Latest / Seahawks Press Pass / Pete Carroll: "It Was A Good, Successful Night"
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- 0:03Speaker 1: Okay, a good successful night coming out here again to
- 0:08Speaker 1: Lumen and and and playing really good hard football. Really
- 0:12Speaker 1: pleased with the overall feeling of the game from start
- 0:16Speaker 1: to finish. And we got Ones a little bit of work,
- 0:19Speaker 1: you know, selective ones played on both sides of the
- 0:22Speaker 1: ball and got enough to just get him out.
- 0:24Speaker 2: There's really what we wanted to get done tonight.
- 0:27Speaker 1: You know, it starts with Gino getting them some snaps
- 0:28Speaker 1: and and the O Lione and all that, so.
- 0:31Speaker 2: That approach seemed to work out.
- 0:33Speaker 1: Okay, it's a long night for the twoes man after
- 0:35Speaker 1: once they get going on it. So really hats off
- 0:38Speaker 1: to those guys. That's that's two big games, those guys
- 0:40Speaker 1: that played back to back and done a nice job
- 0:42Speaker 1: all the way through the finish, which was cool. Both
- 0:46Speaker 1: Gino and and drew her five or six. You know,
- 0:48Speaker 1: they popped the ball around pretty good. Both looked in
- 0:50Speaker 1: the command, had no problems uh at any time.
- 0:53Speaker 2: Really.
- 0:53Speaker 1: We I wish Gina would you know, we could have
- 0:55Speaker 1: connected on the on the slantway.
- 0:57Speaker 2: Through uh to dereek.
- 0:59Speaker 1: But other than that was a really clean night for
- 1:01Speaker 1: those guys. And I thought Holton was a freaking blast.
- 1:04Speaker 1: Watching him play. Man, This guy's a fun football player,
- 1:06Speaker 1: and he's tough and he's scrappy. He comes up with
- 1:10Speaker 1: throw cheese. He threw a great fadeball that we didn't
- 1:13Speaker 1: handle right. But me he knows how to finish game.
- 1:17Speaker 1: So that was really fun watching him play. Tijan looked
- 1:20Speaker 1: good tonight. I thought he had a nice game. Some guys,
- 1:22Speaker 1: so the younger guys you know, did some cool things
- 1:24Speaker 1: and and Tariq Smith had a really nice game on
- 1:26Speaker 1: his side.
- 1:27Speaker 2: On the defensive side. He tackled in the big sack
- 1:30Speaker 2: at the end.
- 1:32Speaker 1: Both the last two weeks to finish on defense with
- 1:34Speaker 1: chasing the quarterback and getting them knocked down and all that,
- 1:36Speaker 1: making the big sack to win the game. I think
- 1:39Speaker 1: it's it's just the feeling of how you finish, and
- 1:43Speaker 1: so I was pleased with that, just kind of in
- 1:45Speaker 1: a general sense. I mean, there's a bunch of stuff.
- 1:49Speaker 1: I love the interception that we got too from Trey
- 1:53Speaker 1: a huge time. Really, they look like they're going and
- 1:56Speaker 1: he makes a big sneal. We had a little bit
- 1:57Speaker 1: of pressure and forced the quarterback out. Really good reaction
- 2:00Speaker 1: in a scramble situation. Uh portray, but a really nice playing,
- 2:04Speaker 1: a nice return and all that I also wanted to
- 2:06Speaker 1: I think that I mentioned by Jones pump return, it
- 2:09Speaker 1: was a huge play.
- 2:10Speaker 2: I got another one. Uh, that was a huge play
- 2:12Speaker 2: in the game.
- 2:13Speaker 1: Really field position shift and then John Hall coming too
- 2:16Speaker 1: with his block punt was beautiful. Unfortunate bubble couldn't put
- 2:19Speaker 1: it in the end zone, but uh, it was good
- 2:21Speaker 1: to get to get the safety.
- 2:22Speaker 2: But it was a huge play.
- 2:23Speaker 1: First had to ask John if you ever blocked the
- 2:25Speaker 1: pump before, thinking that he hadn't. He He has blocked
- 2:27Speaker 1: him in his past, so that was not new to him.
- 2:29Speaker 1: He looked very, very adept at getting that done. Some
- 2:32Speaker 1: great football play, and uh, it was a really big
- 2:35Speaker 1: play in the game.
- 2:36Speaker 3: He You've talked about how much you value preseason games.
- 2:39Speaker 3: Did Trey Brown want a job tonight play? Did Trey
- 2:43Speaker 3: Brown want a job to? Oh?
- 2:44Speaker 2: I don't know that. I can't.
- 2:45Speaker 1: No, not at this point, I didn't know. I don't
- 2:47Speaker 1: think I could say that about it. I haven't watched
- 2:50Speaker 1: the film. I don't see anything. He did a nice
- 2:52Speaker 1: job though, really cool open field tackle that he made
- 2:54Speaker 1: the one he missed last week. He makes this week beautiful.
- 2:57Speaker 1: You know, improvement, Uh, and the big play. He's a
- 3:00Speaker 1: good football player. He's doing really well. He's played, he's
- 3:02Speaker 1: played really well consistently, and we're lucky to have him
- 3:05Speaker 1: on our side. He was out there launch and it
- 3:07Speaker 1: was that about getting along evaluation because he missed so
- 3:10Speaker 1: much time laster.
- 3:10Speaker 2: He just needs to wrap.
- 3:11Speaker 1: No, it's because of depth. Depth more than that. Even
- 3:14Speaker 1: that you know the the the younger guys. We were
- 3:17Speaker 1: nicked up a little bit at the spot. So Benji
- 3:20Speaker 1: just made it back in the day before the game
- 3:22Speaker 1: and we just didn't have He had to play a lot.
- 3:26Speaker 2: Yeah, it sounds like he's he's gonna be fine.
- 3:28Speaker 1: They after the evaluation, a little bit of a strain
- 3:31Speaker 1: in the back of his knee. We got hyper excented
- 3:33Speaker 1: a little bit, but uh, there's no there's no damage,
- 3:35Speaker 1: and so they think that he'll play next week. The
- 3:38Speaker 1: second straight game that your defense gave up less than
- 3:41Speaker 1: three point guardsbrough carry against the run. How encouraged are
- 3:44Speaker 1: you by the depth you're seeing with that defensive line and.
- 3:47Speaker 2: The way they were playing.
- 3:48Speaker 1: Well, what I really like is I like our overall play,
- 3:51Speaker 1: our overall leveraging the football and containing the football. And
- 3:54Speaker 1: the force elements of our game is. We made a
- 3:57Speaker 1: huge emphasis of this in the offseason. I thought we
- 3:59Speaker 1: were sloppy in the past and we had not been
- 4:01Speaker 1: as accountable the perimeter plays, the screens and those things
- 4:04Speaker 1: that tonight you saw us again, you know, pounding on
- 4:07Speaker 1: those things. I think we're better than we've been in
- 4:10Speaker 1: the last few years at this early stage of leveraging
- 4:13Speaker 1: the football, and so the big players aren't getting out
- 4:15Speaker 1: and that's why the numbers are in the threes. And
- 4:18Speaker 1: so it's a really good early statement because it's been
- 4:21Speaker 1: a huge emphasis for us.
- 4:22Speaker 2: And so we'll see if we can do it again
- 4:24Speaker 2: next week and keep growing with that.
- 4:25Speaker 3: We're able to get some explosive plays out of the
- 4:27Speaker 3: passing games, you know, the Bubo Jackson, Cody and Noah
- 4:31Speaker 3: getting some catches.
- 4:31Speaker 2: What did you kind of see out of the passing
- 4:33Speaker 2: game in that place? I was fired up about it.
- 4:35Speaker 1: I mean, those guess are you know, they're ten for twelve,
- 4:37Speaker 1: you know, the first two quarterbacks, and I thought Shane
- 4:40Speaker 1: gave him some good chances tonight. You know, he went
- 4:42Speaker 1: after him a little bit and you know, coming up
- 4:45Speaker 1: with some big plays. You know, in sequence, I really
- 4:48Speaker 1: liked the way he called it, and we ran the
- 4:50Speaker 1: ball fo one hundred and forty yards, you know, And
- 4:51Speaker 1: so you know, that's that's the kind of balance that
- 4:54Speaker 1: we're looking for, and it gives us a chance to
- 4:56Speaker 1: be able to do all of the stuff, all of
- 4:59Speaker 1: the play passes, the movement stuff that we liked doing
- 5:01Speaker 1: would play. I wasn't gonna put me in. I was
- 5:06Speaker 1: thinking about it though. You're talking about me, right, You said,
- 5:09Speaker 1: are you going to play more? Oh? I always think
- 5:12Speaker 1: it's always on my mind, but you know, of course
- 5:14Speaker 1: I can't do that, but I think it doesn't mean
- 5:16Speaker 1: I'm not thinking about it.
- 5:18Speaker 2: I'm sorry, what did you ask me? What really were
- 5:20Speaker 2: you asking? If?
- 5:22Speaker 1: He yes, Yeah, yeah, I was gonna I was gonna
- 5:25Speaker 1: hopefully see Drew play a ton tonight. And with Gino
- 5:28Speaker 1: getting a little bit of work and uh, Drew was
- 5:31Speaker 1: preparing to play, he knew he was gonna play a
- 5:33Speaker 1: lot of football. And I like that whole process. Gino's
- 5:36Speaker 1: really taught as something. Let me take a little sidebar here.
- 5:39Speaker 1: She's really taught as something and that we've we've learned
- 5:41Speaker 1: from him the mentality that it takes to be in
- 5:44Speaker 1: that situation where you were backing up but beyond it ready,
- 5:47Speaker 1: and he we we would give him credit for doing
- 5:50Speaker 1: that for four years straight. And then when he finally
- 5:52Speaker 1: got his chance, he kicked butt, you know. And and
- 5:54Speaker 1: uh so Drew was practicing that tonight. He knew he
- 5:58Speaker 1: was going to play, and so he all week long,
- 6:00Speaker 1: he practiced like he knew he was gonna play. And
- 6:02Speaker 1: then so the game comes and he does in this
- 6:05Speaker 1: one because it's all set up. But that's the way
- 6:07Speaker 1: he needs to think. That's that's that's Geno prep.
- 6:10Speaker 2: That's g prep. That's what we're talking about. That's Geno
- 6:12Speaker 2: how he did it.
- 6:13Speaker 1: He's learned from that, and I'm hoping there's other guys
- 6:16Speaker 1: that will also gain from the example that Gino gives us,
- 6:18Speaker 1: you know, and that really helps guys prepare better than
- 6:21Speaker 1: when they think I probably won't get in offensive linement.
- 6:24Speaker 2: In particular, when we don't rotate a lot of.
- 6:26Speaker 1: Guys, those guys have to think like they're going to
- 6:28Speaker 1: play because it can happen one play away. And so
- 6:30Speaker 1: we're learning something and I'm probably we can give credit
- 6:33Speaker 1: to Gino for that, But more of that than that
- 6:35Speaker 1: are guys executing well, when they get their opportunity is
- 6:38Speaker 1: what's really important. I asked him about, did you feel
- 6:45Speaker 1: different this night then last time? And absolutely, you know
- 6:50Speaker 1: last week was this first time coming out and then
- 6:52Speaker 1: played for our fans and in the stadium and all that,
- 6:54Speaker 1: and you know, he was a little a little nervous,
- 6:57Speaker 1: you know about he wanted to do well, and so
- 6:59Speaker 1: he could the difference tonight. He was calm, he was relaxed,
- 7:03Speaker 1: he was ready to go, and and he had a
- 7:05Speaker 1: blast plan. He was having fun out there and and
- 7:08Speaker 1: and running the show. So this next week is a
- 7:12Speaker 1: really important week again for him to come back and
- 7:14Speaker 1: get a lot of play time and just trying to
- 7:15Speaker 1: get him ready, you know. And and uh so he's
- 7:18Speaker 1: ready to pop when the when the if, the opportunity comes.
- 7:21Speaker 2: And and uh we'll be able to get that done
- 7:25Speaker 2: like the past.
- 7:26Speaker 3: The spent right over the shoulder of the defender he's on.
- 7:30Speaker 2: Does this show you this guy has started in the league.
- 7:33Speaker 1: He has I think he's I think he's a starter.
- 7:35Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's what we're so excited about having.
- 7:38Speaker 1: We thought that when we got him, and uh.
- 7:40Speaker 2: It just didn't work out. And Gina was just too
- 7:42Speaker 2: much in command.
- 7:44Speaker 1: But I think he's playing like a starter, and we
- 7:46Speaker 1: think of him as a guy that can go out
- 7:47Speaker 1: there and win football game for us, running our whole
- 7:50Speaker 1: entire offense. There's nothing that we do that he can't
- 7:52Speaker 1: do and and doesn't have command of. So it's a
- 7:55Speaker 1: really fortunate situation. I hope he comes out of this.
- 7:57Speaker 1: You know, this little yanked he got on his knee here,
- 8:00Speaker 1: and he can go ahead and play this next week,
- 8:01Speaker 1: and we will have done everything we could do to
- 8:03Speaker 1: prepare him for his opportunity when it comes, and and
- 8:06Speaker 1: we believe in him.
- 8:06Speaker 2: And then you can see he's a fine athlete. He
- 8:09Speaker 2: can move well. He's smooth and quick and all that
- 8:11Speaker 2: throws the heck out of the football. He's just grown
- 8:15Speaker 2: growing up with us. And so I pleased about that.
- 8:18Speaker 3: That's the plan of preference for him to play most
- 8:20Speaker 3: of the game next week.
- 8:22Speaker 2: He's gonna play a lot. Yeah, I want to.
- 8:23Speaker 1: I want to get as much football under his belts
- 8:25Speaker 1: as he can in getting him ready.
- 8:28Speaker 2: And he said to us, a little bit rusty after
- 8:33Speaker 2: so much Sure is he back to the player he
- 8:36Speaker 2: wasn't that you drafted? Yeah, he did well tonight now
- 8:41Speaker 2: he has.
- 8:41Speaker 1: It's taken him some time in camp, but he he
- 8:44Speaker 1: had a really impressive week.
- 8:47Speaker 2: You could see it coming. And so the fact that
- 8:49Speaker 2: he goes.
- 8:49Speaker 1: Out and does it in the game, that's kind of
- 8:51Speaker 1: what your hope happens, you know, from the coaching perspective.
- 8:54Speaker 2: He did it, and he was quick and assertive.
- 8:57Speaker 1: He used his calls and his stunts and things really
- 8:58Speaker 1: well to make plays in the actually from the backside,
- 9:01Speaker 1: and he was a really active player in college.
- 9:04Speaker 2: We never even saw last year. We practiced for two days,
- 9:07Speaker 2: you know, so we never even had a clue.
- 9:09Speaker 1: And it seems like he's, Yeah, I think the rust
- 9:12Speaker 1: is kind of you know, getting knocked off and he's
- 9:14Speaker 1: ready to really.
- 9:15Speaker 2: Contribute to play for us. Are looking at a good
- 9:17Speaker 2: ball player in.
- 9:18Speaker 1: That rotation, and you know, with our guys, he's got
- 9:20Speaker 1: to try to get in that rotation with our guys,
- 9:22Speaker 1: I think.
- 9:22Speaker 2: But boy did a nice job tonight. I don't know
- 9:25Speaker 2: what Channa got done at this.
- 9:26Speaker 1: Point, but you know, Daryl's going to come roaring back here,
- 9:30Speaker 1: and you know, next week I would bet he's pretty close,
- 9:32Speaker 1: you know. And so it's that competition for those guys
- 9:35Speaker 1: and we'll see how it goes with all those guys.
- 9:37Speaker 3: Derek SA, that is that a rotation starting to look.
- 9:40Speaker 2: Kind of the depth you want? I like it.
- 9:42Speaker 1: Yeah, I like these guys now, I really like these guys.
- 9:44Speaker 1: I don't mind who's in the game. We have four,
- 9:46Speaker 1: four or five guys that are playing, and we like
- 9:48Speaker 1: them all and so if we can keep them fresh
- 9:50Speaker 1: and keep them really fast, and that's that's would be
- 9:52Speaker 1: a great asset for us.
- 9:54Speaker 2: You got a little bit of.
- 9:54Speaker 1: A look at your playing no stackle tonight, But I mean,
- 9:57Speaker 1: how do you.
- 9:57Speaker 2: Feel about that spot?
- 9:59Speaker 1: I think we're so fortunate that Jay where he came
- 10:02Speaker 1: back to us. We really are more so more than
- 10:05Speaker 1: just the playing. He is such a leader for us.
- 10:07Speaker 1: He's got a great mentality. He's tough, he's demanding of
- 10:10Speaker 1: the young guys. He coaches him up. He's he's assumed
- 10:13Speaker 1: that role that he's kind of the statesman there and
- 10:16Speaker 1: he ain't that old, but he's but he just has
- 10:18Speaker 1: assumed that kind of posture with him and he's kind
- 10:20Speaker 1: a great, uh kind of approach to it. And so
- 10:25Speaker 1: uh he can play three techniques, he can play one technique,
- 10:27Speaker 1: and we can move him around.
- 10:28Speaker 2: It was great that he got a sack. Well, I
- 10:30Speaker 2: don't remember what down that was. Was it a third
- 10:31Speaker 2: down sack? Yeah? I think it was. Yeah.
- 10:34Speaker 1: So he's you know, he's vying trying to get on
- 10:36Speaker 1: that that Nickel Rush team, you know, and be part
- 10:38Speaker 1: of that. We're really lucky we got him back one.
- 10:46Speaker 1: We got to get Mike back, you know, Mike, Mike Morris,
- 10:48Speaker 1: uh showed some really good stuff at both both spots
- 10:51Speaker 1: that we're playing them out and uh, his shoulder is
- 10:54Speaker 1: pretty good, but it's not. We just wanted to protect
- 10:56Speaker 1: him one more week and I hope we can get
- 10:57Speaker 1: him back out this next week. But that's a that's
- 10:59Speaker 1: a fact for us Cam too. We have not seen
- 11:02Speaker 1: enough of Cam. But if both those guys get a shot,
- 11:04Speaker 1: and you know, Austin Faola is coming back to here
- 11:08Speaker 1: before too long, you know. So that's where hoping those
- 11:10Speaker 1: guys can all be part of that rotation and it
- 11:14Speaker 1: should be somewhat formidable. I think it's it's because of
- 11:17Speaker 1: Jay Reid's play that that gives us a chance to
- 11:19Speaker 1: you know, rotate guys in and he'll be the steady
- 11:22Speaker 1: for us and see what happens.
- 11:23Speaker 2: All those guys are so unproven.
- 11:24Speaker 3: Are you good with the depth there?
- 11:26Speaker 1: Do that?
- 11:27Speaker 2: Yeah, I know I've seen enough. I haven't seen Austin enough.
- 11:30Speaker 1: He had one day on the practice field and really
- 11:33Speaker 1: we haven't seen enough of Cam yet. But we know
- 11:36Speaker 1: him well enough, you know from all the time we
- 11:37Speaker 1: started him and all that he should be able to
- 11:39Speaker 1: do everything we're asking of him.
- 11:41Speaker 2: Earlier in camp that he felt like he came back
- 11:43Speaker 2: on a certainly injury.
- 11:44Speaker 3: Vote him to tell us that he wasn't all the
- 11:45Speaker 3: way back and he just feels different than this.
- 11:47Speaker 2: You are you seeing that? Yeah? Yeah, he's very elusive.
- 11:50Speaker 1: Yeah, he's he's got a real edgeibility to him. You know,
- 11:53Speaker 1: you'll see him in the backfield quite a bit and
- 11:55Speaker 1: we'll give him chances to move. We'll try to play
- 11:57Speaker 1: to that strength as best we can. He's a creative player.
- 12:02Speaker 1: He sees things real well. So he's he's got That's
- 12:04Speaker 1: why when we first were looking at him, I saw
- 12:06Speaker 1: traits of of what Mike Bennett was like. You know,
- 12:08Speaker 1: they could get in the backfield and slip and slide
- 12:10Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff.
- 12:11Speaker 2: You know, so's Mike in the room here, you say,
- 12:16Speaker 2: last knee when he came back.
- 12:17Speaker 3: He whim all the way.
- 12:18Speaker 2: Are you seeing difference?
- 12:22Speaker 1: That's helpful? I seeing difference. Uh, I see trade as
- 12:26Speaker 1: I did when he when he before he got hurt.
- 12:28Speaker 1: You remember, I was fired up about him and he
- 12:31Speaker 1: was looking like a starter. Then you know, he played
- 12:33Speaker 1: really well and done some great stuff and then he
- 12:35Speaker 1: just he just had to leave.
- 12:37Speaker 2: So he's come back. Uh, he's just showing that he's
- 12:40Speaker 2: a consistent football player. Cover guys.
- 12:42Speaker 1: He's explosive, he's tough, you know. So I really liked
- 12:45Speaker 1: the tackling made tonight. What happened with that one?
- 12:53Speaker 2: Oh yeah, he on the hit on the sidelines, he
- 12:55Speaker 2: banged his shoulder a little bit. You mentioned boy earlier.
- 12:58Speaker 3: It seems like we asked you after the mock game,
- 13:01Speaker 3: after last weekend.
- 13:02Speaker 2: He's just doing it.
- 13:03Speaker 3: Yeah, it seems like he was doing everything for you,
- 13:04Speaker 3: a set and edge getting pressure, like, yeah, well, what
- 13:07Speaker 3: do you see out of that?
- 13:08Speaker 2: He's doing everything better. You know, he's a year ago.
- 13:12Speaker 1: The newness just he didn't know when he was gonna
- 13:14Speaker 1: look like he didn't have a clue what was going on,
- 13:16Speaker 1: and he doesn't. He's not like that anymore. He's physically
- 13:19Speaker 1: really apt for the position. He's fast, he's long, he's strong,
- 13:22Speaker 1: he's got a good motor to him. He seems he
- 13:25Speaker 1: seems to have good endurance. You know, he doesn't. He's
- 13:28Speaker 1: not getting worn down when he's out there playing. So
- 13:33Speaker 1: to me, it's it's not any one person, it's the rotation.
- 13:36Speaker 1: Chenna is really the leader of that group because he's
- 13:37Speaker 1: the steady guy and all of that vetting, and he's
- 13:40Speaker 1: going to do right more than the other guys. But
- 13:43Speaker 1: it's a good mix and hopefully we can keep everybody
- 13:46Speaker 1: going night.
- 13:46Speaker 2: Starting spot opposite mos Upper perhaps or is Taylor. We're
- 13:51Speaker 2: still just letting it go. There's no reason to call it.
- 13:53Speaker 2: Just let these guys keep battling and let the competition
- 13:55Speaker 2: just you know, play on. Because right now, if we're
- 13:57Speaker 2: playing a game.
- 13:58Speaker 1: They'd all play, they'd all just be in the rotat
- 14:00Speaker 1: and we try to keep him as fresh as we
- 14:01Speaker 1: could we could.
- 14:02Speaker 2: We trust everybody, every one of them, so it's a
- 14:05Speaker 2: good spot for us. George Brooks got some work in
- 14:08Speaker 2: the pre game, was kind of out there and doing
- 14:10Speaker 2: everyth Yeah he did.
- 14:11Speaker 1: Yeah, it's really frustrating for him right now, he's so
- 14:14Speaker 1: close to being back out there.
- 14:15Speaker 2: Uh, this will be a really good week for him.
- 14:17Speaker 1: He's ready to practice hard and go, and so this
- 14:20Speaker 1: would be that maybe that first week that we can
- 14:22Speaker 1: start to break him, break him into more really some
- 14:25Speaker 1: team reps and stuff like that. The process of getting
- 14:28Speaker 1: him the walkthrough has really allowed him to get there,
- 14:31Speaker 1: and so really really fired up about him getting back out. He's, ah,
- 14:35Speaker 1: it's hard for him watching his play and he's not
- 14:37Speaker 1: part of it.
- 14:37Speaker 3: What's left for you to you want to see or
- 14:39Speaker 3: do or find out about her, But the rest of
- 14:42Speaker 3: the preseason's left.
- 14:44Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we had we gotta go on the road,
- 14:45Speaker 1: you know, we got we gotta take our show on
- 14:47Speaker 1: the road and play really hard and start to finish again.
- 14:50Speaker 1: That was a pretty consistent effort tonight again carrying over
- 14:53Speaker 1: from game one.
- 14:54Speaker 2: I'm really pleased about that one. That's that's something that
- 14:56Speaker 2: was