Steven Hauschka ended the 2016 season as Seattle’s career leader in field goals with 175 and ranking third in NFL history in field goal percentage at 87.2.
He also ended it with an uncertain future with the team, entering the off-season as an unrestricted free agent.
In fact, having just completed a three-year contract worth $8.5 million, Hauschka is the highest-paid Seattle player now entering free agency — his yearly salary average of just over $2.8 million was the 11th-highest this season among kickers.
That salary, coupled with the fact that Hauschka had a few uncharacteristic misses — a 28-yarder that could have given Seattle an overtime win at Arizona, and a missed extra point that could have given the Seahawks the lead in a second game against the Cardinals, each results that proved the difference between getting the No.