Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider addressed reporters here the VMAC for about 45 minutes in a pre-draft press conference.

They covered a wide range of topics, but here are a couple tidbits.

Here’s what Carroll had to say about this year’s quarterback class.

“It’s a varied group, is what it is. There’s just all different sizes and shapes of guys. It’s a good group. There’s good football players across the board, but there’s not three or four guys that are the same.

“Each’s guy has kind of got his own individual kind of makeup and niche. So it’s been a challenge in that regard. They’re all unique. But we think there’s really unique players, and there’s almost one for everybody.”

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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll talked for about 45 minutes on a wide range of topics during his end-of-the-season press conference this afternoon.

Much of the discussion of course centered around quarterback Tarvaris Jackson and how he feels about his quarterback position moving forward.

Carroll again stood behind Jackson, commending him for playing through the pectoral injury, and stating that he will be the leader at the position heading into training camp, but that he will have to compete for the job.

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Amid all the conversation on talk radio and on the comments section here, Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll provided some clarity on who his quarterback will be next season – Tarvaris Jackson.

“Yeah, that’s where we are,” Carroll said. “We know where we are with that in that regard. Now, that doesn’t mean that we’re not going to look at the draft really hard and all the opportunities. We’ll always do that at every position.

“But understanding what this season has been like for him is really important. I don’t think you can look at any one thing, other than the fact that he was damaged for about six weeks in there, and just kept battling and fighting and made it though it.

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If you’re looking for guys on the end of the roster like third team quarterback Josh Portis, offensive lineman Jarriel King and safety Jeron Johnson to get more playing time this week with Seattle officially out of the playoffs, you might have to wait to see those guys again next preseason.

“We don’t plan on changing,” Seattle head coach Pete Carroll said. “We want to see if we can finishing this thing off right and get a win there. It’s going to be very difficult. Arizona’s playing great football right now. But we’re going for it. We’re not shifting gear or changing. We’re not going to try and learn a whole bunch in one game of new things. We’re going to try and continue to finish this year out the way we’ve set a pace here now.”

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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said that his team is looking forward to playing NFC West division leader San Francisco on Christmas Eve this Saturday, and understands it will be a challenge.

“We’ve got a really formidable opponent in this one,” Carroll said. “I’m excited that we have these guys coming in to CenturyLink. It’s our last chance to play here this season, so we want to go out with a bang and do it right.”

Carroll is well aware of the fact that the Niners’ defense has not given up a rushing touchdown this season.

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Seattle Seahawks rookie receiver Richard Lockette was all smiles talking to reporters in the locker room, talking about being on the active roster for the first time in his professional career.

“It’s a dream come true, man” Lockette said. “I’ve been waiting on this since I was five or six, playing little league football and my dad being the head coach.”

Seattle head coach Pete Carroll announced the move was official today, and that Lockette had earned the spot by his work in practice.

The 25-year-old has made several impressive catches in practice the past, few weeks.

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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said the team is preparing as if Sam Bradford will play on Monday.

“We’re preparing for Bradford to play,” Carroll said. “It sounds like they’re resting this week, like we’ve done with guys, too. We’ve been doing this all year. He’s a fantastic player, and if they can get him ready to go, I’m sure they will. We wouldn’t know what they would do otherwise, so we’re just going to go ahead and go with it, with that thought and anticipate that he’s going.”

And although Seattle handily defeated St. Louis 24-7 three weeks ago, Carroll said his team is focused on Monday’s matchup.

“When you play somebody once and then you come back and play them again, it really has no bearing on what the next game is all about,” Carroll said. “It’s just a brand new opportunity, a new time. And what happened before doesn’t mean anything to us.”

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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll gave his most definitive statement on a player not suiting up for an upcoming game during this afternoon’s conversation with reporters, all but ruling out receiver Sidney Rice for Thursday’s contest against Philadelphia.

Rice suffered his second concussion in three games early in the second half against Washington.

“There’s no recovery time here,” Carroll said about Rice. “You need to get all the way until Thursday on the testing cycle to have a chance. So he doesn’t really have a chance to get through all of that. He won’t practice today. He won’t do anything today, and so this format basically rules him out. He doesn’ta have much of a chance at recovery here.”

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