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Brady HendersonESPN
SEATTLE — Normal supervisor John Schneider says that he by no means “actively negotiated” with any groups that known as the Seattle Seahawks a couple of doable commerce for Russell Wilson.
Coach Pete Carroll says the group and Wilson are in a “unbelievable place” and that the Seahawks had been by no means going to commerce their star quarterback.
Schneider and Carroll spoke publicly Wednesday for the primary time since Wilson aired his frustrations with the organization during media interviews in February. Amongst Wilson’s frustrations was all of the hits he is taken over his nine-year profession with Seattle.
“There was some stuff that was stated that needed to be handled, and it has been,” Carroll stated. “So Russ is in an ideal place proper now, and he is been in an ideal place all through the offseason. Now we have communicated all through the entire issues similar to I all the time have …
“Proper now, he’s as jacked up as he is ever been. He is within the strategy of turning over our new offensive stuff that’s completely different from the previous and issues that we have to be taught. He is completely after it and doing an ideal job, his mentality is powerful and his conditioning is true. He is doing an ideal job. So issues had been stated, issues had been stated. And generally you must take care of stuff and that is how we handle our enterprise. We’re in a unbelievable place proper now and actually enthusiastic about this staff and this season and this draft developing and all of that.”
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported in March that the Chicago Bears made an aggressive pursuit of Wilson however had been advised that the Seahawks weren’t buying and selling him at the moment. Requested about that report, Schneider stated plenty of groups known as Seattle about Wilson, however he declined to specify.
“There was no lively negotiations happening,” he stated.
Requested if Wilson’s post-Tremendous Bowl feedback violated Carroll’s No. 1 rule — all the time defend the staff — Carroll stated they “challenged” the rule. Carroll stated Wilson wasn’t any extra pissed off than he was after Seattle’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams within the wild-card spherical.
“Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson are two of probably the most passionate and aggressive people who I do know, and passionate folks simply say passionate issues,” Schneider stated. “I feel that it simply sort of got here out.”
Carroll declined to get into specifics on why he and offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer parted methods after the season, a choice that led to Seattle hiring Shane Waldron as his alternative.
Carroll referred to Professional Bowl security Jamal Adams because the Seahawks’ No. 1 choose on this yr’s draft, a reference to how Seattle gave up a package deal of draft picks together with this yr’s first- and third-rounders in last summer’s trade with the New York Jets.
Each Carroll and Schneider talked about Adams being part of the staff’s future. He is getting into the fifth and last yr of the rookie deal Seattle inherited from the Jets. A supply has advised ESPN that there is confidence within the group long-term deal will get performed with Adams throughout this offseason.
“We wish him right here long run, for positive,” Schneider stated.
Schneider stated he cannot focus on defensive finish Aldon Smith‘s current arrest in reference to an alleged second-degree battery in Louisiana. Requested about Smith’s previous, which features a home violence allegation, Schneider alluded to a blanket assertion he made years in the past about how the Seahawks would keep away from gamers concerned in such incidents and stated he is since realized that each scenario ought to be handled individually.