Pete Carroll: "There Are A Lot Of Positives Moving Forward"

John Boyle (0:01)

Welcome, everybody. John Boyle, wanna get us started?

Pete Carroll (0:05)

What do you got, John?

John Boyle (0:09)

I would love to get us started.

SPEAKER_3 (0:11)

Pete, you sounded after the game, to get on radio today, like I noticed you're not happy about the loss, but there's a lot you liked about that game. Just what jumps out at you that makes you feel pretty good, even coming off that result?

Pete Carroll (0:23)

Well, you know, hitting out on the road again, and playing a full, you know, 60 minutes of football, tough, right from the beginning, you know, and being ready to go and playing all the way to the end. I mean, we're playing to win the game, you know, the whole way, and we just didn't get it done. But I think that plus the, you know, seeing the defense play such a solid football game against such a good offense and a good, you know, good group of receivers and QB and the play caller and the whole thing, you know, to see us play against that style that we have a lot of respect for and play so well and we got better as the game went on. You know, those are really good characteristics and unfortunately we don't win a game, you know, and we had so many ways to win the football game and so many ways to score and opportunities that we just, you know, that got squandered. But there was just a lot of positives moving forward. I thought, I wasn't thinking positive thoughts in my head. I just was pleased that we made it so hard on them because we played so tough.

SPEAKER_4 (1:27)

Bob?

Yeah, Pete, what was your ex, what was CK's explanation to you of the penalty? And then what was your view of the interception on the phone that happened to him as well?

Pete Carroll (1:44)

Yeah, on the penalty, he was way down field and he was still getting after the guy and didn't hear the whistle. And the official saw the play in and looked back and saw the hit come after that. He just figured it was way too late.

We really, we talked about it. We had the official was there explaining it. DK was right there. We really just talked it out. And I said, maybe you could help us. You could blow it and realize somebody's behind you, blow the whistle again to help, just knowing that that could happen. And so that was basically what, we really talked through it very clearly.

The other play, the way I saw it, DK came running and the guy jumped on inside of him. And he felt like he took the route away. And he wasn't sure what he should do when the guy was that far inside of him. And so it made him hesitate and Geno threw it on rhythm.

And we just had timing that was messed up.

SPEAKER_5 (2:48)

You mentioned defense in the nickel forefront. How is returning to using a shaded nose rather than a nose aligned on the inside shoulder of the guard impacted the run defense specifically?

Pete Carroll (3:00)

Well, that's a good observation, Mattie, as always. And it's just part of it. It's just part of all of the play that we do. And we have subtle adjustments that we're moving and we move out of those, we slant and jump from those looks too. So it's all part of it. Right now, what's working for us is we're playing really strictly disciplined football and the guys are connected really well. The front guys and gap control stuff that has to take place to be consistent in the running game is really connected well. And we've been able to hold up doing it and we've had a very consistent run so far this season.

SPEAKER_5 (3:37)

Just a quick follow up on that is when you stated in the off season that you wanted to get more dynamic up front, is this kind of what you're envisioning?

Pete Carroll (3:45)

Yeah, it is. And the use of our guys in the roles that we're asking them to fill is working out well. And really happy with, we've felt pretty good about Dre coming and we're really, we're hoping that Jay Reid would be able to be a big factor. And he's really, he's exceeded our expectations. He's just done great stuff.

Not just in the running game, but in the past, past rush as well.

And, and then Mario has done a really good job. Mario has been really active. He's really an aggressive physical effort guy that we love his style of play. And they've, they've really been a good factor for us.