Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is fired up about his defense and how they will perform in 2020 . . . if there is even a season.
Carroll went into specifics about the team’s decisions to sign Bruce Irvin and Benson Mayowa, as well as drafting Jordyn Brooks, Darrell Taylor, and Alton Robinson.
“Pretty pumped up about it,” Carroll said. “Getting Bruce to come back was a big deal. Bruce is such a versatile football player can play Sam and Leo and rush in nickel. That was a really good start to it for the defensive side. To hit it with Jordyn inside, he’s going to be an extraordinary football player for us, and he’s got flexibility to play around – we’ll figure out how to fit him in best. To get both guys on the edges that, I think Darrell and Alton are going to be guys that are going to really give us some juice. We’ve been fortunate, and we needed to get speed on the edge and we got it.”
Veteran linebacker and longtime-Seahawk Bobby Wagner expressed confidence in the team’s leadership and that having safety Quandre Diggs for a full season should serve the defense well if he stays healthy.
“How things look on paper is just paper, but until we kind of get out there and practice together, be around one another and grow, that’s kind of where you get everything,” Wagner said. “Having somebody like Q-Diggs for a whole season will change things, and that’s just one example. I think we have great leadership. I think we’re hungry. Personally, I can’t wait to get back out there on the field and do what we’ve always been doing.”
The Seahawks’ defense may have far less cause for optimism than the offense based on the last few years but fans surely hope that things will be different this season.
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