The Seattle Seahawks recently locked up their franchise quarterback Russell Wilson with a 4-year extension. So, of course as the team starts to throw money around, it now appears another important part of the Seahawks success will be looking to get more money.
All-Pro safety Kam Chancellor is now holding out in order to get a bigger contract, despite the fact that Chancellor is still locked up with the Seahawks for the next three seasons.
Following from ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter.
In search of a new deal, Seattle Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor is not reporting to training camp and will be holding out, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
A three-time Pro Bowler, Chancellor is scheduled to make $4.6 million this season as part of a four-year extension he signed in 2013 worth $28 million.
Chancellor is an important part of the Seahawks’ “Legion of Boom” secondary group alongside Richard Sherman and Earl Thomas. The trio was affected by injuries last season, and Earl Thomas suffered a shoulder injury in Super Bowl XLIX that could keep him out for the start of the season. Chancellor played in the Super Bowl loss against the Patriots with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee but he remarkably had 10 tackles. He rehabbed the injury during the offseason without undergoing surgery.
Chancellor holding out is simply for monetary purposes. He’s already locked up with the team and he knows that while the Seahawks throw money elsewhere and they’ve also acquired new talent that could also command more money, why not get it now?
