Kam Chancellor, safety, Seattle Seahawks
Chancellor will be playing out his final contract year on a deal that will pay him a base salary of $6.8 million in 2017. He is currently the 13th-highest paid safety in the NFL.
However, Pro Football Focus rated Chancellor No. 3 overall in 2016. This was after the four-time Pro Bowl safety tallied two interceptions, defended eight passes and managed 81 combined tackles.
Not surprisingly, Chancellor is looking for a new deal. A deal we can guess might look like the ones Kansas City’s Eric Berry or Arizona’s Tyrann Mathieu recently inked. Berry’s new contract pays him an average of $13 million per year while Mathieu averages $12.5.
Never shy to speak up about contracts and salaries, fellow defender Michael Bennett is pleading Chancellor’s case as well. Bennett tweeted out that Chancellor is the “Best in the Business pay pay him now Seahawks.”
Indeed, Chancellor is one of the best in the sport. He is 29 years old, and if the Seahawks won’t buck up and pay him next season, another team surely will.