1 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: If that's what I've been manth play to work, quick time, 2 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: dog let's physical, physical football breaking a great nay, let 3 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: me down, I'm exacting starting you start today, Come very, 4 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 1: let's go, Let's go. This is Seahawks Saturday Night, joined 5 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 1: by Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, coached the regular season 6 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: is finally here. How you feeling about this team? Well, 7 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: we've we've been uh kind of crescendoing to this moment. 8 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: You know, it's been a great build up um all 9 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: the way through the off season and through through our 10 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: OTAs and our camps and all these guys have just 11 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: been so upbeat, so positive about taking on the challenges 12 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: of getting ready and all that. So, uh, shoot, I'm 13 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: fired up. I don't know if I'm more fired up 14 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: than them, but we're ready to go. When you look 15 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,759 Speaker 1: at the final fifty three man roster, what do you see, Well, 16 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: we have a combination you know of you know, the 17 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: experience in leadership. This is really really sound for us. 18 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 1: And then we have a bunch of young guys too 19 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: that they can fill in. And so it makes me 20 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: feel confident that because of the quality of the leadership 21 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: and the depth there that our young guys can really 22 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: be assets and we can help them along the way. 23 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: We've got a lot of speed, uh, you know, a 24 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: lot of juice from the young guys in the special 25 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: teams area. It's going to be we've seen them all preseason, 26 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,759 Speaker 1: you know, those guys really chasing kicks. And also that's 27 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 1: a really good mix I think is that we're excited 28 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: to see it all playing together. A memorable weekend for 29 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: you last weekend cutting down in the final fifty three, 30 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: but then being able to acquire your devion Clowney. What 31 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: are your thoughts about how that all came together? Well, 32 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: it was I really think it was a tremendous job 33 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: by John and Matt Thomas to to you know, to 34 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: make this happen. There was a lot of moving parts. 35 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: There's a lot of issues on the other end. It 36 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: was complicated, and then it got right down to the 37 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: nub of the you know, the seconds before the deadline hits. 38 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: So I just thought they did a great job all 39 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: the way throughout, communicated really well with another club and 40 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: made something happen that could really make a difference for us. 41 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: What's the difference with him going from a three four 42 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: defense and he Houston to a four three defense. Well, 43 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 1: when you're a three four guy outside guy, then you're 44 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: you're dropping more. There's a mixture of dropping in the coverage, 45 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: and that's not what he wants to do. You know. 46 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: He wants to come after the quarterback and attack the 47 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage and that's what he's really good at. 48 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: And he was always looking for those opportunities and they 49 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: did a lot of that with him. But here he's 50 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: going to be for the most part, great percent of 51 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 1: the time, he's coming after the quarterback and hitting that 52 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: running game. So he likes it. We like it that. 53 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: We think it's really good for him so much to 54 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: talk about getting pressure on the opposing quarterback. But there's 55 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: been a big emphasis this offseason on improving the run 56 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: defense from a season ago. How do you feel like 57 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: you've done in terms of addressing those I have no idea. 58 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: Unwo we start playing, you know, I know what's happened 59 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,679 Speaker 1: in preseason. They've seen this in camp and all, but 60 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: now we have to go out and do it. We 61 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: have a lot of experience guiding this defense with the 62 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: linebacking crew, and we should be smart. We should be 63 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 1: in the right spots we should take advantage of the 64 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: scheme and the principles and all of that. You know, 65 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: Bobby and kJ and Michael Kendricks, those guys have been around, 66 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: so I'm hoping that they'll keep us really tight. And 67 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: you know, it is just those small errors that happened 68 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: that the lack of discipline at the right time is 69 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: when players break. If we can demonstrate that, then we'll 70 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: get off to a good start and get rolling. It's 71 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: been seventeen years since the Bengals had a brand new 72 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 1: head coach. What's it been like trying to prepare for 73 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 1: them in a week one? Well, it's like any first game. 74 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,399 Speaker 1: You know, you always have a lot of question marks 75 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: when you have a first time coach, made a first 76 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,679 Speaker 1: time head coach, you have no background at all. So 77 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:32,679 Speaker 1: we have to have a lot of stuff ready. We 78 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: have to be ready to adapt, we have to be 79 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: flexible on game. Game. We've got to hopefully have really 80 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: good insights as it starts to unveil and we can 81 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: figure out where to go and all that. It's a 82 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: great challenge. I love the you know, the chess game 83 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: of it, but it is different than another game. When 84 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: you have some background, you put up some historic numbers 85 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: last year in terms of turnovers, fewest turnovers in a 86 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: long time. Also plus fifteen turnout I know, plus fifteen 87 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: turnover differential actually led the league last season. What are 88 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: the specific things you do in practice to emphasize protecting 89 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: the football? Everything I can think of, I mean everything 90 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: I can think of. The ball dictates when losing the 91 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: football games. If we're plus, we're over eighty percent win, 92 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: you know. And then the last three years we're twenty 93 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: one and three when we're plus, you know. And so 94 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: it's whatever it takes. And so we the presentations in 95 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: the room and the emphasis and the teaching and then 96 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: the carryover form the drills that we do. But it's 97 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: the constant it's the constant focus and the constant attention 98 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: to it that gets two things done. One, if your 99 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: defense is going after the football, the offense has to 100 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 1: take care of it really well. That we know that. 101 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: That's the byproduct. So we're pretty darn good it taking 102 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: care of it. I think it's because of the defense, 103 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 1: but it's it's really the attempts is what we're looking for, 104 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: and we want to get after that football every chance 105 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: we get. We're punch and grab and clone, front tip, 106 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: back tips. All the stuff that we do, we do 107 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: a lot and hopefully we do it more and better 108 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: than anybody does it, and that's why we can get results. 109 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: Novice offers observation for myself during the preseason is that 110 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson is in better command of this offense than 111 00:04:57,920 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: he's ever been before. Is that true? That's that's true. 112 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: That is really the truth. And you know, he had 113 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: a big year last year in terms of just taking over, 114 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: but this time around, he and Shoddy have spent so 115 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 1: much time together. Shoddy knows better, Rust knows Shoddy better 116 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: and all of the communications are really a big time 117 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, Rust will control a lot of 118 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: stuff until runs end, passes end protections when he needs to, 119 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: and it gives us a chance to be more efficient. 120 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: So hopefully we can take advantage a lot. So the 121 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: young guys on the team making their first official start 122 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: this week, what what's your advice to them? Well, we 123 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: tried to give him chill out. You know, we've been practicing, 124 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: We've practice for this moment and we've been doing it 125 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: for really months, and so those guys will be confident 126 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: and they'll believe in their preparation and they'll they'll play 127 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: freed up and where they can cut it loose. The 128 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 1: last thing we want to do is be thinking and 129 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: worrying about this and that and all that. So the 130 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: teaching has been and the discipline is is to trust 131 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: and to believe in yourself, believing the prep and then 132 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: go out there and let it rip and we'll take 133 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: the results. The Twitter question this week comes from at 134 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 1: James Underscore Milton two coach. In your opinion, what would 135 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: be the ideal rosters? Well, I would feel really good 136 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: if we were at sixty three. You know, all of 137 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: the guys that practice with us, I wish they were 138 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: all available for the game. And there's so many positives 139 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: to that. I don't see any negatives to that. There 140 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 1: was some concern about at times teams might not have 141 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: sixty three, they might have the full compliment. I mean, 142 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: first we should get the fifty three, but we really 143 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: need to get the sixty three. And then and then guys, 144 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: we can keep them healthier, we can rotate more so 145 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: we could keep it a fresher, higher, faster level of play. 146 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 1: And I think that's what we should do. But you know, 147 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 1: nobody's listening. You got forty six tomorrow active, so I 148 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 1: look forward to it. Yeah, that's it, that's all we got. 149 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: We'll make the most of it. Good luck, all right, 150 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: thank you, And if you have a question for Pete Carroll, 151 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 1: you can submit it on Twitter using the hashtag ask 152 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: Coach Pete. We'll use one or two on the air 153 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 1: every week. Again, that's hashtag ask coach Pete. You know 154 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: James Brown vent in the down beat? You know, I 155 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: got the mic on today and so I can't even 156 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: find the guy you want to come anywhere near me? 157 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: Here you go, this job coach coming up on Seahawks 158 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: Saturday night. We've got Coach Carroll like you've never heard before, 159 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: miked up and calling the shots at practice. And it's 160 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: time to focus on tomorrow's opener. With so many key editions, 161 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: who makes the biggest contribution tomorrow? Find out what Dave 162 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: Wyman has to say next.