Seattle Seahawks: 5 Most disappointing players from 2018

The Seattle Seahawks overachieved as a team in 2018, but not every player lived up to expectations.

The Seattle Seahawks season is over, but it was still a year to remember. The Seahawks played six games against playoff teams. They only won two of those games but still finished with a 10-6 record. If this was supposed to be a “rebuilding year” I can’t wait to see what Seattle will do next year when they’ve had another offseason to build an identity and add new pieces to the roster.

While the year as a whole was impressive, not all players were able to live up to the expectations set for them heading into the season. Whether it was injuries, lack of use or simply poor play, the Seahawks had their fair share of struggling players in 2018.

I am including potential injury-plagued seasons on this list. If a player is included because of an injury, that doesn’t always mean a player was bad this year — it just means they didn’t live up to expectations this season.

Before we kick this off, I wanted to give an honorable mention to the offensive line, minus Second Team All-Pro left tackle Duane Brown.

Russell Wilson was sacked a career-high 51 times in 2018, which is up from 43 in 2017. Even though the run game was terrific this year, the pass blocking just wasn’t there. The struggles up front cost Seattle 355 yards lost due to sacks. Again, the running game was the best in the league, in large part thanks to the maulers on the offensive line, but Wilson was hung out to dry yet again.

Now that I’ve covered the offensive line, let’s get into the list, starting with a former Pro Bowler.