Chancellor's combustive hits are a large part of what draws us to football. The problem is, we know too much these days. Too much about the debilitating effects of all the vicious hitting, and too much (though still not enough) about CTE.
The pending retirement of Seahawks strong safety Kam Chancellor has awakened a nagging sense of guilt that lurks within me.
This is no fault of Chancellor’s, mind you. His career was a sublime manifestation of the essence of football: hitting the other guy with the most brute force that a human being can muster.