The Seattle Seahawks are now 3-3 on the year and tied for first place in the NFC West. Seattle duked it out with Arizona in Week 6 to come away with a divisional win. For Pete Carroll, it was the first matchup he saw success from both his offense and defense.
“Yeah, yeah, this is the first game,” Carroll told reporters. “Not even the first night, you know, the Denver night. It was okay. This was much more in line. We always want to rush the passer here at Lumen, you know. We want to be able to take advantage of the crowd and the noise. It’s exactly what happened. That was coming together with the crowd and our guys really being able to recognize the benefits of that. That’s happened for years around here. There’s been sometimes when we haven’t seen it, and that’s because we needed to do our part.
“But today it was live and in color – beautiful.”
Starting quarterback Geno Smith also agreed that players on both sides of the ball contributed to the victory.
“It felt like one of those heavy-weight fights, man, division opponent,” Smith said. “That’s what we talk about, complementary football. That’s what it’s all about, everyone playing together. The defense played spectacular today. And that’s what we’re going to need moving forward. I think we’re doing a pretty good job on offense, but I know we can be better.
“But it was a overall complete team win today.”
