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SEATTLE — Washington coach Boxing Jimmy Lake said Friday that the Pac-12 Top Rank 1 p.m. ESPN made the correct decision in postpon- ing the football season, even as the Sunday Huskies athletic program faces a poten- Time TV tially massive financial hit from not Major League Baseball having football in the fall. Cleveland at Detroit 10 a.m. ESPN At the same time Lake was speak- Seattle at Houston 11 a.m. ROOT ing via video conference, Washington L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels 1 p.m. TBS launched a new athletics fundraising Boston at N.Y. Yankees 4 p.m. ESPN campaign. In a letter, athletic director Jen Cohen noted that while budget National Basketball Association impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic Memphis vs. Portland (if. nec). 1:30 p.m. ESPN remain unclear, the department faces potential losses of up to $70 million. Women’s National Basketball Association Those budget shortfalls are largely Dallas vs. Phoenix 10 a.m. KOMO 4 due to an upcoming fall along the shore Seattle vs. Connecticut noon KOMO 4 of Lake Washington that will not have TED S. WARREN / AP football. But Lake reiterated on mul- National Hockey League tiple occasions this was the appropriate Jamal Adams takes part in a drill Wednesday during Seahawks training camp in Renton. Washington vs. N.Y. Islanders 9 a.m. USA course of action by the conference. Dallas vs. Calgary 11 a.m. CNBC “The number one thing is the health Vegas vs. Chicago 3:30 p.m. NBCSN and safety of our players, and our staff. Philadelphia vs. Montreal 5 p.m. KING 5 And right now there’s way too many Will Adams ‘get bored’ playing St. Louis vs. Vancouver 7:30 p.m. NBCSN questions than answers,” said Lake, who Golf became head coach after Chris Petersen LPGA Scottish Open 5 a.m. Golf resigned after last season. “I don’t want in Seattle? That’s up to ’Hawks PGA The Wyndham 9:30 a.m. Golf our team to be guinea pigs, or our staff Senior Players Champ. 11:30 a.m. Golf By BOB CONDOTTA to be guinea pigs. If things are not great effect last year with Adams. U.S. Amateur 4 p.m. Golf going to be safe we need to err on the The Seattle Times According to Pro Football Focus, side of caution.” Adams last year played 401 snaps at Lake said despite the postponement, Suddenly, a new question to wonder as strong safety (which has been his primary MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL he’s optimistic of the chances that Jamal Adams begins his Seahawks career position in the NFL and the position he is Friday’s Games Houston 11, Seattle 1 there will be a winter or spring football this week — is he going to find himself listed at by Seattle), 297 at free safety, 131 Baltimore 6-3, Washington 2-15 season, assuming control of the virus feeling sleepy in Seattle? in the slot, or as a nickel back, 96 as an Toronto 12, Tampa Bay 4 is possible and testing becomes more The question arose after edge rusher and 34 at corner. Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 1 Miami 8, Atlanta 2 rapid and readily available. He even defensive coordinator on The result was a year in which Adams Cleveland 10, Detroit 5 threw out the possibility of traditional Thursday said Adams “may get bored” in was named First Team All-Pro, making Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Mets 5 spring football practices taking place in N.Y. Yankees 10, Boston 3 Seattle because of the way the Seahawks 75 tackles with 6.5 sacks and one inter- Texas 3, Colorado 2 November and December as the ramp- use their safeties compared to how the Jets ception that he returned 61 yards for a Milwaukee 4, Chicago Cubs 3 up to a possible season in early 2021. use theirs. . L.A. Dodgers 7, L.A. Angels 4 St. Louis at Chicago White Sox, ppd. Washington would like to see a As the condensed version of the “He had maybe his most productive Kansas City at Minnesota, ppd. season of some sort from a financial quote spread on Twitter, it was easy for year here because we highlighted the skill San Diego at Arizona, late perspective. The financial projections Seahawks fans to take a shot at, especially sets that he’s had,” Williams said. Oakland at San Francisco, late Saturday’s Games are grim and Washington is asking fans considering Williams’ history for verbosity Williams’ point is obviously that the Kansas City (Duffy 0-2) at Minnesota (Berríos who have already purchased season and controversy, such as his involvement Seahawks won’t use Adams in as many 1-2), 10:35 a.m., 1st game tickets to consider their financial com- St. Louis (Hudson 0-1) at Chicago White Sox in the Saints’ infamous Bountygate scan- different ways as the Jets did. (Giolito 1-1), 11:10 a.m., 1st game mitment a donation to the program or dal. Or will they, and maybe break some Milwaukee (Houser 1-1) at Chicago Cubs a credit toward 2021, although refunds In its full context, though, Williams from precedence? (Mills 2-0), 12:20 p.m. Kansas City (TBD) at Minnesota (TBD), 2:05 are an option. makes a point that has some validity. General manager John Schneider hint- p.m., 2nd game Lake said he believes the other power Here’s what Williams said, in response ed that the Seahawks may be more flexible St. Louis (TBD) at Chicago White Sox (TBD), five conferences that have yet to post- to a question about whether the Jets will in how they use Adams than maybe how 2:40 p.m., 2nd game N.Y. Mets (Matz 0-3) at Philadelphia (Nola pone their seasons — the ACC, SEC change how they use their safeties without they were in the Legion of Boom days, 1-1), 3:05 p.m. and Big 12 — will eventually follow the Adams: when one reason for not moving guys Atlanta (Fried 3-0) at Miami (TBD), 3:10 p.m. lead of the Pac-12 and Big Ten. Pittsburgh (Brault 0-0) at Cincinnati (Bauer “Jamal may get bored there because around some was that they had basically 2-0), 3:10 p.m. “The Pac-12 and the Big Ten have they don’t use their safety-type things in the best player at each spot already. Cleveland (Bieber 3-0) at Detroit (Turnbull led the way in terms of going to confer- all the different complexities of maybe not “Adding a guy like Jamal who has that 2-0), 3:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Yarbrough 0-2) at Toronto ence only. We’ve led the way in terms showing what they are doing as much as versatility to play down in the box and (Anderson 0-0), 3:37 p.m. of keeping the health and safety of our what we do,” Williams said. play in the hole and play man coverage Boston (Eovaldi 1-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Paxton staff and our players as our number one Indeed, the Seahawks are known for is really important to us,” Schneider said 0-1), 4:07 p.m. Oakland (Luzardo 1-0) at San Francisco priority. And I expect all three (other) the simplicity of their defense, especially recently in an interview with Peter King (Gausman 0-1), 4:07 p.m. conferences to follow suit,” Lake said. during the Legion of Boom heyday when of NBC Sports. Seattle (Margevicius 0-0) at Houston (Javier 1-1), 4:10 p.m. Seattle’s philosophy was basically that it The Seahawks also showed a little more Washington (Corbin 2-0) at Baltimore had 11 players it could line up in the same variety last year, unveiling more six-defen- (Wojciechowski 0-2), 4:35 p.m. spot on every down and dare you to figure sive back packages than in years past, Texas (Gibson 0-2) at Colorado (Márquez 2-2), 5:10 p.m. Storm win seventh straight out a way to beat them. though that also seemed maybe a con- San Diego (Quantrill 2-0) at Arizona (TBD), Seattle’s secondary has long been cession to issues with personnel at some 5:10 p.m. known for its use of the Cover 3 defense, spots and needing more bells and whistles L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 0-0) at L.A. Angels BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Breanna (Heaney 1-1), 5:40 p.m. Stewart scored 21 points, Alysha Clark meaning three defensive backs each play- to try to make up for it — something that had 15 points and seven rebounds and ing zone in a third of the field. compelled a trade for player like Adams, Recall that made a similar but also something the Seahawks may NBA the Seattle Storm beat the Dallas Wings Friday’s Games 83-65 on Friday night for their seventh comment a year ago after he was a few hope adding Adams will decrease the Toronto 117, Denver 109 straight victory. months into his career in Baltimore. need for. Indiana 109, Miami 92 “This defense is very complex com- Carroll so far has promised only to put L.A. Clippers 107, Oklahoma City 103 It’s the longest regular-season streak Philadelphia 134, Houston 96 for Seattle since its 2010 championship pared to what we did in Seattle where we Adams in position to make the best use Saturday’s Game team won 13 straight. Jewell Loyd add- just ran Cover 3 all the time,” Thomas of his talents, saying what he likes most Memphis at Portland, 11:30 a.m. ed 12 points for Seattle (9-1), and Sue said. about Adams is his “primal mentality.” Bird had seven points and five assists in In an Associated Press story in 2018, “Forget all the playmaking stuff,” Car- NHL 21 minutes. Stewart scored 20-plus for former Seahawks player and coach Mar- roll said. “It’s that element of mentality Playoff Glance the fifth time this season quand Manuel (who worked under Pete that I love to add, so that Bobby (Wagner) Friday’s Games Carroll from 2012-14) perfectly encap- gets to play with a guy like that, and (Jar- Montreal 5, Philadelphia 0 Seattle made three 3-pointers in the N.Y. Islanders 5, Washington 2 opening six-plus minutes of the game sulated the philosophy of the Carroll ran) Reed gets to play with a guy like that, Colorado 3, Arizona 2 for a 23-10 lead and it remained a defense, which has been heavily replicated and Bruce (Irvin), and they’ll all feed off Vancouver 4, St. Louis 3, OT by teams with former Carroll assistants of each other, because we all love to be Dallas vs. Calgary, late 13-point advantage at halftime. Seattle Saturday’s Games finished 5-of-18 from 3-point range, the last few years such as Atlanta, Jackson- that way. That’s what we love about this Boston vs. Carolina, 9 a.m. ville and the Chargers. game is cutting it loose and letting it go Colorado vs. Arizona, noon one game after tying a WNBA record Tampa Bay vs. Columbus, 4:30 p.m. “You call plays that guys understand,” and getting to that primal mentality that Las Vegas vs. Chicago, 5 p.m. with 18 makes from distance. Manuel said. “You can get exotic (and cre- this game allows.” Dallas is 3-7. ate) paralysis by analysis; guys are over- The Seahawks are scheduled to host the thinking on the field. That’s part of what Jets on Dec. 13 in Seattle. WNBA Friday’s Games MARINERS FALL you see in this defense. I guarantee you And even if Williams’ comments Connecticut 77, Chicago 74 The Associated Press story for the in each one of these (Seattle-influenced) Thursday are a simple football observa- Seattle 83, Dallas 65 Seattle Mariners’ 11-1 loss to Hous- defenses, guys are flying around and play- tion pretty much backed up by fact, expect Atlanta at Phoenix, late Saturday’s Games ton was unavailable by the Skagit ing fast because they’re not thinking.” Adams to want to show the Jets that he’s Los Angeles at Indiana, 11 a.m. Valley Herald’s deadline Friday night. Williams is a bit different, as he likes to finding Seattle’s defense more than inter- Washington at Las Vegas, noon move guys around, having done so with esting enough. New York at Minnesota, 3 p.m.