Everything has been sadly pointing to this day — the official end of the original Legion of Boom — for what has seemed an excruciating amount of time.
Still, hearing it all from Seahawks general manager John Schneider Wednesday at the NFL Combine — that Kam Chancellor will at some point over the next few months be removed from the roster and that Earl Thomas will officially enter free agency — still dealt a jarring jolt of harsh reality.
Maybe, at least some Seahawks fans were surely hoping, there was still a chance that something could get worked out with Thomas before free agency — and while Schneider seemed to hold out hope Thomas would still consider signing with Seattle, no one else seems to think that will be an option.