Michael Bennett denies ever asking the Seattle Seahawks for a trade.

“Man, like I said, they made rumors about Jesus, they’ll make rumors about anybody,” Bennett said, via Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times.

Bennett had reportedly wanted to be traded to the Atlanta Falcons.

Asked specifically whether he asked for a trade (as was reported by Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram), Bennett replied: “I never asked for it. I didn’t come to them asking for a trade. I’m still trying to figure out how a guy from Dallas make up a story about me, I’m living in Seattle, I’m like how does that happen? I’m in Hawaii surfing, got the kids surfing in the ocean and they are talking about something else.”