4 takeaways from Pete Carroll’s Tuesday radio call…

Naturally, the major topic to come up was the recent Russell Wilson trade, which sent Seattle’s starter to Denver in exchange for QB Drew Lock, TE Noah Fant, DL Shelby Harris and a handful of draft picks, including two first-rounders.

After everything he said publicly about Wilson and Bobby Wagner over the last several weeks, it’s difficult to take anything Carroll says at face value. However, for what it’s worth Carroll is claiming that he tried to convince Wilson to stay.

Pete Carroll says on @SEASports710 that upon hearing from Russ that he wanted out, the coach tried to convince the QB to stay around. Says there were compelling reasons to stay. Pete says he fought for those reasons — until his efforts were futile.

— Dugar, Michael-Shawn (@MikeDugar) March 22, 2022

While we’re not crazy about the details of the trade, to be fair Carroll was in a rough position. Wilson is one of the game’s top quarterbacks right now but he’s also 33 years old and his next contract would likely have been out of a reasonable price-range thanks to the recent megadeal that Aaron Rodgers signed with the Packers.