On any other team, Chancellor, a 5th round pick, would have been nothing but a backup. Think about the LOB...Sherman, a 5th rounder...Maxwell, a 6th rounder...Browner, undrafted...Lane, a 6th rounder...Thurmond, a 4th rounder. ET, the one DB that was a 1st round pick has become the best Safety in the NFL. These players have reached the pinnacle of success because they were coached up by Carroll and his defensive/DB coaches. No other team has done this! Realistically, Kam owes his success to the Seahawks. He appears to have no loyalty to the team that made him what he was at the end of last season. He has taken that success and spit in its face. He has decided that extortion was the best method to take care of himself, even if it means taking money away from fellow teammates.
Even us fans that are nowhere near being salary cap experts know that Kam's contract was part of a plan to build a SB winning team, and to make the longevity of success for that team last as long as possible. Kam's greed and selfishness is spoiling that plan for everyone else...his teammates, the FO, the fans, and most importantly, for himself. He just doesn't get it. He isn't helping himself here. Kam's holdout was the "Impossible Dream" from its inception. Building a team in this fashion is not easy given the salary cap that GM's must adhere to. And when the FO signed all the key players to new contracts/extensions, I believe every one of us considered them to be generous to the players. It takes insane amounts of planning to build a winning team...Kam is not stupid...he is fully aware of all of this, and yet he has chosen himself over the team.
There should be no talk of trades or appeasement (a trade would qualify as appeasement). If Kam comes back, he should be compelled to finish out his contract through 2017 for the salary he agreed to, and then be let go to Free Agency without any kind of offer for a new contract. If Kam's gratitude for the opportunity to become a wealthy, wealthy man is a holdout, what's to stop him from holding out again next year, even if they meet all of his demands? What guarantee do the Seahawks have that that would be the end of it? You see, not only does it set a bad precedent when dealing with Kam's teammates, it sets a bad precedent for future dealings with Kam.
If Kam doesn't come back, the FO should just let him sit at home for 3 seasons. This sort of behavior cannot be rewarded in any way. If it is rewarded, it will ultimately ruin everything this FO has built in the last 5 years. Why would anyone want one man, Kam Chancellor, to spoil the place where the Seahawks currently find themselves?
