Pete Carroll: "I Thought Geno Smith Played Great"

SPEAKER_1 (0:06)

Just wondering what you saw from Raymond Jones, his play, obviously in the pass, and also what did he help in the run?

Pete Carroll (0:14)

He's playing really hard, he's got some elusive style to him that we're learning about, you know, in the running game. He's been in the backfield making some penetrations and all. He's doing his job, had a real nice win on his sack.

We're learning how to run our games really, we're trying to get more efficient in how we're doing it, and I think he's playing hard.

SPEAKER_1 (0:41)

Greg?

Greg (0:49)

Was there any nervousness you projected, or did you see him settle into the game as it went on?

Pete Carroll (0:54)

Gosh, I didn't see him being nervous at all. I thought he was in it from the start, wasn't too big for him.

You know, he might have been internally, you know, tight, you know, some, but he didn't show it. His attitude kind of doesn't go that way, so he was having fun and got involved, had a couple of big wins and stuff, and so I think it's a terrific first game that we got through.

Just the confidence that we're growingly accustomed to here as we learn them and get to play with them. He thinks he's gonna win his challenges. He's gonna come out on the good side of it. He's got a really good attitude about that.

Greg (1:41)

And I heard you say this morning, you don't mind us in for that PI. You thought that was a pretty 50-50.

Pete Carroll (1:47)

The receiver ran right up into him, and he settled right at the depth where the receiver was gonna make his break, and so it just can happen some. And he did not torque the guy in any way. He really tried to get off him once the guy settled into him. So I don't know how he could have avoided that, other than just throw his hands up.

Greg (2:05)

And then the fourth down break up, how tough a play is that to come over a receiver's shoulder?

Pete Carroll (2:10)

Oh, that was a great play. Yeah, that was a terrific play. It's a terrific play. And so often in one-on-ones, guys lose on the crossing routes, especially the shallow crosses. You gotta get a good jump on it, and then you gotta make the play on the ball, which he did that cleanly and in really good shape. The fourth down one, they tie up their feet. He just couldn't avoid that. He was right on the guy there, too.

Michael Sean.

Yes.

He's still sore. He's sore today. And we're just one day at a time. It's not, you know, there's nothing that we need to do other than to treat him. And then we'll see if he can make it back. We'll take it one day at a time.

Mike (2:59)

How about DK?

Pete Carroll (3:01)

He had a pretty good day. He's still sore, but he had a pretty good day.

He was upbeat today and, you know, he needs tomorrow and he's Wednesday. He's gonna need a couple days to get this thing kind of quieted down.

Mike (3:14)

One more, was the tight end usage yesterday a concern in effort based on how little they were used in week one?

Pete Carroll (3:19)

I mean, it had nothing to do with week one. You know, they just they did really well. The group played great.

Everybody contributed in their own ways, and they're a big part of the game plan yesterday.

Mike (3:37)

Curtis?

Curtis (3:39)

Yeah, Pete, you mentioned it a little bit with Draymont, that it's gonna take you some time to kind of figure out how to mix every guy, all the guys up there.

Pete Carroll (3:50)

I think so, yeah.

Yeah, and particularly that the guys didn't play much in preseason, it's just gonna take some time. We'll get better. We rushed yesterday better than we did the week before, and so that's a good improvement for us. We'd like to get more. We'd like to cut more hits on the quarterback, and they did a nice job. He's really quick with the football, and so it's a challenge to get to him.

I'm talking about golf, and so he played like he's been playing. He's an efficient, sharp quarterback, played a lot like Stafford did. Those two guys, there's a lot of similarities, and they both very similar systems, and so the rhythms were very much the same. So we rushed a little bit better.

Curtis (4:42)

Yesterday.

Pete Carroll (4:46)

He's a key factor, the great play that he makes to start the second half was one, but he was around the quarterback on a third down win. He just pushes the pocket, he's very aggressive. Chen is a guy we really count on, and he's really the leader of that group. And we count on him to be that. And he's stronger, plays stronger than any of the other guys, and just has a real feel for it.