Russell Wilson pushed to have Pete Carroll fired before his departure from the Seattle Seahawks, according to a report by The Athletic.

The report states that Wilson asked Seahawks ownership in February 2022 to fire Carroll and general manager John Schneider with hopes that the team would hire Sean Payton to be the coach

Instead, Wilson was traded to the Denver Broncos in March.

Wilson denied pushing for the firings, tweeting Friday morning that Carroll "was a father figure to me" and that Schneider "believed in me and drafted me as well."

"I never wanted them fired. All any of us wanted was to win," Wilson wrote. "I'll always have respect for them and love for Seattle."

The Seattle Seahawks have re-signed right guard Phil Haynes to a one-year deal.

Haynes, 27, was set to become an unrestricted free agent next month.

He spent his first four seasons with the Seahawks after they drafted him in the fourth round out of Wake Forest in 2019.

Geno Smith told SiriusXM NFL Radio that contract talks with the Seattle Seahawks are underway and the chances of the two sides reaching a deal are "looking very good."

Smith, 32, is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent in March.

"We've had talks and we're in the process of getting all that settled right now," the quarterback said. "It's looking very good. We think we can get some things done, but obviously those things take time. This is the process that I hate about the NFL because I just want to play football, but it's a business as well, so we've got to take care of business and then we'll get back to the football."