Coach Pete Carroll has been busy readying his team to face their former franchise quarterback – Broncos QB Russell Wilson – when Seattle squares off against Denver in the Seahawks season opener. There probably isn’t another player in the league Carroll feels he knows better.
“I hope I do a really good job,” Carroll told reporters on Monday. “I do have as much information as you could have, I probably haven’t known a player any closer than knowing Russ, his quarterback play, his mentality, and all of that.
“He knows me too, he knows us – we will see what happens.”
But despite everything Carroll thinks he knows about his next opposing quarterback, that isn’t stopping him from utilizing any intel he can get from the former Broncos now on his team.
“It’s absolutely on the docket for all of the obvious reasons,” Carroll said. “Sometimes guys can carry whatever, some of the history, and at times, it can fuel guys well. Not knowing that, I want us to take the next opponent as best as we can, so the guys can perform like they are capable of and not get distracted.
“Any distractions affect your play, so we don’t need anything that isn’t going to help us.”
The Seahawks and Broncos are set to kick off on Monday, Sept. 12 at 5:15 p.m. PT.
