RENTON https://www.theseahawksfanshop.com/hats , Wash. (AP)Holdout safety Earl Thomas reiterated Thursday he wants to be traded if the Seattle Seahawks aren’t willing to offer him a contract extension.Thomas explained the reasoning behind his ongoing holdout in a long post on The Players’ Tribune . Thomas has skipped Seattle’s entire offseason program and missed the first week of training camp.Thomas said his holdout is entirely based around securing his long-term future with his current contract set to expire at the conclusion of the 2018 season.”One of the reasons I’ve always played so hard is because I want my actions on the field to be able to speak for me,” Thomas wrote. ”But I can’t do that right now – and I’m in a situation where I feel like I really have to say something. Not just on behalf of myself, but also for the other players around the league who are currently in the same position as me, or who will be in the future.”Thomas is a three-time first-team All-Pro and was the anchor for the Seattle defense that appeared in consecutive Super Bowls, winning the first. Aside from a broken leg suffered late in the 2016 season, Thomas has been a durable starter from the time he arrived in the league. Thomas has missed just seven regular-season games in his career.Thomas said he was shaken by the injuries suffered by Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor – two other members of Seattle’s ”Legion of Boom” secondary – in a Thursday night game last season. Sherman ruptured his Achilles tendon Seattle Seahawks Hoodie , ending his season, and Chancellor suffered a neck injury. Sherman was released by Seattle in the offseason and signed with San Francisco. Chancellor – while not officially retired – is not expected to play again because of the neck injury.”That Thursday night game really cemented in my mind the truth – which is that your entire life can change on one play. And when it does, no matter what you’ve accomplished in the past . you can still get cut without even so much as a negotiation,” Thomas wrote.Thomas said he’s become frustrated with the insinuation that his holdout means he doesn’t want to play in Seattle anymore.”That’s just not true, man. I love Seattle. But I’d hoped I wouldn’t even have to say that. I’d hoped that the way I’ve played for this team over the last eight years would tell you all you need to know,” Thomas wrote.— Dots have been connected between safety Earl Thomas and the Cowboys for a couple of years and there will be plenty of eyes on Dallas once Thomas is officially able to move on from the Seahawks when free agency opens on March 13.Thomas’ former Seahawks teammate Richard Sherman said the Cowboys aren’t necessarily the only team that’s going to be in the picture. Sherman said Wednesday that he’s spoken to Thomas several times recently and that he’s made a pitch for Thomas to join him with the 49ers.Sherman believes that Thomas is going to the Cowboys “if all things are equal Gary Jennings Jr. Jersey ,” but said Thomas has shown interest in the Niners and the cornerback is holding out hope that there’s a way to work out a reunion.“There’s serious interest. There’s obviously a clear and easy fit,” Sherman said, via the . “But financially it has to make sense. If you go into free agency and say, ‘Hey, we offered Earl Thomas $7 million,’ it doesn’t matter how much I recruit http://www.theseahawksfanshop.com/Cody-Barton-Jersey , it doesn’t how much you say. If finances make sense, then I would say we’re a major player in it. If everything aligns the right way.”Sherman noted that he’s not making the “major decisions” that would determine how much of a player the 49ers will be for Thomas, but the prospect of adding a playmaker like Thomas to a defense that produced two interceptions in 2018 is likely to be appealing.