RENTON, Wash. — Pete Carroll stated Thursday that the Seattle Seahawks stay optimistic about getting a deal executed with receiver DK Metcalf however nonetheless not sure whether or not operating again Chris Carson will return from neck surgical procedure.

The 2 offensive standouts didn’t attend this week’s minicamp for various causes. Carson had an excused absence as he is but to be medically cleared whereas Metcalf, who’s in line for a large extension, stayed away in a considerably stunning resolution. The star receiver had drawn reward from Carroll for participating within the voluntary portion of the crew’s offseason exercise program amid his unsettled contract scenario and his restoration from foot surgical procedure.

Talking Thursday after the ultimate follow of Seattle’s three-day necessary minicamp, Carroll stated he hoped Metcalf could be there and referred to as it unlucky that he wasn’t.

“A choice that he needed to make,” Carroll stated. “We missed him. He had executed a pleasant job of contributing, being part of every thing we had executed after which he simply isn’t right here. So I am unable to say a lot about for what he hasn’t executed right here, however we might like to have him with us.”

The Seahawks deemed Metcalf’s absence from minicamp unexcused, which implies he is topic to fines of greater than $93,000 for lacking all three days. Carroll was requested if the crew plans to impose these fines however declined to reply, citing his coverage on not publicly discussing such issues.

Metcalf, 24, is getting into the ultimate 12 months of his rookie contract after recording a mixed 216 catches for 3,170 yards and 29 touchdowns over his first three seasons. He has not missed a recreation for the reason that Seahawks drafted him with the ultimate decide of the second spherical in 2019. His efficiency, plus the skyrocketing marketplace for broad receivers, has put Metcalf in line for a deal that might common greater than $25 million per 12 months.

Carroll stated there have been “some” contract talks with Metcalf’s facet. The Seahawks usually do not finalize big-budget extensions for under-contract gamers till later in the summertime.

“These are essential weeks to get one thing executed and we’ll see what occurs and hope that we will work one thing out,” Carroll stated. “[We’ve] actually intend to get that executed.”

When requested if he is any much less optimistic about getting a deal executed with Metcalf than earlier than his minicamp no-show, Carroll famous that the Seahawks have a robust observe report of extending gamers they need to preserve long run since he and normal supervisor John Schneider arrived in 2010.

“I am not much less optimistic, no,” Carroll stated. “We have been via this for years. It is a difficult time. We have had so many high-profile guys which have gone via this course of, and the way’s that labored out for us? We have figured it out in time. John is on it. He is as skilled as you may get at dealing with these things and DK’s obtained nice illustration and DK is a heck of a child. However there isn’t any approach of avoiding the primary time of this, the primary time of what it looks like and the expertise of it and all of that … He is a outstanding individual. He is an exquisite participant. He has a lot to supply the world and all, I simply don’t desire him to overlook this chance to the place we won’t determine it out. So we’ll do every thing we will.”

Carson, 27, performed in solely 4 video games final season due to a neck harm that required what Carroll described as fusion surgical procedure in December. He nonetheless doesn’t have a full vary of movement, per Carroll, and was not medically cleared after a latest analysis.

Carroll stated there is a “massive evaluation to be executed” when docs meet with Carson once more in a pair weeks, including: “They will reconvene and see the place he’s and tell us.”

“We visited — it was about 10 days in the past now — right here and had an actual good probability to hang around with him and really feel him,” Carroll stated. “He is involved as a result of he needs to play and he loves the sport and he is a employee, he needs to work and push and all that, and there is somethings that he was nonetheless slightly however restrained to take action he wasn’t fairly able to do every thing at the moment.

“It is simply arduous on him. Our guys love this recreation that they develop up taking part in and after they sense that there could also be an finish to it, it is arduous. It is tough and it is actual. We’ll love him via it and assist him as a lot as doable if that is the case, like we do with all people with regards to the top of it. It is inevitable. It is coming. However it’s all the time too quickly. We’re attempting to combat that off and he is aware of that. He is battling. He is doing every thing he can and he needs to compete all the way in which till the final phrase, and so he is going for it.”

Carson started all 5 of his NFL seasons as Seattle’s starter. He topped 1,100 yards in 2018 (14 video games) and 2019 (15 video games), the 2 healthiest seasons of what has in any other case been an injury-marred profession. He is underneath contract via 2022 after testing free company final offseason and returning to Seattle on a two-year, $10.425 million deal that features $5.5 million assured.

The Seahawks re-signed Rashaad Penny in March and drafted Ken Walker III within the second spherical, reinforcing their backfield with Carson’s soccer future up within the air.

“He is been one in all my favourite Seahawks ever,” Carroll stated. “Beloved what he stood for and what he introduced and we might like to have him again once more. He is a really particular participant and a really particular competitor in your crew and individual. So we’ll preserve our fingers crossed.”