Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll was mostly forthcoming regarding his team's interest in Colin Kaepernick as their backup quarterback; however, he would not give a reason as to why the team wouldn't sign the quarterback, since he himself was so high on their meeting.

Passing it off as Kaepernick being a starter-quality quarterback and the team already employing a starter in Russell Wilson, Carroll somewhat dodged how the team hadn't landed their former rival. But, all signs seemed to point towards a monetary gap.

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A gap in which NFL Network's Mike Garafolo confirmed over the weekend.

According to the report, the reason Kaepernick is not a Seahawk comes down to the two sides being apart on money.

The tea leaves aren't exactly hard to read on this one. The Seahawks don't have a ton of money to invest in their backup position but the former 49ers starter probably doesn't want to play for exactly the veteran's minimum next year.

With his limited options, one can assume he isn't asking for a starter's salary but it stands to reason he believes he's worth more than the Seahawks have to spend on the position.

So, the next question is what event makes one side or the other cave.

Will the Seahawks be forced into bringing in the backup quarterback by injury or mistake (read: Trevone Boykin legal issue)? Or, will Kaepernick be forced to come down even further to find an NFL home in 2017?

The season doesn't yet near exactly but by training camp, the pressure will be on the free agent if he wants to play this season.

It's a game of cat and mouse and the clear mutual interest means the game will continue to be afoot, heading into summer.