Seahawks' Carroll: Andy Reid was bitter over Russell Wilson pick

The Seattle Seahawks famously waited to draft their quarterback of the future.

The front office staff endured an excruciating 75 picks before selecting Russell Wilson out of Wisconsin in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft. Wilson was the sixth quarterback to be picked, coming after Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, Ryan Tannehill, Brandon Weeden, and Brock Osweiler.

The Seahawks have since said they intentionally waited until then to draft Wilson, but it turns out he was a hot commodity. After the pick, Seahawks general manager John Schneider fielded phone calls from other teams who were upset that Wilson was off the board. The first call came immediately after the pick, and it came from then-Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid. The Eagles were 13 picks away at 88th overall.

"I don't think John specifically thought the Eagles were any more of a threat than other teams - I don't know that - but I know that Andy called us right after the pick, though, and gave John some trouble about it," Pete Carroll recalled to reporters on a conference call Wednesday, according to Tim McManus of ESPN.

"They're old friends. But we were really sweating it out. We wanted him the whole way, and John had it figured obviously perfectly for us to get it done. There were a couple other teams that called in right after that, too. Andy was the first guy to call, though. We felt very fortunate."

While the conversation may have been light in nature, Reid's disappointment was real. The Eagles ended up selecting quarterback Nick Foles with their third-round pick.

"He was just giving John a hard time for taking his guy. Kind of regular banter that happens during the draft," Carroll said.

However, Reid wouldn't see another draft as a member of the Eagles. He was fired at the end of the 2012 season.