Three most overpaid Seahawks for 2019

Every NFL can put themselves in a bit of financial trouble by playing some players too much. Who are the Seahawks that are overpaid?

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson makes quite a bit of money. In fact, he accounts for a little over 13 percent of the cap space Seattle has in 2019. He is the highest paid quarterback in the NFL currently. In the next four years, Wilson’s cap hit will only grow for Seattle. But Wilson is not overpaid so he will not be on this list.

Why do I say Wilson isn’t overpaid? Simply because the position he plays is valued much higher than any other position in the NFL. Wilson might be the highest paid quarterback now, but most likely by the beginning of next season he will rank third or fourth. And Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz already has more guaranteed money ($107.8 million) than Wilson ($107 million).

Here are three Seahawks that are overpaid for 2019 and because of this they might not make the roster.

Ed Dickson

Dickson missed a chunk of 2018 after being signed as a free agent before the season. In 2019, he is due to make $4 million. For someone who had 12 catches last year that is a lot of money to get paid. Dickson is a good run blocker and that is why Seattle initially signed him and he did show flashes of being able to do something with the ball once he caught it. But the Seahawks have second-year tight end Will Dissly returning and Dissly was drafted to be a blocker first. (It became clear that Dissly could do far more than block, however.)

Seattle also traded for Jacob Hollister to catch passes and the team still has Nick Vannett. Vannett will be extra motivated this year as it is the final year of his current contract. Having three younger tight ends and at lower cost makes Dickson expendable. He simply makes too much money.

Barkevious Mingo

Mingo might be a great special teams player but Mingo has a cap hit of $5.3 million this year. That is insane. Ideally, Mingo would be excellent on special teams while also getting 6 sacks or more. He has the athletic ability to do that but he hasn’t produced to that level in his six year career.

The Seahawks are loaded at linebacker so Mingo is expendable and Seattle would save money. What comes into question is just how much Seattle values Mingo on special teams but at $5 million Mingo is overpaid.

C.J. Prosise

I am very aware that Prosise is still on his rookie contract and does not even make a million dollars a season. Prosise also appears to be a good guy. The world needs more good people. But Prosise also gets paid to do a job that he hasn’t been doing. If I showed up to work as much as Prosise has shown up to work over his three year Seattle career I would have been fired two and a half years ago.

He has potential physically but he doesn’t seem to want to play through pain. That is something every player in the NFL must do. And in day one of training camp for 2019 on Thursday, Prosise missed practice with the flu. Something is always going on to keep Prosise off the field.

He doesn’t need to take up a roster spot at any price. Prosise was a third round pick in 2016 and has 192 career rushing yards in three seasons. Chris Carson was a seventh round choice in 2017 and had 959 yards more running the ball last year than Prosise has in his career. One wants to be on the field and one does not.