Pete Carroll: "That Was An Incredible Football Game Today"

Pete Carroll (0:03)

I thought that was an incredible football game today.

So hard fought, both teams, so close, both teams. And the game started differently than it ended, you know. And I thought the guys on the defensive side of the ball just played about as good as we played. And at any time, we lead it up to the second half with pressure, they had to make a yard on the turnover, you know, that they got and kick the field goal. And other than that, those guys just gave us every chance to keep in there. And we had our opportunities.

I liked the way we went about it. We had our shot. We were going to win. We weren't trying to kick a field goal there. Somebody might ask about that. We're going for the win on all four downs and thinking we're going to get it. And man, we liked the calls that we had and we just didn't execute well enough to get it done. It was always, I mean, all the red zone stuff that got us. We needed our touchdowns. So our numbers will look like crap there in the red zone. But man, we were so close to winning that football game. And give them credit, they hung in there and got it. And but I love the way we played today. And so I mean, I know we got up penalties and we had some stuff and there's always stuff to get better, but that's a freaking competitive group, man. They fought their ass off today, on both sides of the football. And so I just, it's gonna help us down the road. We're gonna keep playing really hard. We're gonna keep playing tough, and we're gonna make it hard on everybody we play.

No, no, I don't know. I watched the film, I don't know.

We didn't get in.

Sorry.

SPEAKER_2 (1:42)

Defensively, did anything change in what you guys were doing, or was it just that sort of thing?

Pete Carroll (1:48)

Yeah, we hung tough on so many situations.

Joe Burrows is a hell of a quarterback, and he showed you. He showed you right off the bat, the first couple of drives, he was nails. Our guys tightened things down. We got a little bit more pressure on them. We made the throws more challenged, and our guys just made it hard on them. I don't know how many yards they had, but they didn't have a lot today.

And I thought that we just played the way we're playing. We played the game plan that we had planned going with, and it stayed with it all day long, and it worked for us. And we did a really good job on the third down in the second half. I think both sides of the ball, third down, was an improvement today, which is a step in the right direction. Not quite enough, but a step in the right direction for us.

SPEAKER_2 (2:31)

The last fourth down, they called timeout, and you guys called timeout. I mean, was there something you were kind of looking for there, or I guess?

Pete Carroll (2:36)

Yeah, yeah, there was, and we had the opportunity to do it, and so I wanted to make sure that we were really clear and everybody knew exactly what we were trying to get done, and because that was the play. You love the way you play, and yet you still don't come away with the win, you're so close.

It makes it more frustrating, of course, yeah, it sure does, because it was there, that was a game to win, right there. And we come out here on the road, there are a crowd going crazy, and we're right there. You know, we're all inside the 10 a bunch of times to win a game, and unfortunately we just couldn't get it in.

Yeah, it was great that he finally made it through, you know, and I'm really happy for him. That's a good accomplishment, and then we can take the next step. He has some really nice plays in the game, you know, it's a good contribution. What happened with DK when he went out? He had hit the hip, yeah, the hip that they had to take a look at. But he's flying... Well, he went back in. Yeah, he sucked it up, he went back in.

SPEAKER_2 (3:30)

He plays Trey Brown, and he's getting it back.

Pete Carroll (3:33)

Yeah, I had another impressive game. Terrific interception. It was perfect coverage, you know, and I made the play, finished it, which was great. I had a good win, also I think it was on third down. Four-seat, it's nice to have him back out there. Michael played also.