The Evolution of the Legion of Boom: Becoming Even Better Through Brotherhood

August 21, 2015   ·   Dan Pompei   ·   Jump to comments

RENTON, Wash. — Kam Chancellor is a training camp ghost, a presence everyone feels but cannot see. For most of camp, the only time Earl Thomas made the practice tape is when he trotted on the field after a play to pat a young defender on the shoulder pads. Byron Maxwell is on the other side of the country, making an average annual salary of $10.5 million and being told by Chip Kelly to shut down the likes of Dez Bryant. Jeremy Lane and Tharold Simon are rehabbing on a side field, but they might as well be in Philly too. 
Lesser-known names like Dion Bailey, Steven Terrell, DeShawn Shead, Ronald Martin, Tye Smith and Mohammed Seisay are getting all the action. Hired guns Cary Williams and Will Blackmon are trying to fit in.
Could this be the famed Legion of Boom?
"This is the 2015 edition of the secondary, which has nothing to do with the previous years," said Kris Richard, who went from secondary coach to defensive coordinator in the offseason.
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