We talked to Seattle Seahawks general manager Tim Ruskell for about a half hour this morning on several topics with training camp only a day away.

First, on the Aaron Curry front, Ruskell said the two sides are continuing to negotiate and he’d like to have Curry in camp on Friday, particularly because of the important role Curry is expected to play on Seattle’s defense this year.

However, there is no deal in place as of today. Only seven of the 32, first-round picks have agreed to terms with teams at this time.

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KJR’s Mitch Levy interviewed Seattle Seahawks cornerback Ken Lucas this morning. Lucas talked about his return to Seattle, wanting to finish out his career as a Seahawks and how much he will contribute defensively.

On how has he changed since he left Seattle for Carolina, Lucas had this to say:

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Former Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren joined KJR’s Dave “Softy” Mahler this morning to talk about his renewed interest in returning to the NFL next year in 2010.

Holmgren said he’s in Salt Lake City babysitting his granddaughter Emma. Holmgren’s daughter Calla, a doctor who lives in Utah, joined his wife Kathy on a relief effort to work in refugee camps in Uganda.

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Seattle’s newest addition linebacker Aaron Curry was just as impressive during interviews this morning as he was at the NFL Scouting Combine back in February.

He was relaxed and approachable in answering questions, let still presented himself strongly and with confidence in answering questions from reporters. In listening to Curry talk you can understand whey GM Tim Ruskell and the rest of the staff were excited about getting Curry, and why he is a good match for the team.

Curry’s a small-town, community-oriented guy who lets his play do the talking.

Ruskell also addressed the Leroy Hill situation, stating that the two sides are continuing negotiations and that the franchise’s goal remains to keep Hill in the fold.

Listen to a snippet of our conversation with Curry here.

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Tim Ruskell said the Seahawks identified Aaron Curry early in the scouting process as a player they’d like in Seattle, actually taking an interest in Curry in his junior season.

“Our people kind of noticed him last year in the offseason,” Ruskell said. “And our people kept coming back with good reports as we went through the season. So we started paying attention to him in terms of watching him play and that kind of thing, and everything came up solid, so we kind of had our eye on this guy for a long time.”

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Seattle Seahawks general manager Tim Ruskell, head coach Jim Mora and vice president of player personnel Ruston Webster answered questions about the draft for a little over a half hour.

There were no new revelations in terms of what the Seahawks will do with the draft pick. Ruskell again said they’ve have their top four players in place, but what they do still will depend on what happens in front of them. And with all the speculation going on, Ruskell said that’s a hard thing for the team to predict.

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Seattle Seahawks general manager Tim Ruskell talked with local reporters for about 45 minutes this afternoon about the upcoming draft.

Even with the latest speculation of teams reportedly interested in moving up to select USC quarterback Mark Sanchez, Ruskell said he did not like his team’s chances of trading down, in part because he believes there are really no franchise-changing players at the top of the draft.

Ruskell also says the team has its top four players pegged – although the organization is still debating the order – and that the Seattle has not cemented who they want to pick at four.

For obvious reasons, he declined to say who those four players were.

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Former Houston Texans and Washington Redskins general manager Charlie Casserly talked with KJR-AM’s Mitch Levy about the upcoming draft and offered his thoughts on some the top players projected to go early in the first round.

Here’s some tidbits from the interview.

Casserly predicted Detroit would take Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford, and said if he were in Detroit he would also lean that direction.

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USC quarterback Mark Sanchez talked with KJR’s Mitch Levy about turning pro and what his thoughts are heading into the draft.

Levy asked Sanchez about the possibility of playing in Seattle.

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Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Greg Knapp joined KJR’s Mitch Levy on the radio this morning to talk about last week's minicamp and how the offense looked during the three days of practice.

Knapp said the minicamp, an extra set of practices Seattle received because of Jim Mora’s status as a new coach, was important for the new coaches to get a chance to introduce the new schemes to the players.

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Here’s the full interview with Seattle Seahawks head coach Jim Mora from Tuesday's practice, provided by the team’s public relations staff.

You can also listen to a snippet of the interview here.

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KJR-AM’s Mitch Levy interviewed Hawks defensive coordinator Gus Bradley this morning, covering several topics during a 16-minute interview, including how different Bradley believes Seattle’s defense will play in 2009, the division of duties between himself and Mora and how new defensive lineman Cory Redding will be used.

Here’s a couple of the highlights:

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