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Pete Carroll: We knew what we were getting into with Frank Clark

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The Seahawks’ decision to draft former Michigan defensive end Frank Clark in the second round last week has been met with some scrutiny stemming from the domestic violence arrest that led to Clark’s dismissal from the Wolverines last season.

Clark later pleaded down to a disorderly conduct charge, a decision that led Sandusky, Ohio police chief Ken Klamar to question the prosecutor’s handling of the case. General Manager John Schneider has said that the Seahawks were comfortable with the research they did on Clark, something that coach Pete Carroll echoed on Friday.

“We take such care in each one of these individual cases and the process of it, that we really knew what we were getting into with the player,” Carroll said during an appearance on “Brock and Salk” on 710 ESPN Seattle.