Head coach Pete Carroll: Seattle Seahawks hope to re-sign safety Kam Chancellor

RENTON, Wash. -- Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Tuesday that the team hopes it can get a new deal done with strong safety Kam Chancellor.

Carroll said the team "would very much like to work something out" as Chancellor gets set to enter the final year of his contract with the team.

"We're working at it and that's really all we'll say," Carroll said. "We are working at it with every intention of taking care of this business. It takes a while. These things take a while."

Chancellor said the team has not spoken to him specifically about a deal as of yet and that it hasn't been something he has been thinking about.

"I'll let it happen when it's supposed to happen, and all I can do is control what I can control right now, and that's playing on the field and keeping that camaraderie together with my brothers and just keep building," Chancellor said Tuesday.

Chancellor held out for all of training camp and the first two games of the 2015 season as he hoped to get his contract renegotiated at that point. However, the Seahawks held firm with their stance of not wanting to set a precedent of ripping up contracts with three years remaining on the books.

Chancellor returned to the team and has played out the remainder of his current deal since.

"His frame of mind and our frame of mind is in a really good place and we're going to work hard to get something done as soon as we can," Carroll said.

Chancellor had simultaneous surgery on both ankles in Feburary to address bone spurs that has plagued him the last two seasons. He spent more than a week in a wheelchair before beginning to walk again and start his rehab process. He has had surgery on both ankles before and elected to get both done at the same time instead of having two separate surgeries.

"I don't feel all that pain anymore," Chancellor said. "It was just a lot of pain in my ankles every time I cut, every time I squatted in my position, every time I went to go make a hit, I just felt pain in my ankles, but now it feels clear and clean."