Seattle Seahawks cornerback Marcus Trufant received a counterproposal from the team, according to a league source, though the sides do not appear close to coming to an agreement.

The exact amount of the counterproposal is not known, though it is somewhere between where the two sides started at the beginning of free agency.

Ten days ago, Trufant approached the Seahawks and told them he would take a contract worth less on average than the $9.5 million a year that Asante Samuel signed with Philadelphia shortly after free agency began on Feb. 29. It is believed Trufant told the Seahawks he would take about $9 million a year over five or six years.

Before free agency began, the Seahawks offered Trufant a deal that was worth approximately $7 million a season – though that offer was extended before Samuel signed his contract, which affirmed a cornerback market that had been established by Nate Clements in San Francisco last offseason.

Seahawks general manager Tim Ruskell did not immediately reply to Trufant’s proposal because he was working on the contracts of running backs T.J. Duckett and Julius Jones.

It is not clear how the Seahawks and Trufant left their latest round of negotiations, though the league source said a resolution does not appear imminent.

After Trufant did not accept their initial offer, the Seahawks designated Trufant their franchise player, tendering him an offer worth $9.465 million. That amount is eating up much of the Seahawks’ cap space, which they would like to use to sign other free agents and/or their upcoming draft class.

Trufant’s proposal 10 days ago would have allowed the Seahawks to save $6.5 million in cap space because he would have taken a 2008 salary and bonus of around $3 million.