What was assumed given the circumstances is now official via Seahawks coach Pete Carroll. Safety Kam Chancellor, whose training camp holdout has continued into this week, won’t play Sunday vs. the Rams.
“He’s not here, so he’s not playing,” Carroll told reporters Wednesday. “That’s it.”
A report earlier this week said some of Chancellor’s teammates believe he’s willing to sit out the entire 2015 season.
Chancellor was subject to a fine of $30,000 per day of camp he missed, and now his absence gets really expensive. During the regular season, Chancellor loses one-seventeenth of his $4.55 million salary each week he misses, more than a quarter of a million dollars a week.
Carroll said “it’s a week to week thing” with the holdout, indicating he believes there’s at least some chance Chancellor’s accountant will convince him to show up soon.
“I am disappointed in this, very much so,” Carroll said. “I think everyone should be.”
Dion Bailey will start Sunday in Chancellor’s place