Report: Seahawks, Kam Chancellor less than $1M apart in contract talks

Kam Chancellor's holdout could be coming to an end shortly.

The Seattle Seahawks' standout strong safety said the two parties are less than a million dollars away from reaching an agreement, according to NFL Media's Dan Hellie.

Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said Chancellor wouldn't play in Week 1 due to his prolonged absence throughout the preseason.

"We love Kam. He's one of our favorite guys," Carroll said Wednesday. "He's been a core guy for all of the time we've been here. Unfortunately, he just got on a different side of his expectations of his contract and hasn't been able to settle that. He's not here with us, so we're going along, we've been preparing without him for some time now and we're ready to do that."

The bruising defensive back told Hellie that he's not asking for more money; rather, Chancellor said he's asking for the club to move money from the 2017 season onto this year's payout.

Chancellor wants to be paid $9 million for the 2016 season, Hellie said in a radio appearance on Sportsradio 950 KJR. He is owed $4.55 million in base salary for 2015, $5.1 million for 2016, and $6.8 million for 2017, with a $1 million signing bonus in all three years.

Chancellor also said he wants to be among the highest-paid safeties in the NFL for the 2016 season, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.

Selected in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft, Chancellor was the first of the Seahawks' core group of players to receive an extension, signing a four-year contract worth up to $28 million in April 2013.

The Seahawks established a precedent to refuse to negotiate extensions with players who are currently under contract, a mantra they broke for Marshawn Lynch last summer, when the superstar running back threatened to hold out.