Pete Carroll, Russell Wilson Deny Seahawks Locker Room Is Divided

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll on Friday refuted claims his team's locker room is divided after a report from ESPN's Seth Wickersham suggested a rift had opened following the team's last-second loss in Super Bowl 49. 

"The locker room is in great shape," Carroll said, according to NFL.com's Steve Wyche. 

Quarterback Russell Wilson concurred with his head coach. 

"I wouldn't say [the locker room] is divided," he said, per Wyche. "We're consistently going to the playoffs and we're consistently winning. I don't think we could do that if we were divided. We believe in each other."

Cornerback Richard Sherman echoed that sentiment on Twitter Saturday morning: 

According to Wickersham's report, cornerback Richard Sherman resented Carroll and Wilson in the aftermath of Super Bowl 49—which saw New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler intercept a pass at the goal line with 20 seconds remaining to seal the win. 

"It was clear that he felt the culture he helped build was being eroded, an erosion that predated the Butler play and traced back to the months after the Super Bowl win in February 2014, when the defensive players noticed Russell Wilson seemed to be the favored son," Wickersham wrote of Sherman. 

Tension or no tension, the Seahawks have sustained quite a bit of success under Carroll's watch. 

Not only did they capture a Super Bowl 48 title, but they have won at least 10 games in each of the last five seasons. All told, the team is 70-41-1 since Carroll took over in 2010.