Engram shows at Seahawks camp

KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) - Bobby Engram isn't happy, but he's in. Top rookie picks Lawrence Jackson and John Carlson are happy, but they are still out.

The Seahawks got off to a backward start to training camp Thursday.

A team spokesman confirmed that Engram, Seattle's leading receiver last season coming off a career year, reported for a late-afternoon meeting.

After setting the Seahawks' season record with 94 catches in 2007, the 35-year-old Engram skipped two voluntary minicamps in the spring and dropped a letter on the desks of team president Tim Ruskell and coach Mike Holmgren stating he wants more than the final year and $1.7 million he has remaining on his deal.

The Seahawks have refused to re-negotiate with Engram. Yet Holmgren and the Seahawks expected Engram to report on time and be on the practice field for Friday's first drills, mainly because they could have fined him as much as $15,000 per day had he held out.

Both Jackson and Carlson have already professed how happy they are to be in Seattle. It may take another day or so before they sign, but the Seahawks are optimistic both deals will be done soon. Since they are not under contract, they can't be fined.

Jackson, a speedy defensive end from Southern California and the team's top pick, was getting closer to signing his contract as of Thursday evening. His agent, Sean Howard, wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press that "we're still discussing terms with the Seahawks."

Teams and agents wait to see what money other first rounders get and then negotiate based on those figures.

Carlson's negotiations are likely being complicated by his agents knowing the Seahawks are counting on the rookie from Notre Dame to start this season at tight end, a position that is key to Holmgren's offense but was largely a black hole last season with injuries and the ineffectiveness of fading veteran Marcus Pollard, who was not re-signed.