Pete Carroll Intent On Catching The Arizona Cardinals

Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is invoking the spirit of Any Given Sunday as things go from bad to worse.

The Seahawks are 2 – 5 on the season following Monday’s 13 – 10 defeat to the New Orleans Saints. They’re three games under .500 for the first time since 2011.

As well as that, they’re 5 games behind the NFC West leaders the Arizona Cardinals, who remain undefeated. 

Starting quarterback Russell Wilson will be out until at least the Week 10 game against the Packers. In the meantime, Pete Carroll says they will throw their support behind Geno Smith.

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“We have to keep battling because it’s so close,” Carroll said. 

“We have to just keep clawing and scratching and we’ve got to keep building the game around Geno and making sure that he can function at a high level.”

Since taking over, Smith has completed 45 of 71 attempts for 507 yards, three touchdowns and an interception.

Against New Orleans, he went 12-of-22 for 167 yards, a touchdown and no interceptions. However, his five sacks proved to be costly. Pete Carroll says the 9th year quarterback needs to eliminate that from his game. 

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“He’s managing the game well,” Carroll said. “I would like him to get the football out, be more open to throw the ball away. We talked about it in the locker room after the game. Sometimes those situations happen so fast, and to make that declaration to give up on the play is something that takes experience. That experience for Geno right now, it’s not quite settled in the way he needs to be satisfied with, ‘I’ve got to throw the ball away, we’ve got to punt the football.’ And there’s nothing wrong with that. We took two or three sacks last night that we shouldn’t have taken.”