Four Seattle Seahawks that could be cap casualties this offseason
By Lee Vowell
The Seattle Seahawks already have a decent amount of cap space to use this offseason but trimming four other players would allow them to sign a splash player.
It’s odd but the Seahawks do have quite a bit of talent on their roster. The problem is they play in the NFC West and every other team has a bunch of talent on their own rosters. And it could be that the best players on Seattle’s team simply aren’t better than the best players on other teams.
Whatever the issue was in 2021, Seattle isn’t that far from getting back to the postseason in 2022. General manager John Schneider and coach Pete Carroll simply need to make great choices in free agency and maybe, for once, pick up one of two top-end players. Perhaps Terron Armstead or Chandler Jones? But who might be cut to create more cap space for Seattle?
Four Seahawks that could be cut to create more cap space this offseason
Jason Myers
Cap hit: $5 million
Cap savings: $4 million
Unrestricted free agent: 2023
First of all, I should say I like Myers; He is a good kicker. But he didn’t have a great start to the 2021 season after being literally perfect on field goals in 2020. It is easy to forget the recent years Seattle struggled at kicker (Blair Walsh anyone?) and Myers fixed that issue.
But when a player’s dead cap adds up to just 20 percent of his overall contract, a team has to think about either re-working his deal or letting that player go. Seattle would save $4 million by releasing Myers and good kickers can either be drafted or signed in free agency for less than $4 million easily. Matt Gay of the Rams, for instance, made $850,000 in 2021 and was second in the NFL in field goal percentage (.941).