Seattle Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor has been largely as silent this offseason as his organization on his NFL future. Outside of a social media post, which stated June neck scans would guide his decision on his future, he has personally been fairly quiet on the subject until this weekend. He traveled back to his hometown -- Norfolk, Virginia -- for his annual Bam Bam Spring Jam where his charity event raised $10,000 in scholarship money for his alma mater, Maury High School, per 13 News Now's Brian Smith.

In addition to talking about his annual event, he also spoke about his future for the first time and gave a real window into his thought process.

"If my body says I can play, I'm playing. If my body says don't play, I'm not playing," Chancellor told Smith. "I'll listen. I'm a very good listener. I don't see myself as old. I feel like I'm still in my prime. It's not an age thing at all. It's just a matter of structural issues in the neck and if they change or not."

Although the update wasn't much different from his social media post; it did reveal with some added detail what's holding back Chancellor from receiving medical clearance -- a structural issue. His neck injury has been known since the moment he was injured towards the end of a week 10 win over the Arizona Cardinals last season. What started as a stinger turned into a season-ending neck injury in which the Seahawks nor the veteran safety have revealed much on the matter. Through Richard Sherman in February, it was revealed that that Chancellor hadn't been able to rehab the injury at that time. It was also noted from the Seahawks themselves that he hadn't had surgery. But those updates came months ago.

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Chancellor has made it clear he wants to continue to play football but it's never been clear if he'd be able to play football. Finally during their April pre-draft press conference, the Seahawks gave the first hints at a timeline on a decision for Chancellor as far as 2018 is concerned.

"He’s going to have a scan. I think it’s late June, early July," general manager John Schneider said.

The Pro Bowl safety confirmed the scans himself via his post and stated he'd make a decision on his NFL future then. Currently, the Seahawks have no way have gaining any cap relief on Chancellor due to his injury. The injury guarantees in his three-year contract extension signed last August make him impossible cut. Because his 2018 base salary and part of his 2019 base salary became fully guaranteed in February, the Seahawks would actually lose $4 million off their cap if they cut him. So instead of paying him $9 million in 2018, they'd essentially be paying him $14 million in dead money all at once not to play for them. The 2019 offseason isn't much better but at least there is relief. He'll cost the Seahawks $5 million in dead money but they'll save $8 million off their cap.

Meanwhile, the only relief they can obtain in 2018 comes if Chancellor decides to retire on his own but of course, he gives back some guaranteed cash if he does, which isn't the most sound of business decisions. Even Chancellor's update from over the weekend doesn't say if he'll retire depending on the information he gets on the structural issues in his neck and that he feels like he's still in his prime.

Even if he can't play in 2018 could he possibly hold out hope for further healing and a chance to return in 2019? The next set of scans will hold the answers to what Chancellor can expect for 2018 and beyond and will allow him to make a decision from there. The question now besides his health status is will that information lead to a retirement decision or simply a decision on this upcoming season?