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Tim Weaver

Pete Carroll falls back on familiar rule of 53 to turn struggling Seahawks around

While it’s easy (and fun) to make light of Russell Wilson’s rough start to the season, the Seahawks really don’t have anything to brag about. We are seeing flashes of promise from guys like Abe Lucas and Tariq Woolen every week, but overall their roster has too many holes to really compete this year.

It doesn’t help that their head coach is still stuck in 1984. When asked yesterday on ESPN how his team can turn things around and get a win next week, Pete Carroll fell back on his old, familiar rule of 53 thing – meaning his team had 53 combined runs and completions in Sunday’s loss to the Falcons. Carroll seems to think that’s some kind of milestone for how to win games in this league. Here’s his full answer, per Mike Dugar at the Athletic.

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