No. 9: Kicker Blair Walsh
Contract: One-year, $1.1 million
It’s hard to hate on a one-year deal worth barely over a million dollars, especially without any bonuses or extra cap space, but man Blair Walsh was bad for the Seahawks in 2017.
Walsh was a Pro Bowler his rookie year in Minnesota in 2012, but he signed with Seattle after a disastrous 2016 season where he played in nine games and only converted 75% of his field goals and 78.9% of his extra point attempts, both career lows and well below the league average.
He had also missed a game-winning kick for the Vikings in the playoffs, something coach Pete Carroll and Schneider witnessed firsthand, as it happened against them.
Still, in an effort to replace Stephen Haushcka, the Seahawks decided to give Walsh a shot. He appeared in all 16 games, but converted a measly 21-of-29 field goal attempts, good for just 72.4% and often forcing the Seahawks to go for it on fourth down.
He was much better at extra points (97.4%) but there are some who believe his ineptitude is part of the reason that team did not make the playoffs.
So, $1M contract or not, it was a pretty ugly deal.