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Seattle Seahawks: 3 Key contributors departing in 2019 free agency

By Samuel Teets

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - JANUARY 05: Ezekiel Elliott #21 of the Dallas Cowboys is pursued by #50 of the Seattle Seahawks in the first half during the Wild Card Round at AT&T Stadium on January 05, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - JANUARY 05: Ezekiel Elliott #21 of the Dallas Cowboys is pursued by #50 of the Seattle Seahawks in the first half during the Wild Card Round at AT&T Stadium on January 05, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /
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CHARLOTTE, NC – NOVEMBER 25: Mike Davis #27 of the Seattle Seahawks waves to the Carolina Panthers fans after a touchdown during the fourth quarter of their game at Bank of America Stadium on November 25, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Seahawks won 30-27. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC – NOVEMBER 25: Mike Davis #27 of the Seattle Seahawks waves to the Carolina Panthers fans after a touchdown during the fourth quarter of their game at Bank of America Stadium on November 25, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Seahawks won 30-27. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

Honorable mention: Mike Davis

Mike Davis played the 2018 season on a one-year, $1.35 million deal, which turned out to be a bargain for the Seahawks. Davis finished with the second most rushing attempts, yards and touchdowns on the team, only behind breakout star Chris Carson. Carson accounted for 14 of the starts at the running back position, while Davis started twice because of injuries to Carson.

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In by far the best season of his career, Davis finished with 112 rushing attempts, 514 rushing yards, four rushing touchdowns, 34 receptions, 214 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown. He led all Seattle running backs in receiving.

The Seahawks can afford to move on from Davis because they took Rashaad Penny in the first round of last year’s draft. Even so, the team is still breaking up the most successful trio of runners from last season and Penny dealt with injuries and inconsistency for most of 2018. Considering he was a high selection, though, the Seahawks obviously feel like he’s capable of picking up Davis’ workload.

Losing Davis could come back to bite the team, though, if Penny doesn’t develop into at least a solid backup. We’ll see what year two has in store for Penny and how Davis will fair in a deep running back free agent pool.

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