On the day that Earl Thomas broached the possibility of a holdout, an Instagram post from Kam Chancellor raised anew the uncertainty over the future of the Seattle Seahawks' other star safety.
Chancellor posted an illustration of his likeness in street clothes, with a backpack slung over his shoulder, midstride with a Seahawks logo behind him. The accompanying caption had no words, just an extended ellipses that made it all the more cryptic.
Maybe it meant nothing at all. But anyone who remembers Marshawn Lynch "announcing" his retirement with a picture of his neon green cleats hanging on a wire no doubt wondered if Chancellor might be intimating a similar plan after he suffered a career-threatening neck injury this past season.