Jamal Adams carted off with apparent knee injury in potential Vikings crusher

Jamal Adams’ Vikings debut took a crushing turn in the preseason opener, as the veteran — and former Jets safety — was carted off the field with an apparent knee injury during Minnesota’s game against the Giants at MetLife Stadium on Saturday.Early in the second quarter, Adams lined up in the slot with the Giants facing a second-and-12, but as he tracked wideout Calvin Austin III across the field, he crumbled to the turf with an injury that was seemingly non-contact.Adams was taken to the locker room on a cart.“In such a short amount of time, Jamal has done such an unbelievable job coming here,” Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell said during an on-field interview before the second half began.“You feel his passion every single day.

Certainly felt it spending a few moments with him before they took him in.“You’re just crushed for him, the role he was kind of paving for himself, and then just having a personality, experience, toughness that he brought in such a short amount of time.We’re going to miss him.”Early in Saturday’s game, Adams had already flashed his potential, dropping Giants running back Devin Singletary for a loss in the first quarter.Adams, a former first-round pick by the Jets who made three Pro Bowls and earned a first-team All-Pro nod across three seasons with the team, signed with the Vikings in late July after appearing in 17 games — with four starts — for the Raiders last year.After getting dealt by Gang Green to the Seahawks after the 2019 season, he spent four years in Seattle before splitting the 2024 campaign between the Titans and the Lions.The Vikings were using Adams at both linebacker — which he shifted to with Las Vegas — and safety after adding the 30-year-old to the roster before training camp, according to ESPN.“I can play linebacker, safety, corner, nose tackle, defensive end, kicker,” Adams told reporters after signing with the Vikings, according to the Pioneer Press.

“It don’t even matter....