{"id":841587,"date":"2026-03-29T20:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/841587\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T20:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:39:16","slug":"seahawks-most-overpaid-player-is-35-5-million-all-pro-wr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/841587\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks’ most overpaid player is $35.5 million All-Pro WR"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Seattle Seahawks<\/a> are coming off a Super Bowl run where they managed to beat the New England Patriots<\/a> in dominant fashion, thanks to their defense and running back Kenneth Walker III having a Super Bowl MVP-type performance.<\/p>\n

Coming off such a win, on the backs of the defense and their running back, it’s interesting that Seattle spent so much on their wide receiver room. Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Cooper Kupp, and Rashid Shaheed are all currently on big contracts.<\/p>\n

One of those players, according to Bleacher Report’s Brad Gagnon<\/a>, is the most overpaid player on the team. And of those three, All-Pro receiver Kupp is the most overpaid player thanks to his $35.5 million deal.<\/p>\n

Cooper Kupp named most overpaid Seahawks player<\/p>\n

“The former Offensive Player of the Year didn’t have a bad 2025 season for a 32-year-old non-centerpiece, but that’s sort of the point,” Gagnon writes. “He’s slated to cost the team $35.5 million over the course of the next two seasons despite the fact that he was targeted just 4.4 times per game in his debut campaign with the Seahawks.”<\/p>\n

Seattle is spending a ton of money on their wide receiver room, but of the trio of Smith-Njigba, Shaheed, and Kupp, the former Los Angeles Rams<\/a> star is the most overpaid player of the bunch.<\/p>\n

It makes a lot of sense. Smith-Njigba is coming off one of the best seasons from a WR ever, while Shaheed, a mid-season trade pickup, just signed an extension after making the All-Pro team in 2025 thanks to his returner prowess.<\/p>\n

More:\u00a0Rashid Shaheed for $51 million might be an overpay for the Seahawks<\/a><\/p>\n

Kupp caught 47 passes for 593 yards and two touchdowns in 2025. He was playing second-fiddle to Smith-Njigba, but he was still a solid player.<\/p>\n

In the playoffs, Kupp caught 15 of 23 targets for 157 yards and one touchdown as a quality alternative to Smith-Njigba in the Seahawks three-game Super Bowl run.<\/p>\n

His $35.5 million mark over the next two seasons, with cap hits of $17.47 million in 2026 and $18 million in 2027, is a lot. But if the Seahawks want, they can get out of his deal and save $14 million in cap space in 2028.<\/p>\n

Kupp might be the most overpaid player on the Seahawks, but thanks to the massive contracts of Smith-Njigba and Devon Witherspoon not hitting just yet, this isn’t such a bad deal, even though Gagnon called Kupp the most overpaid player on the team.<\/p>\n

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