PHOENIX -- Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider was asked Tuesday about the idea that the team could be open to trading cornerback Richard Sherman.

"I mean, we listen," Schneider said. "We listen to like everything you would think. We're in a lot of stuff. We try to pride ourselves on that. I think I've told you guys before we walk away from 98 percent of the deals that we're involved with or talking about.

"But at least we know that we've knocked down their door, we've gone in there and checked it out. We're not just going to assume. We always just have to constantly be thinking about the organization and how we're going to move it forward."

During a recent podcast on The Ringer, former league executive Mike Lombardi brought up the idea of the Seahawks trading Sherman.

"I truly believe based on what I hear around the National Football League that the Seahawks would in fact for the right deal trade Richard Sherman," Lombardi said.

"Seattle really thought twice about paying Richard Sherman [in 2014]. They thought they had to when they won the Super Bowl."

Sherman turns 29 later this month and has two years remaining on his current contract. He is due $11.431 million guaranteed in 2017 and a base salary of $11 million in 2018.

Earlier this offseason at the combine, Schneider said that Sherman was an elite player.

Sherman got into sideline shouting matches with coaches on two occasions last season but played at a high level. He has not missed a game in his NFL career.

"I just laugh it off, man," Sherman said of the trade speculation on First Take last week. "It’s funny to me. But sometimes people need to see you gone to realize what you had. The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. But I don’t let things like that bother me. The chips will fall how they’re supposed to."