Pete Carroll says Seattle Seahawks have 'no intention' of trading Russell Wilson

Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll on Wednesday said the team has «no intention» of trading star quarterback Russell Wilson this offseason.

But in his first comments to the media at large since the Seahawks' disappointing 7-10 season, Carroll again stopped short of shooting down the possibility entirely.

«At this time of year, there's conversations about everybody,» Carroll said when asked at the NFL scouting combine about any trade offers or inquiries for Wilson. «We're talking about everybody. And that's commonplace for us to have conversations with teams about all of the players — particularly marquee players — and that's not changed. It's been the same every year we've been here. So it's the same as it's been.

»We have no intention of making any move there, but the conversations, [general manager John Schneider] has to field those. He always has. But nothing specific to that."

Speaking afterwards to reporters off podium, Carroll said Schneider's standard response to teams that have inquired about Wilson is that the Seahawks aren't shopping their quarterback, according to The News Tribune.

During his 20-minute podium session, Carroll said he wasn't surprised by all the speculation over Wilson's future, «because last year, it was out there like twice as much.»

Wilson publicly vented his frustrations with the organization last February, leading to several weeks of tension between the two sides and trade talks with the Chicago Bears.

«It's the quarterback world right now,» Carroll on Wednesday. «They're talking about all of them. You guys are trying to do everything you can to try to figure it out. That's what you've got to do. So there's a lot of people taking shots, a lot of lines in the water right now trying to