In a one-hour sit-down with 710 ESPN Seattle’s Brock and Salk Show Tuesday, wide receiver Doug Baldwin addressed the rumors of various divides in the locker room over the last few seasons.

Shortly after the club unloaded Percy Harvin to the Jets midway through the 2015 campaign, whispers of a first locker room rift emerged. There was talk of a divide amongst players centering on whether quarterback Russell Wilson was “black enough,” leading to a general atmosphere of negativity.

“I would say that wasn’t the general sentiment in our locker room,” Baldwin said. “And that general sentiment has been now removed.”

Baldwin commended Wilson’s handling of the situation and further explained the misconception.

“You have this quarterback who comes in, he’s an enigma on the football field for us as a thrower and as an athlete, and he just worked. He didn’t really have a conversation with anybody, he didn’t really talk to anybody because he was just this kid that came in and wanted to be great and nothing was gonna get in his way. And so he didn’t really have time to build those relationships with those guys, and now we’re seeing that he’s to the point where he’s comfortable as the quarterback, he knows the game plan, he knows the offense, and so now he can spend a little more time in building that chemistry and those relationships with the guys on the field.”

Wilson suffered the first major injuries of his career last season and Baldwin praised the quarterback for his toughness.

“To be completely honest with you, he was hurt,” Baldwin said. “I’ve got to give him a lot of credit because for him to play through the injuries that he had; it was miraculous. It was unbelievable.”

Wilson wasn’t the only player to battle the injury bug in 2016, and that also took its toll on the locker room.

“It feels like sometimes we’re just barely holding it together,” Baldwin explained. “And I think a lot of guys in our locker room, we’re addicted to that.”

Baldwin said there was a sense of urgency last season, and he too was frustrated at times.

But despite these frustrations, the Seahawks have managed to find a way to keep things together, advancing to playoffs the last five seasons.