Seattle Seahawks: Early 55-man roster predictions after the 2020 draft

Specialists (3): Michael Dickson, Jason Myers, Tyler Ott

No surprises here. Dickson returns for the third year of his four-year rookie contract. The Aussie made punting cool in 2018, making the Pro Bowl and earning a First-Team All-Pro selection. However, Dickson did not garner the same attention in 2019, despite pinning more punts inside opposing teams’ 20-yard lines.

Perhaps the young punter has learned how quickly the spotlight can shift off of players in the NFL. For a while, Marquette King was considered one of the most electric punters in the game. However, he fell out of the NFL quickly and ended up punting in the short-lived XFL. Hopefully, Dickson takes a different route and establishes himself as a 15-year punter in the NFL.

Myers cashed in last offseason after making the Pro Bowl in 2018. He signed a four-year deal worth $15.45 million with the Seahawks and immediately took a step back. After making 91.7 percent of his field goal attempts in 2018, Myers only connected on 82.1 percent of his attempts this past year. There’s a potential out in Myers’ contract following the 2020 season.

Ott arrived in Seattle in 2016, but he became a part of the special teams unit the following season. Since then, Ott has spent three consecutive seasons as the team’s designated long snapper. He’s entering the first year of a three-year extension he signed back in 2019.

Ott’s contract runs through the 2022 season, and the extension he recently signed is worth $3.3 million. Teams rarely change long snappers. For instance, the Dallas Cowboys acquired long snapper L.P. Ladouceur in 2005, and the team recently re-signed Ladouceur to a one-year deal. The long snapper is 39 years old. Ott is only 28 and could stick around in Seattle for another decade.