Readers choose the 5 worst Seahawks of all time

2: AARON CURRY, LB, 2009-2011

Sosler is right, other LB’s selected in the 2009 first round include Houston’s Brian Cushing and Green Bay’s Clay Matthews. But if Tim Ruskell was wrong for thinking Curry was the 4th best player in that draft, then so were just about every other GM in football. Curry was widely regarded not only as a can’t-miss player, but had been proclaimed by some as the best LB prospect to come out in the draft in 10 years.

But for all of Curry’s physical gifts, he was never able to make the transition to the pros. Some said he had trouble picking up the scheme, while other’s pegged him as a guy who lacked the motivation to thrive and got comfortable after being drafted and paid. Whatever the case, Curry’s baffling inability to get to the quarterback (only 5.5 career sacks) made him, at best, an extreme overdraft at #4.

Curry was traded to Oakland in 2011 but appeared in only 2 games for the Raiders and was out of the NFL after that season.

From the 4th pick to washed up in just 3 years. Curry isn’t just one of the worst Seahawk players of all time, he’s also one of the league’s biggest draft busts.

And now for the #1 worst Seahawk player of all time as voted on by our readers………

1: DAN MCGWIRE, QB, 1991-1995

McGwire was, hands down, the runaway winner.

Satterthwaite is right. The story lives on in infamy now, head coach Chuck Knox wanted Favre in the first round (“I wanted the guy from Mississippi,” he said) as did many others in the building at the time. Unfortunately, then-owner Ken Behring fell in love with San Diego State’s McGwire, reportedly after watching him play one game on TV, an upset win over Miami.

Behring obviously won, and Seattle took McGwire with the 16th pick. Knox was so upset he skipped a couple press conferences set up to discuss the McGwire pick.

We all know what’s happened since then. McGwire only threw for 745 yards in the NFL, while Hall of Famer Favre is now in the conversation as one of the best to ever play the game.

Imagine what could have been.

On a personal note, I was always shocked by how McGwire’s game never matched his physical stature. He stood 6’8″ and weighed 240 pounds. You read stories about how he had a “rocket” for an arm, but when I was covering Seahawks training camp for KEPR-TV (Pasco, WA) in 1992 I was stunned at McGwire’s lack of arm strength. He had poor mechanics. He seemed to cup the ball, curl up his wrist and almost throw it like he was trying to get some hellacious curve on a whiffle ball. He never looked as advertised.

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HONORABLE MENTION:

Other players who were mentioned by readers include Lawrence Jackson, Owen Gill, Tharold Simon and Kelly Stouffer.

Some players I’m surprised didn’t get a mention are Cary Williams, Stan Gelbaugh, Rick Mirer, or frankly anyone from last year’s offensive line.

But I guess these five were just THAT bad.