPRC2 reports.
Jacksonville is lacking healthy safety depth at the moment with Andrew Wingard
dealing with a knee injury. That ailment could lead to missed time in the regular season, especially considering the team’s investment in another veteran at the position. Amos split his time between the Jets and Texans last season.
The 31-year-old spent his first eight seasons in the NFC North evenly split between the Bears and Packers. While playing in Green Bay, he spent time with Darnell Savage. The latter was amongst Jacksonville’s free-agent additions this offseason, and he will now reunite with Amos for at least the time being. The Jags will aim to add veteran depth on defense with this signing, although last season Amos played more on special teams.
The former fifth-rounder has 142 appearances and 125 starts to his name, and he will compete for playing time upon arrival in Duval County. One starting safety spot is accounted for in the form of Andre Cisco, who has been a first-teamer for each of the past two seasons. Cisco has racked up seven interceptions and 15 pass deflections during that span, and another productive campaign would help the pending free agent’s market value even further.
Jacksonville has Savage as a safety option, although the team has also experimented with him in the slot corner role. Antonio Johnson and Terrell Edmunds are also in place on the backend. Amos will compete for a roster spot as part of that group on his latest team while attempting to continue his career as a depth/special teams contributor.
