No. 4: Right Tackle Robert Gallery
Contract: Three years, $15 million
The Seahawks hoped to reunite tackle Robert Gallery, who had been the No. 2 overall pick out of Iowa in 2014, with offensive line coach Tom Cable in the 2011 season, signing him to a three-year deal worth $15 million.
However – Gallery did not have a lot of success in Oakland with Cable, and that trend unfortunately continued in Seattle.
Gallery started 12 games for the Seahawks in 2011, all at left guard, but he did not perform well enough to justify his contract, and instead of paying him $5 million in 2012 the team opted to cut him. The fact that no one else signed him, leading to his retirement, is a good indication he wasn’t deserving of the three-year deal that Schneider doled out.
This one could be higher on the list, but fortunately the Seahawks didn’t attach much guaranteed money to his deal, so they were able to cut him without it hampering their financial future.