Seahawks guard Chance Warmack opting out of NFL season

The Seattle Seahawks will be without Chance Warmack, as he has opted out.

Chance Warmack opts out of the 2020 NFL season and will not play for the Seattle Seahawks.

According to Mike Garafolo of The NFL Network, “Seahawks OL Chance Warmack will be taking a voluntary opt-out for this season, source says. The former 10th overall pick, who sat out last season, had signed with Seattle in the spring.”

Warmack was the former No. 10 overall pick by the Tennessee Titans in the 2013 NFL Draft. He spent four seasons in Nashville before signing with the Philadelphia Eagles ahead of the 2017 NFL season. Warmack won a Super Bowl with the Eagles in his first year with the team, playing with the Birds through the 2018 campaign.

Will more NFL players be opting out of the 2020 NFL season like Warmack?

Of course, more players will opt out of the 2020 NFL season like Warmack did on Monday afternoon and Kansas City Chiefs offensive guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif did a few days ago. These are guys who play in the trenches and clearly don’t feel comfortable having to block the opposition in the age of coronavirus. However, there are players who don’t have their luxury.

Warmack was a former first-round pick, has already won a Super Bowl and hasn’t played in a year. If he’s not all-in on playing this year, then don’t, especially in a gladiator sport like football. You can’t be one foot in and one foot out and not get hurt. Football doesn’t work that way. As for Duvernay-Tardif, he is a doctor fighting the coronavirus back home in his native Canada, after all.

If a player has made decent money before and has already won a Super Bowl, then it’s probably easier to opt out than for some. Again, Duvernay-Tardif and Warmack can do whatever they want. Surely, there will be a handful of players who opt out from playing in the NFL this season. We must respect their decisions, regardless of if we agree with it or not. It’s their decision to make, not ours.

As for Seattle, it’s not like the Seahawks have had anything better than a wet paper bag for an offensive line throughout the Pete Carroll era in the Pacific Northwest. Quarterback Russell Wilson typically scrambles for his life behind said offensive line. His mobility is key to his team’s success the last several years. As long as Wilson stays healthy, Seattle is a serious Super Bowl contender.

Warmack opting out shouldn’t come as a surprise, as he isn’t alone in his decision-making process.