Saints and 49ers may make play for Jackson

If the Seahawks are shopping wide receiver Darrell Jackson for a trade, as has been rumored, there could be a few takers.

The question is whether the Seahawks are considering parting with one of the franchise's most productive receivers. The team isn't saying if it is seeking to move Jackson.

But things happen fast in the NFL, and Jackson could go in a draft-day trade next month if the Seahawks can get what they feel is good value for the seven-year pro.

"He'd like to retire as a Seahawk," Brian Mooney, Jackson's agent, said Wednesday. "But they've brought in Deion Branch, [Nate] Burleson, they have [Bobby] Engram back. They've got an awful lot of receivers."

Jackson has missed parts of the past two seasons because of injuries. He is under contract with the Seahawks through 2009 and is due $3.25 million in base salary in 2007. The Seahawks are loaded at receiver with D.J. Hackett joining Jackson and the other three.

Those factors could make Jackson expendable. San Francisco and New Orleans are teams with interest in acquiring Jackson, and there is speculation that a reunion with the former Seattle executive who chose Jackson in the third round of the 2000 draft, Green Bay general manager Ted Thompson, could happen via trade.

Still, Mooney's gut feeling is his client will be back with the Seahawks this season.

"You never know what could happen on draft day," Mooney said.

Carr to visit Hawks

The Seahawks will meet with former Houston Texans quarterback David Carr in Kirkland as soon as next Tuesday.

Carr, released last week by the Texans, has drawn interest from several teams, and plans to visit the Seahawks and Carolina Panthers in the coming days, according to a source.

Carr, 27, was the first draft choice in Texans history, in 2002. He spent five seasons as the starter in Houston but won only 23 games, getting sacked 249 times. The Texans sought to trade Carr this offseason but ended up waiving him.

Other teams are considering signing the 6-foot-3, 230-pound Carr. The Seahawks' interest makes some sense because the team has talked of getting a veteran backup for Matt Hasselbeck — despite the presence of Seneca Wallace — and might seek someone with more game experience than Wallace to lead the team in case Hasselbeck doesn't come back from shoulder surgery healthy.

Note

• The Seahawks will have the last pick of the sixth round in the draft, awarded to them by the league as a compensatory selection because Seattle lost four of its top free agents while signing three free agents from other teams during the 2006 signing period. The departure of G Steve Hutchinson was the main reason for Seattle getting another draft pick.

José Miguel Romero: 206-464-2409 or jromero@seattletimes.com