December 18, 2023 11: 10 pm ET
Pete Carroll is the earliest head coach in the NFL. That suggests he’s seen simply about whatever on the field. And that suggests he’s provided us plenty to absorb, both excellent and bad, with the Seattle Seahawks.
On Monday night, he leaned in difficult to the latter in a relocation that might have expense his group 4 points.
Trailing 17-10 in the 4th quarter versus the Philadelphia Eagles, Carroll’s group dealtwith third-and-two at the Philly 18-yard line. Quarterback Drew Lock, in the videogame in location of an hurt Geno Smith, dropped back to pass just to be pressured by defensive dealwith Jalen Carter. As Carter battled Lock to the ground deep in the pocket, Lock wobbled a pass back towards the line of skirmish.
It was ruled insufficient on the field, even however replay validated Lock hadactually been sacked for a loss of seven-plus backyards. Facing fourth-and-two, the Seahawks lined up to run a play on 4th down.
Rather than take this present of a blown call and shot to capitalize, Carroll called a timeout to mull over his choice minutes before the ball was snapped… and offered Eagles’ head coach Nick Sirianni all the time he required to toss a obstacle flag and turn fourth-and-two into fourth-and-nine.
Seattle called timeout after this play…and provided the Eagles a opportunity to difficulty ?%AIRCONDITIONER
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pic.twitter.com/bhQE9tc2h4— The 33rd Team (@The33rdTeamFB) December 19, 2023
The Eagles had no objective of difficult that call till the blockage made it an apparent win for them. Rather than trying to extend the drive on 4th down, Carroll sentout out his field objective system to cut Philadelphia’s lead to 4. Then, in rather potentially the most inadvertently amusing minute of his profession that didn’t include taking off his t-shirt in front of DK Metcalf, Carroll had the outright stones to ask the authorities for his timeout back thinkingabout the Eagles’ difficulty.
Does Peter Carroll *reallythink he oughtto get his timeout back or is this simply performative liveliness from Peter Carroll? You neverever understand with Peter Carroll, do you? pic.twitter.com/ysXRJ4gkkI
— Michael Hurley (@michaelF