Pete Carroll on Duane Brown: He Makes A Statement By Not Practicing

Seahawks left tackle Duane Brown is in training camp but “hangs on” as he seeks contract extension. He doesn’t practice.

Coach Pete Carroll noted on Sunday that Brown was not going to play preseason anyway.

“He’s making a statement (by not practicing),” Carroll said, via Gregg Bell of The News Tribune. “He makes a statement about what he thinks has to happen.

Carroll was asked if Brown’s statement about wanting a new contract would cause him to miss regular season games.

“I don’t know. I don’t know,” Carroll said.

That should make Russell Wilson at least a little nervous. The star quarterback made it clear after last season that he was tired of being touched after taking 394 sacks in his nine seasons.

“We have to understand that because we need Duane Brown,” Wilson said on Sunday.

Brown is entering the final year of the contract he signed with the Seahawks in 2018 and is set to earn a salary of $ 10 million this season.