NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport tweeted earlier today that, “Chancellor wants more money, has told Seattle that he’s strongly considering a camp holdout to make it happen”.
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The contract dispute between the Seattle Seahawks and quarterback Russell Wilson continues and with no progress happening, the 26-year-old player looks to end contract talks by Friday, according to a report by ESPN.
“That was just all about precedent”, Schneider said this year, of the Seahawks decision to remain steadfast on Lynch. But with his hard-hitting style and the myriad injuries he’s been having – a hip surgery before last season, bone spurs in his feet for which he contemplated surgery last September, balky ankles and knees, then a medial-collateral ligament injury two days before February’s Super Bowl for which he avoided surgery – Chancellor is likely seeking Marshawn Lynch-like, additional guaranteed money while he can. It didn’t have anything to do with that; it just had to do with precedent.
It appears that everyone is doing that anyway.
Wagner must be resigned if the Seahawks want to keep the middle of the defensive line from crumbling, Wagner can cover, blitz, and run stop better than most other linebackers out there.
Chancellor is the league’s 8th-highest paid safety per Over the Cap, making approximately the same amount as Miami’s Reshad Jones, Tennesee’s Michael Griffin, and Cleveland’s Donte Whitner. Corry notes that free safeties make more than strong safeties in the current market.
Chancellor signed a four year extension in 2013 worth up to $28 million dollars.
According to Over the Cap’s numbers, Chancellor’s $7 million average per season ranks eight among players at his position, well behind the four-year, $40 million extension signed by “Legion of Boom” running mate Earl Thomas last offseason.
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Players can be fined up to $30,000 a day for holding out of training camp.
