Pete Carroll insisted on Monday that the Seattle Seahawks will not trade safety Kam Chancellor despite fielding inquiries from other teams.
Chancellor is holding out and has insisted all along that he will miss games in order to get the money he is seeking from Seattle. Chancellor signed a five-year, $29 million deal two years ago, but he believes he should be making more money now.
Teams desperate for help at safety have interest in Chancellor, but Carroll is telling them they will not trade the safety.
“There have been a couple of phone calls from other teams, people just kind of wondering what is going on,” Carroll said via The Seattle Times. “We’re really not interested in talking to them about that, so we just don’t.”
One of the teams most notably reported to have interest in trading for Chancellor are the Giants, but they might have to keep dreaming.
Chancellor has been holding out since training camp began on July 31. The team plans to use Dion Bailey at strong safety for the time being, and they also acquired Kelcie McCray in a trade with the Chiefs over the weekend. Translation: we’re prepared to play without you if we need to, but we still want you back.
