• Have something to say? Register Now! and be posting in minutes!

Kam calling it a career.

Anointed One

Gone Country!
21,505
6,060
533
Joined
Aug 29, 2014
Hoopla Cash
$ 1,716.70
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
Glad to have had one of the best safeties wear a Hawks Jersey...I'm not surprised by this news, just glad to have had him part of the Hawks legacy... He's not a great player, but a great man as well... Hope life is good to him as he moves on to the next chapter in his life...
 

jerseyhawksfan79

Well-Known Member
15,199
4,571
293
Joined
Apr 23, 2013
Hoopla Cash
$ 42,273.33
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
Sucks it has to be this way but I'm glad he's retiring and not risk possible further damage to himself. He gave us everything us fans want from a player and more. Wish him the best and one day we'll see his name in the Ring.
 

Anointed One

Gone Country!
21,505
6,060
533
Joined
Aug 29, 2014
Hoopla Cash
$ 1,716.70
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
Meant to say, "he's not only a great player"
 

jakedog56

Well-Known Member
2,670
743
113
Joined
Jul 15, 2013
Hoopla Cash
$ 1,000.00
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
The problem is that he is not officially retiring. If he did so then he would forfeit a bunch of money. Instead he will count as big cap hits over the next 2 years unless a more financially amicable settlement can be reached.

Thanks for the big hits Kam!
 

Ojb81

Well-Known Member
31,588
9,001
533
Joined
Jul 3, 2013
Hoopla Cash
$ 1,000.00
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
:salute:Godspeed, Kam
 

HaroldSeattle

Administrator
Staff member
Admin
56,146
21,832
1,033
Joined
Sep 1, 2011
Location
Twin Peaks
Hoopla Cash
$ 45.14
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
The problem is that he is not officially retiring. If he did so then he would forfeit a bunch of money. Instead he will count as big cap hits over the next 2 years unless a more financially amicable settlement can be reached.

Thanks for the big hits Kam!
The Seahawks can cut him next year and save 8 million in cap space.
 

JMR

Go Army!
6,819
1,918
173
Joined
Dec 28, 2014
Hoopla Cash
$ 1,000.00
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
Everyone has pretty much said it already -- bummer to see such a great player's career come to an end, but I'm glad he's able to walk away with his health to enjoy the rest of his life. A football career is just a few notes in the overall song of life. Best of luck to him, and thanks for all the great memories!!

The Seahawks can cut him next year and save 8 million in cap space.

Yep, we'll have a big lump in our throat this season, but in 2019 we'll be able to get some relief from that pretty bad contract.
 

chf

Well-Known Member
6,945
1,077
173
Joined
Aug 15, 2014
Location
Calgary
Hoopla Cash
$ 1,000.00
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
Vernon Davis just smiled somewhere.


----


Thanks for all the GREAT memories Kam.

Hopefully your body doesn't deteriorate too badly as you move on with your life. See ya' waving the 12 flag down the road.
 

Cave_Johnson

R.I.P. Bob Saget
9,489
3,707
293
Joined
Apr 28, 2013
Hoopla Cash
$ 2,000.00
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
If the first play of the game in SB 48 didn't set the tone for the day, Kam's hit on DT early on definitely did.

Dude's gonna be missed.
 

seattlefan75

Well-Known Member
3,766
823
113
Joined
May 5, 2013
Hoopla Cash
$ 1,000.00
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
I believe that the seahawks still owe him 11 million combined both this season and next season. I read that the hawks wanted him to retire and put him as a mentor coach and give him his salary that way both this season and next
 

JMR

Go Army!
6,819
1,918
173
Joined
Dec 28, 2014
Hoopla Cash
$ 1,000.00
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
I believe that the seahawks still owe him 11 million combined both this season and next season. I read that the hawks wanted him to retire and put him as a mentor coach and give him his salary that way both this season and next
Looking at overthecap, it appears to me that the only money the Hawks owe him is the guaranteed $6.8M base for 2018. However, for cap purposes the team is on the hook for $14.3M -- the $6.8M that is guaranteed for '18 plus $7.5M of signing bonus proration. That's why they cannot cut him until next year w/o a massive cap penalty, and that's also why Kam isn't going to "retire" because he doesn't want to lose the $6.8M of real money. Now, could he retire and be hired as a coach to still get the $ while not being a cap burden to the team? Not sure, but this seems like something that lawyers have thought of already, and I bet there's some sort of language in the CBA that prevents teams from essentially circumventing the cap.
 

Screamin12th

Well-Known Member
6,563
1,349
173
Joined
Apr 22, 2013
Hoopla Cash
$ 6,290.90
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
That's 3 neck injuries career ending neck injuries in what the last 4 years JUST on the Hawks team. Ouch, i wish Kam well and i thank him for playing like he did for the Hawks. He set the tone for the defense and is the reason LOB was born. I enjoyed watching him on the field making other teams players look like wimps out there when he tore their heads off. lol
 

Screamin12th

Well-Known Member
6,563
1,349
173
Joined
Apr 22, 2013
Hoopla Cash
$ 6,290.90
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
I like how there is no music or fancy editing here. Just solid clips ( not all completely about Kam) But makes you really see the body of work he put in. He will be missed.

 
Last edited:

Screamin12th

Well-Known Member
6,563
1,349
173
Joined
Apr 22, 2013
Hoopla Cash
$ 6,290.90
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
had to share this one. I am Sure many have seen this one.

 

blstoker

Bill Bergen for HoF!
14,258
2,846
293
Joined
Apr 17, 2013
Location
WA
Hoopla Cash
$ 9,816.00
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
Kam placed on reserve/PUP list. 2018 over for him.

Nothing surprising there.
 
Top