Some might argue that the contracts the Seattle Seahawks gave wide receiver Cooper Kupp and quarterback Sam Darnold this offseason are the worst on the team. Darnold has had one good season out of seven, but Seattle signed him for three years and a maximum of $100.5 million anyway.
Kupp has been oft-injured for the last three seasons (missing at least five games each year), yet Seattle inked him to a three-year deal worth a maximum of $45 million. $26.5 million of that is guaranteed, and Kupp is already 32 years old.
The trick to both of those deals is that neither Darnold nor Kupp have guaranteed money in years two and three of their contracts, so they could simply be one-year players with Seattle. They do not, therefore, represent the worst contracts on the Seahawks' roster. Tight end Noah Fant does.
Tight end Noah Fant carries the worst contract on the Seattle Seahawks roster
Fant is likely a decent human being, and he is a decent receiver. He might be fine as a blocker too. His issue, or the systems he has played in, is that he isn't worth the money paid to him because he isn't productive enough. The 27-year-old tight end has a cap hit of $13,410,000 in 2025, the final year of his contract with Seattle.
In three seasons with the Seahawks, after coming over from the Denver Broncos as part of the trade that sent Russell Wilson to Denver, Fant has never had more than 500 yards receiving in a season, nor has he had more than 50 catches. He has averaged just 10.8 yards a catch with Seattle.
None of that may be his fault. Perhaps in new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak's system, Fant explodes. Kubiak likes using tight ends in his scheme, so this isn't out of the realm of possibility. But based on Fant's six years in the NFL, this seems unlikely.
Fant has the eighth-highest cap hit of any tight end in the league this coming season, but he was 18th in receiving yards among tight ends in 2024, and he was 23rd in 2023. He hasn't produced enough to match the value of his contract.
Maybe none of that is Fant's fault, as he has caught 76.5 percent of the passes thrown his way in a Seahawks uniform, but he might not also be a great route-runner where he can create space for his quarterback to throw to. Maybe he is only a check-down option.
Fant, though, carries the second-highest cap hit of any player on the Seahawks roster in 2025. He shouldn't be that. He needs to be closer to $4 million a season, but that isn't going to happen and he is probably entering his final season with Seattle.