5 worst first round draft picks in Seattle Seahawks history
By Lee Vowell
Number 3: Seahawks 2000 draft, number 22 overall: Chris McIntosh
Like many rookies who don’t work out, sometimes it isn’t about talent but health. McIntosh, it should be noted, has also gone on to greater things than just playing football. McIntosh is currently the athletic director at the University of Wisconsin and oversees a very successful overall athletic program. Maybe not getting to play a long NFL career helped McIntosh in the long run but it definitely didn’t help the Seahawks.
Seattle wanted to build its offense with early picks in the 2000 draft. With the first choice Seattle had, number 19 overall, the team chose running back Shaun Alexander. He turned out to be pretty good. With number 22 overall, Seattle picked McIntosh and McIntosh was a bust. McIntosh was drafted to be a tackle and did start 10 games as a rookie but he didn’t make it much longer after that.
Before his second season, McIntosh suffered a neck injury which would cause him to be limited to three starts in 2001. Of course, neck injuries are no joke, and it’s better for the human being than the football player to not take any risks. McIntosh rightfully didn’t.
McIntosh never played again after 2001 and wound up playing 24 games in his NFL career with 13 starts. While the Seahawks did have Walter Jones at left tackle in the early 2000s, it would have been interesting to see what a healthy McIntosh would have added on the right side. Again, though, retiring instead of risking further injury was the correct move.