Seahawks free agents Seattle should re-sign or let walk

Just say no

There are five players that the Seahawks do not need to bring back. Three of them should be clear that under no circumstances should they return (the bottom three at the end of this list), even if they cost less than $1 million. Here are the five players Seattle should not resign.

Dekoda Watson

Watson is simply on the team to take up a spot to fill out the roster. He made $930,000 this year. In three games at the end of the year, including the postseason, he played 30 snaps. Yet in those snaps, he found a way to not make any tackles or any plays at all.

Kalan Reed

Reed, even on a defense that had its struggles at times at cornerback, managed to not make any inroads towards playing. Even his low salary of $720,000 is better spent elsewhere.

Jaron Brown

Brown made $1.5 million this year. This was his second season in Seattle. He has good size, but simply has no real consistent impact on games. Brown was targeted 28 times and caught 16 of them. But his average yards per target was 7.9. Compare this to Lockett who was 9.6. Metcalf was 9.0. In the last 8 games he played in 2019, Brown was targeted only 4 times and caught 2 of them for 15 yards. If Russell Wilson doesn’t trust you enough to throw your way, the Seahawks shouldn’t trust Brown to be on the team.

C.J. Prosise

Just when Seattle needed Prosise to play an important role as a lead running back because of all the other running back injuries, Prosise got hurt too. Again. Prosise did play in a career-high number of games this year, but it was just 9. He ran the ball 23 times for 72 yards so he averaged just 3.1 yards a carry. In his four years with Seattle, Prosise played in 25 games out of a possible 64. Let him walk away.

Ziggy Ansah

Ansah was signed last offseason to a contract that would pay him $9 million for one year. He had 2.5 sacks. That means for each sack he was paid $3.6 million. He had 8 quarterback hits so he was paid $1.125 million for each of those. For most of the season, Ansah either didn’t play because of various ailments or looked like he didn’t want to be playing. Seattle will save money by not bringing him back.