"Ask T.J. Houshmandzadeh, and he'll tell you he has one foot out of the door in Seattle.

The veteran wide receiver expressed his frustration with a report on the league's website that the Seattle Seahawks are shopping him around the NFL and looking for a trade partner after the team's final exhibition game in Oakland.

"If Pete (head coach Pete Carroll) feels like that makes them better, then I'll be somewhere else," Houshmandzadeh said. "It's as simple as that. I can't control it. I'm the type of dude where it doesn't bother me because I can't control it, but it does bother me because nobody said anything to me, and nobody has said anything to me.

"And I've got a wife and kids that are coming up to Seattle, and now that's not going to happen because of what you hear. And so I'll just play everything by ear."

Speculation that Houshmandzadeh could be traded has been percolating around the league for weeks, but finally bubbled to the surface on Thursday.

Seattle likely won't cut Houshmandzadeh because they still would be on the hook for his $7 million salary, already guaranteed for this season.

The 32-year-old receiver was outspoken in his first season in Seattle last year, and had communication issues with veteran quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. But Houshmandzadeh still led Seattle in receptions with 79, his lowest output since 2005.

He also is returning from sports hernia surgery during the offseason, so that could have hindered the Seahawks trying to move him earlier during training camp, with teams wanting to make sure he's healthy."