Latest / Seahawks Press Pass / Pete Carroll: "There Are A Lot Of Positives Moving Forward"
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- 0:01Speaker 1: Welcome everybody. John Boyle, I want to get it started.
- 0:06Speaker 2: What do you got John?
- 0:09Speaker 1: I would love to get us start, He sounded after
- 0:12Speaker 1: the game that again.
- 0:13Speaker 3: On radio today, Like, I mean, obviously you're not happy
- 0:15Speaker 3: about the loss, but there's a lot you liked about
- 0:17Speaker 3: that game. Just what what jumps out of you that
- 0:20Speaker 3: makes you feel pretty good even.
- 0:21Speaker 2: Coming off that result.
- 0:23Speaker 4: Well, you know, hitting out on the road again and
- 0:26Speaker 4: playing a full you know, sixty minutes football tough right
- 0:30Speaker 4: from the beginning, you know, and being ready to go
- 0:33Speaker 4: and playing all the way to the end. I mean,
- 0:36Speaker 4: we're playing to win, win the game, you know, the
- 0:38Speaker 4: whole way, and we just didn't get it done. But
- 0:43Speaker 4: I think that plus the seeing the defense play such
- 0:48Speaker 4: a solid football game against such a good offense and
- 0:50Speaker 4: a good you know, good group of receivers and QB
- 0:53Speaker 4: and the play caller and the whole thing, you know,
- 0:55Speaker 4: to see us play against that style that we have
- 0:57Speaker 4: a lot of respect for and play so well, and
- 1:00Speaker 4: we got better as the game went on, you know,
- 1:02Speaker 4: those are those are really good characteristics. And unfortunately we
- 1:05Speaker 4: don't win a game, you know, and we had so
- 1:07Speaker 4: many ways to win the football game, and so many
- 1:10Speaker 4: ways to score and opportunities that we just you know
- 1:12Speaker 4: that got squandered. But there was just a lot of
- 1:15Speaker 4: a lot of positives moving forward. I thought I wasn't
- 1:18Speaker 4: thinking positive thoughts in my head. I just was pleased
- 1:21Speaker 4: that we we we made it so hard on them
- 1:24Speaker 4: because we played so tough.
- 1:28Speaker 5: Bob, Yeah, what was your ex what was X sense
- 1:36Speaker 5: to you of the penalty?
- 1:38Speaker 2: And then what was your view of.
- 1:40Speaker 3: The interception on the flow that happened to him as well?
- 1:44Speaker 4: Yeah, the on the penalty, he was way downfield and
- 1:47Speaker 4: he was still getting after the guy and didn't hear
- 1:48Speaker 4: the whistle, and the official saw the play in and
- 1:53Speaker 4: looked back and saw the hit come after that. You know,
- 1:57Speaker 4: he just figured it was way too late. We really
- 2:00Speaker 4: we we you know, we talked about it that we
- 2:03Speaker 4: had the official was there explain that DK was right there.
- 2:06Speaker 4: We we really just talked it out and you know,
- 2:09Speaker 4: and I said, you know, maybe you could help us
- 2:11Speaker 4: if you could blow and realize somebody's behind you blow
- 2:13Speaker 4: the whistle again to help, you know, just knowing that
- 2:15Speaker 4: that could happen. And so that was basically what we
- 2:19Speaker 4: really talked through it very clearly. The other play the
- 2:23Speaker 4: way I saw it, you know, DK came running and
- 2:26Speaker 4: the guy jumped on the inside of him and if
- 2:28Speaker 4: and he felt like he took the route away and
- 2:30Speaker 4: he wasn't sure you know, what he should do when
- 2:32Speaker 4: the guy was that far inside him and he and
- 2:33Speaker 4: so it made him hesitate and Gino threw it on
- 2:37Speaker 4: rhythm and uh, and that we just had, you know,
- 2:40Speaker 4: timing that was messed.
- 2:41Speaker 1: Up, Maddy Brown. So you mentioned the defense in the
- 2:50Speaker 1: Nickel Forefront. Howard's returning to using a shaded nose rather
- 2:54Speaker 1: than a nose aligned on the inside shoulder of the
- 2:56Speaker 1: guard impacted the run defense specifically.
- 3:00Speaker 4: Well, I that's a good observation, Mattie, as always, and uh,
- 3:04Speaker 4: it's just part of it, you know, it's just part
- 3:06Speaker 4: of all of the play that we do. And uh,
- 3:08Speaker 4: you know, we're always we have subtle adjustments that we're
- 3:11Speaker 4: moving and we move out of those we slant and
- 3:13Speaker 4: and uh and jump from those looks too. So it's
- 3:17Speaker 4: all part of it. Right now. What's what's working force
- 3:19Speaker 4: is we're playing really strictly disciplined football and the guys
- 3:22Speaker 4: are connected really well, the front guys and gap control
- 3:25Speaker 4: stuff that has to take place. You know, to be
- 3:27Speaker 4: consistent in the running game is really connected well, and
- 3:30Speaker 4: that's we've been able to hold up doing it. And
- 3:33Speaker 4: we've had a very consistent run so far this season.
- 3:37Speaker 1: Just to quick follow up on that, is when you
- 3:39Speaker 1: stated in the off season that you wanted to get
- 3:41Speaker 1: more dynamic up from is this kind of what you're envisioning.
- 3:44Speaker 2: Yep, yeah, it is.
- 3:45Speaker 4: And and and the use of our guys, uh, you know,
- 3:49Speaker 4: in the roles that we're asking them to fill is
- 3:52Speaker 4: working out well, you know.
- 3:53Speaker 2: And and uh.
- 3:55Speaker 4: Really happy with you know, we we felt pretty good
- 3:58Speaker 4: by dre come and we're really we're hoping that Jay
- 4:03Speaker 4: Reid would be able to be a big factor and
- 4:05Speaker 4: he's really he's exceeded our expectations. He's just done great stuff. Uh,
- 4:09Speaker 4: not just in running game but in the past past
- 4:11Speaker 4: rush as well. And uh, and then Mario has done
- 4:14Speaker 4: a really good job. Mario has been really active. He's
- 4:17Speaker 4: really an aggressive, physical effort guy that we love his
- 4:20Speaker 4: style of play. And they've they've really been a good
- 4:23Speaker 4: factor for us.
- 4:26Speaker 1: Mas veto Staying with that, Jan read what has can
- 4:31Speaker 1: you talk about how he's become a leader, What is
- 4:34Speaker 1: the leadership style has been and is. And then the
- 4:37Speaker 1: influence he's he's had on that.
- 4:40Speaker 2: Line, well, you know, kind of in.
- 4:45Speaker 4: Kind of in classic fashion, they have sensed his awareness,
- 4:48Speaker 4: they've sensed his presence, and they've and he's he's impressed
- 4:52Speaker 4: the other players with his knowledge and background, work, ethic, toughness,
- 4:57Speaker 4: and they they have just kind of moved in his direction.
- 5:00Speaker 2: To to to you know, position him in a leadership role.
- 5:05Speaker 4: He's he has the background, he has the makeup, he's
- 5:08Speaker 4: got the toughness, he's got the messaging. He's really in
- 5:12Speaker 4: a great spirit about being here. So he's a you know,
- 5:14Speaker 4: big positive part of our program. He remembers when he
- 5:17Speaker 4: was here in the past, and he's grateful for being back.
- 5:19Speaker 4: And he's just brought such an element the players have
- 5:23Speaker 4: just gravitated towards it. And uh so in that he's
- 5:26Speaker 4: been empowered and and he's really just taken it, you know,
- 5:30Speaker 4: is as far as he can so far. And I
- 5:32Speaker 4: think it's just a really beautiful opportunity for for a
- 5:36Speaker 4: guy to, you know, after the years he's been playing,
- 5:39Speaker 4: to be received and accepted as much by his teammates.
- 5:41Speaker 4: That's that's that's a rewarding and so I'm really fired
- 5:44Speaker 4: up for him.
- 5:46Speaker 2: Greg.
- 5:49Speaker 6: Sort of a difference in locker rooms between the opener,
- 5:52Speaker 6: the loss, and then yesterday's loss and Cincinnati was i
- 5:55Speaker 6: mean so obvious and how the players reacted to know
- 5:58Speaker 6: they thought of it.
- 6:00Speaker 2: Where are you from the opener.
- 6:02Speaker 6: To now as far as what you've learned about the
- 6:04Speaker 6: team and how you've progressed since then?
- 6:08Speaker 4: Yeah, the uh, the opener was was pretty shocking that
- 6:11Speaker 4: you know that we played so so poorly in the
- 6:13Speaker 4: in the second half, and everybody's disappointed in surprise, and
- 6:18Speaker 4: you know, couldn't you know, really couldn't make sense of it.
- 6:23Speaker 4: But but now the guys, when you stack some weeks
- 6:26Speaker 4: together with the you know, real consistency in our effort
- 6:29Speaker 4: and and involvement and everybody's commitment to it. And even
- 6:32Speaker 4: when you get disappointed with with a loss like this
- 6:35Speaker 4: that happened, they're still seeing the future. They're still seeing
- 6:39Speaker 4: where we're going and and where we can go. And
- 6:41Speaker 4: and so you know, the hope is is is still
- 6:45Speaker 4: there to to put together a terrific season, you know,
- 6:47Speaker 4: one week at a time, but you can you can
- 6:50Speaker 4: feel that there there's a confidence that has come from
- 6:52Speaker 4: that and and Uh, so, I think that's the uncertainty
- 6:55Speaker 4: from the first it was was left behind in week two,
- 6:59Speaker 4: week three, in week four, we just built on it,
- 7:01Speaker 4: you know. And so here we are again, tough situation,
- 7:04Speaker 4: good team, respected, you know, squad, and and the.
- 7:08Speaker 2: Game was so obvious. It was so obvious we just
- 7:10Speaker 2: needed to score, you.
- 7:10Speaker 4: Know, catch one more ball and run one more ball
- 7:12Speaker 4: in and we win the football game. So everybody's pretty
- 7:15Speaker 4: clear about that.
- 7:17Speaker 6: And with Metcalf, I mean, he has to realize that
- 7:20Speaker 6: officials have a beat.
- 7:22Speaker 1: On him right now.
- 7:23Speaker 2: Yeah, we're on that.
- 7:24Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, how much have you talked about that or
- 7:27Speaker 3: or removed that talk?
- 7:28Speaker 2: Even yesterday?
- 7:29Speaker 5: Was that another?
- 7:30Speaker 2: Yeah?
- 7:30Speaker 4: No, no, he we're well aware of that. And you know,
- 7:35Speaker 4: when the word unnecessary in terms of a penalty, unnecessary roughness,
- 7:39Speaker 4: sometimes it looks like that, you know, and that's what
- 7:42Speaker 4: he he has to you know, we're we're still adjusting
- 7:45Speaker 4: to to make sure that, you know, when the opportunity arises,
- 7:48Speaker 4: he might have to take a little something off it,
- 7:49Speaker 4: you know, because he has been seen and they've they've
- 7:54Speaker 4: definitely called some stuff on him, and there's things that
- 7:56Speaker 4: he could just as when you have an opportunity to
- 7:58Speaker 4: hit a guy high and you have to you have
- 8:00Speaker 4: to go low, and you have to get your shoulder
- 8:01Speaker 4: in there because your head out, you know, right at
- 8:02Speaker 4: the moment. You got to make those decisions that that
- 8:05Speaker 4: you know, work in your favor to you know, stay
- 8:07Speaker 4: out of trouble with officials. And he has to do
- 8:09Speaker 4: the same thing. And so he's playing really hard. He's
- 8:12Speaker 4: giving great effort, he's playing tough, he cares, he's working
- 8:15Speaker 4: all that. He just has to make sure that you
- 8:17Speaker 4: know that he keeps it in. You know, he can't
- 8:20Speaker 4: quite go to the level that that's going to draw
- 8:23Speaker 4: that kind of attraction because it's it's hurting us and
- 8:25Speaker 4: he knows it.
- 8:28Speaker 2: Jen.
- 8:30Speaker 3: When you look at special teams numbers, your top three
- 8:32Speaker 3: and kick off return yards around the league, how much
- 8:35Speaker 3: of that is DJ Dallas.
- 8:37Speaker 1: Settling into that role because he had some nice returns
- 8:39Speaker 1: yesterday Versus what's happening stematically in front of him.
- 8:43Speaker 4: Well, I think it's a it's truly a combination. The
- 8:46Speaker 4: guys have to all work together. He DJ couldn't know anything.
- 8:48Speaker 4: Those guys weren't blocking for him. He'd be the first
- 8:49Speaker 4: to tell you that. But what what has happened, has
- 8:52Speaker 4: taken place. The guys are really feeling his intensity and
- 8:56Speaker 4: his style. I mean, he is coming right at you
- 8:58Speaker 4: and if you you know, if you can get a
- 9:00Speaker 4: hand on a guy, uh, he's going to blast right
- 9:02Speaker 4: all through it. And they loved, they love the block
- 9:05Speaker 4: for him because of the intensity that he brings. He's
- 9:08Speaker 4: just he's just a perfect teammate, you know, for the fellas.
- 9:11Speaker 4: He loves practicing, he loves working. He's got a great attitude.
- 9:14Speaker 4: He's always positive, and he's tough as hell and they
- 9:17Speaker 4: know it, and so they're just responding. So but without scheme,
- 9:21Speaker 4: you know, they run right through and they knocked the
- 9:23Speaker 4: hell out of the guy back there. So so it's
- 9:27Speaker 4: fitting together quite well.
- 9:30Speaker 1: Tim When you watched the film, what did you make
- 9:34Speaker 1: of your offensive line yesterday?
- 9:35Speaker 3: And maybe where did you see some some breakdowns happen?
- 9:39Speaker 4: Yeah, Cincinnati was able to take advantage of us a
- 9:43Speaker 4: little bit of times. You know, they threw they threw
- 9:45Speaker 4: some really good pressures at us like they do.
- 9:48Speaker 2: This is no surprise. They have a real variety of things.
- 9:51Speaker 4: But it made everybody have to be right on point
- 9:53Speaker 4: and there was times where edges got knocked down a
- 9:55Speaker 4: little bit and when we got penetration and and you know,
- 9:58Speaker 4: we didn't pass off the games as clean as we
- 10:00Speaker 4: needed to. Like just the classic one was the last
- 10:02Speaker 4: play of the game. You know, we got a little
- 10:04Speaker 4: tackle end stunt and penetration got in the b gap
- 10:07Speaker 4: and you know, Matti, you like this kind of stuff.
- 10:10Speaker 4: The penetration happened in the big gap and the end
- 10:12Speaker 4: came up underneath and we just couldn't you know, uh,
- 10:16Speaker 4: stymy the effort and it got penetration on gene before
- 10:19Speaker 4: you can get the ball cleanly away. So but that
- 10:21Speaker 4: there was some times. Now, there was a lot of
- 10:23Speaker 4: times when we did block well and and we took
- 10:25Speaker 4: advantage of a gino threw for a ton of yards
- 10:27Speaker 4: and all that and was making was making a lot
- 10:30Speaker 4: of you know, productive decisions because he had time to
- 10:33Speaker 4: do it. But all in all, they had enough heat
- 10:37Speaker 4: when they needed it, particularly down in the red zone.
- 10:39Speaker 4: They knew they needed to take their chances, and they
- 10:41Speaker 4: mixed it well. And give them credit, and uh and
- 10:43Speaker 4: you know they they came out keeping us out of
- 10:45Speaker 4: the end zone.
- 10:47Speaker 2: I heard had him fair and come out of that.
- 10:49Speaker 2: And you said this morning that Jake might have tweaked
- 10:51Speaker 2: his ankle.
- 10:52Speaker 6: How is he doing?
- 10:52Speaker 4: Yeah, Jake, Jake got wrapped up if you if you
- 10:54Speaker 4: noticed it kind of early in the game. He was
- 10:58Speaker 4: able to finish the game. He's hobbling little bit today.
- 11:00Speaker 4: We'll see how he does. Film made it through the game.
- 11:04Speaker 4: You know, Phil just made it through practice all week long.
- 11:07Speaker 4: He had some chances where you know, he would like
- 11:09Speaker 4: to have dug in a little bit deeper and deeper
- 11:11Speaker 4: and being able to hold his ground a little bit
- 11:12Speaker 4: more so that that he really couldn't load up, so
- 11:15Speaker 4: you know, he it hurt him a couple times on
- 11:18Speaker 4: some sets. So you know, there was a little price
- 11:21Speaker 4: to pay for those guys playing under those circumstances and
- 11:24Speaker 4: and unfortunately it was more than we could handle.
- 11:28Speaker 2: John.
- 11:30Speaker 3: Yeah, Pete, you guys obviously got Trey Brown back in
- 11:33Speaker 3: that game.
- 11:33Speaker 2: You had Jamal back. That's kind of the.
- 11:35Speaker 6: First time you've had that group together as a secondary
- 11:37Speaker 6: with all those guys.
- 11:38Speaker 3: What'd you think just the way that looked?
- 11:40Speaker 4: And I thought I was really impressed, you know, coming
- 11:43Speaker 4: off the week before whard uh. You know, they had
- 11:46Speaker 4: looked so good. I mean, Joe had done you know,
- 11:50Speaker 4: he looked like he was fully back and had a
- 11:52Speaker 4: big productive day, and they set all the numbers and
- 11:54Speaker 4: the records UH with with uh which more Chase it
- 11:58Speaker 4: had a great game and looked like a fan tastic
- 12:00Speaker 4: football player, and our guys attention was on it many
- 12:03Speaker 4: they were, they were up for the challenge. They you know,
- 12:06Speaker 4: they went about it with a really good mentality. Across
- 12:08Speaker 4: the board. Everybody played well. Everybody contributed. We matched up fine,
- 12:14Speaker 4: you know, we we we were able to hold those
- 12:15Speaker 4: guys down, to hold them under a couple hundred yards
- 12:18Speaker 4: pass and that's pretty pretty, you know, unusual that you
- 12:21Speaker 4: could do that, and we we tackled them, well, we
- 12:25Speaker 4: hailed them, you know, we held onto the deep ball
- 12:27Speaker 4: stuff that they threw at us, and we did a
- 12:28Speaker 4: nice job in a lot of areas. So I thought
- 12:30Speaker 4: everybody contributed. I think they they they were well aware
- 12:34Speaker 4: of the challenge that they're up against and they met
- 12:35Speaker 4: they met it with a with a good performance.
- 12:41Speaker 6: Curtis, Yeah, Pete, kind of back to the offensive line
- 12:45Speaker 6: a little bit, but what did you think of the
- 12:47Speaker 6: ground game performance yesterday? And it seemed like you guys
- 12:50Speaker 6: struggled at times to get things going, particularly down the
- 12:52Speaker 6: red zone with the with the rushing attack and how
- 12:54Speaker 6: that kind of all fit together with.
- 12:56Speaker 4: Yeah, we we just we weren't as consistent as we
- 12:58Speaker 4: wanted to be and we we thought we would run
- 13:00Speaker 4: the ball better. We expected to run the ball better
- 13:03Speaker 4: than we did. I think we had I think we
- 13:07Speaker 4: had eight carries down in the red zone or close
- 13:09Speaker 4: by and you know, like twenty something yards. You know,
- 13:12Speaker 4: whatever it was, it wasn't enough. We had a couple
- 13:14Speaker 4: that we got through. The touchdown run was a nice one.
- 13:16Speaker 4: A couple of carries before the touchdown run was about
- 13:18Speaker 4: a seven or eight yard play. But all in all,
- 13:20Speaker 4: the consistency wasn't there. And uh so that factor that
- 13:24Speaker 4: we wanted in our favor in this game didn't. We
- 13:26Speaker 4: weren't able to take advantage of. And you know, they've
- 13:29Speaker 4: been giving up quite a bit of yards and they
- 13:31Speaker 4: played as well.
- 13:35Speaker 2: Bob.
- 13:38Speaker 3: Yeah, you've sure have been doing to Tito's game. We're
- 13:42Speaker 3: talking about that offensive line, but just in general, how
- 13:44Speaker 3: would you grade I guess performance, especially some of those
- 13:47Speaker 3: fourth down throws and things like that.
- 13:50Speaker 4: Yeah, we weren't able to finish. You know, we weren't
- 13:53Speaker 4: able to get the throw we needed the protection. We
- 13:55Speaker 4: needed to win a football game. He threw some great
- 13:58Speaker 4: balls and put us in position, got real aggressive on
- 14:03Speaker 4: the one he threw to Jackson on the interception. You know,
- 14:05Speaker 4: he thought he he thought he you know, he could
- 14:06Speaker 4: put it up there and he would have a chance
- 14:08Speaker 4: to win on that one. And uh, and he got rushed,
- 14:13Speaker 4: you know, and had to make some decisions and he
- 14:15Speaker 4: had to get rid of the football. He all in all,
- 14:17Speaker 4: it wasn't It wasn't his satisfaction at all. He knew
- 14:20Speaker 4: he had a couple of shots in there that we
- 14:22Speaker 4: could have, you know, kept the thing going, kept the
- 14:23Speaker 4: ball moving, and and uh, you know when when we
- 14:26Speaker 4: have all those opportunities down there and we took our shots,
- 14:29Speaker 4: you know, it was frustrating. And so hopefully we'll learn
- 14:32Speaker 4: from it and we get a little cleaner and execute
- 14:34Speaker 4: a little bit better.
- 14:36Speaker 1: Maddy, it looks like your multiple tight end usage was
- 14:41Speaker 1: down slightly on offense. Did that affect your pass protection?
- 14:45Speaker 2: No, I don't think so. I didn't think so at all.
- 14:51Speaker 1: Mars Vena. It would be just on Jama Just what
- 14:56Speaker 1: did you see?
- 14:57Speaker 2: And then how important was it.
- 14:58Speaker 1: For him to get through this game? And what can
- 15:01Speaker 1: that do?
- 15:01Speaker 2: For him for the next game. Yeah, I think it
- 15:04Speaker 2: meant a lot.
- 15:04Speaker 4: I really do think, and I made a point about
- 15:07Speaker 4: it in the team meeting today, just kind of congratulate
- 15:10Speaker 4: him because he's been waiting for, you know, to get
- 15:12Speaker 4: back into action and uh, you know, two weeks in
- 15:15Speaker 4: a row he's playing. But this full game and comes
- 15:18Speaker 4: out in good shape and all that, that's that's an
- 15:20Speaker 4: accomplishment and uh so we recognized it and really excited
- 15:24Speaker 4: for him and for us, you know, because he played well.
- 15:27Speaker 4: We moved him around quite a bit and uh he
- 15:29Speaker 4: handled all of that well. So we're just kind of
- 15:31Speaker 4: now we're getting going and we'll start building on it.
- 15:37Speaker 1: Greg Adams is eighty five percent SNAs Pete.
- 15:40Speaker 2: Was that more than any planned or is that on pace.
- 15:42Speaker 1: For where he'd be right now?
- 15:43Speaker 4: No, that's I think that's plenty good. You know, that
- 15:45Speaker 4: was maybe a little bit more than than he needed,
- 15:48Speaker 4: but he made it through it and handled it well,
- 15:49Speaker 4: and so we're fortunate so he can he'll be ready
- 15:53Speaker 4: to play a full game from this point forward. We'll
- 15:55Speaker 4: still you know, mix our stuff, but he's ready now.
- 16:00Speaker 2: And in the red the.
- 16:01Speaker 6: Red zone issue with the run game in particular, how
- 16:04Speaker 6: much could maybe Sharbono's get Charbono more chances there because
- 16:08Speaker 6: of his style being different and decisive.
- 16:11Speaker 4: Yeah, I would love to see Zak get in there.
- 16:14Speaker 4: You know, I got no problem with him playing. Either
- 16:16Speaker 4: one of the guys can play, but he does come
- 16:18Speaker 4: a little more downhill, you know, and uh, it might
- 16:22Speaker 4: might have, you know, been a difference. I don't know
- 16:24Speaker 4: that it would have. You certainly, if you can run
- 16:27Speaker 4: the ball in the red zone, it makes it a
- 16:29Speaker 4: whole lot easier. And uh, not getting it that done,
- 16:32Speaker 4: it wasn't because we didn't try. We just didn't. We
- 16:34Speaker 4: weren't getting it done. You know, it would have made
- 16:37Speaker 4: a factor. And you know, Zach is in the rotations
- 16:39Speaker 4: at all times. There's nothing that we're not saying. No,
- 16:41Speaker 4: Zach isn't going in there in the red zone because
- 16:43Speaker 4: Ken's got to score the touchdowns. We don't you know,
- 16:45Speaker 4: we don't care about that at all. We just want
- 16:47Speaker 4: the next guy up so he'll have his turns.
- 16:51Speaker 2: Okay, thank you everyone. Okay, Maddie, nice to have you
- 16:54Speaker 2: see it.