Gee Scott on why Seahawks’ Kam Chancellor ended his holdout

RENTON – No one in Seattle sports media is as connected to Kam Chancellor as 710 ESPN Seattle’s Gee Scott, who broke news Wednesday of the strong safety returning to the Seahawks. After doing so, Scott joined “Brock and Salk” to share his insights about why Chancellor ended his holdout.

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One of the biggest factors, according to Scott, was a sense of comradery and obligation that Chancellor has with and to his teammates.

“If there’s one thing that Kam talked about, it’s that he loves his brothers, he missed his brothers, and the fact that business was separating what was going on,” said Scott, who spoke to Chancellor Wednesday morning and does so regularly. “It just seemed often times that the business side of things was so much in the way that it started to get personal on the other side. It started to take effect in other arenas, such as him being a teammate. One thing we all know about Kam Chancellor, you hear about Kam Chancellor being the teammate that he is, being the leader that he is, that’s what makes Kam Chancellor Kam Chancellor – the leader that he is. He missed his brothers.”

Scott added: “On Monday, when we talked, if there’s one thing we talked about, it’s he talked about being able to come out of the tunnel, being able to play football. He misses the game of football. He misses being with his brothers.”

One teammate in particular who was instrumental in getting Chancellor to end his holdout was running back Marshawn Lynch. Scott said Chancellor referenced Lynch when he spoke with him Monday, a day after Seattle fell to 0-2 with a loss to Green Bay.

“He talked about how it hurt for him to see that Marshawn was out there giving his all,” Scott said. “Kam actually told me the fact that, ‘It’s hard for me to see my dawg like that. It’s hard for me to see Marshawn like that.'”

Scott said Chancellor was “hurt” by the criticism he received from Seahawks fans and even others in the media during his holdout. Chancellor took the approach of blocking numerous Twitter followers instead of reacting to their criticism, Scott said, because he wanted to remain positive during a holdout that weighed heavily on him.

“This was a hard time for Kam,” Scott said. “I don’t know if people think that he was just sitting back, fishing, relaxing, eating a ham sandwich. This was a tough time for Kam. This holdout was tough on him. I’m sure it was tough on the Seahawks, tough on fans, tough on everyone. But it was especially hard on Kam.”

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