No. 3: Left Guard Luke Joeckel
Contract: One year, $8 million
A handful of these deals were not criticized as the time, as either the rationale made sense or the player had yet to disappoint, a la Ed Dickson.
The Luke Joeckel signing, made just before the 2017 season, was baffling as soon as it was agreed upon, and the results were about as bad as everyone expected.
The former No. 2 overall pick had struggled a ton in his first four NFL seasons with the Jaguars, moving all over the line and never finding his rhythm as a pro.
The Seahawks evidently decided to take a gamble on the guy in the hopes of helping him rebuild some of the value that made him such a hot commodity in the draft. That kind of thinking would be fine, but giving him $7 million in guaranteed money is flabbergasting.
Joeckel ended up starting 11 games for the Seahawks at left guard, missing parts of the season with an ankle injury but still managing to allow five sacks, which was sixth most among guards in the league that year.
He was not re-signed and has yet to appear in the league since then.