The likelihood the Seahawks will have their third kicker in three years has increased.
The team on Friday signed free-agent placekicker Sam Ficken to a futures contract for at least the 2019 offseason. That increases the probability Seattle will not re-sign Sebastian Janikowski and will let the 40-year-old veteran who had the job this past season become a free agent in March.
The 26-year-old Ficken appeared in two games this past season and two games plus a playoff one late in the 2017 season, both times for the Los Angeles Rams when kicker Greg Zuerlein was injured.