Perhaps most noteworthy after the game was Carroll confirming that next week's game will look different in terms of who is on the field. So far, the vast majority of Seattle's starters have been held out of the two preseason games, but the Seahawks are shifting this week from training camp to regular-season mode in terms of their daily schedule, and they'll also get more starters on the field for their third and final preseason game.
"We have to take all the positive things and keep growing, and this week is a little different for us, we'll change the format of it and get out of camp and make it a regular week for us in terms of the cadence of the week, get our guys a chance to get tuned in to what that means so that when game week comes a couple weeks from now, we'll be ready to crank it up again," Carroll said.
In past preseasons when there were four games, most teams, the Seahawks included, would play starters sparingly in the first two games, then have them play more in the third game before giving many of them the final weekend off.
With a three-game preseason and a weekend off before the opener, the plan this year is to let starters get some work next week knowing they'll then have two weeks to recover before the regular-season opener.
"This format for us was different than we've ever done before," Carroll said. "We've done something different, and it hasn't been a lot of fun in games with the way we're playing. Week 3 is a big deal for us, and we'll go back to a lot of the other guys who haven't played in the first two game to prepare them for Game 1 of the regular season—that's been the plan all along."
Carroll added that he's a fan of the three-game format that gives teams more time between the end of the preseason and the start of the regular season.
"I really like the two weeks, we're trying to take full advantage of that," he said. "I think that's a great deal for the league and I think everybody's going to really appreciate that. I think it's a really good idea. That's been enticing the whole time, knowing you've got all that time to get guys back, this is the game they can play in and get more airtime."
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