Speaking with reporters after a 21-20 win over the Arizona Cardinals, coach Pete Carroll lauded his Seattle Seahawks for their toughness closing out a ninth win despite being eliminated from the playoffs late in regulation by virtue of a win by the Green Bay Packers.
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00:00 We really had one thing we could get done today and
00:04 that was come out and win this football game regardless of what happened in any
00:09 place else.
00:10 And I'm so proud of the way this happened, cuz you know me,
00:14 I like when they finish like this.
00:16 And as hard as it could possibly get all the way down to the nub,
00:20 it took another two minute drive and it took a stop to get it done.
00:26 But the way these guys hung and how tough they were and how they just did not give
00:30 up on the chance to go every play, we're gonna go for two,
00:33 that was the easiest decision ever.
00:35 I just thought it was a really impressive finish for
00:38 us under the circumstances that we had.
00:40 And could we want two games a day?
00:42 Well, we tried to win two games a day, but we only had one shot.
00:45 So I thought it was a stellar effort across the board to get that done.
00:50 And these guys are playing good too and you can see it, you can see why,
00:53 they got good players.
00:54 So I don't know how to put it all in a capsule here,
00:59 other than to say that I love this team and I love the way that these guys play.
01:04 And I've told you that for such a long time that they continue to keep coming
01:08 back, they continue to keep believing.
01:10 They stick to the essence of what we're trying to get done.
01:13 If you could have heard Locke talk to him in pregame, before we went out,
01:17 and in his words of wisdom about hanging together and playing for one another.
01:21 And it's the guy next to you and he was gonna call on everybody just like he
01:25 wants us to call on him.
01:27 And all of the principles that are so powerful for a team,
01:31 Locke was on it and then here he did it again.
01:34 We've been coming here for years, I think.
01:36 We've played 16 times here since I've been in Seattle.
01:39 And I don't know, Locke must have made a winning touchdown in most of those
01:42 catches.
01:43 And he made a great play today to put us out there and to give us the chance.
01:48 And then he also capped it off with a great throw by G, but also a great finish
01:53 on the two-minute play on the back of the end zone.
01:55 Gino found him and hit him to give us a chance to win the game.
01:58 So he's my hero.
02:00 I mean, he is my hero.
02:01 He's been such a great player for so long.
02:03 He continues to go unrecognized probably around the world here,
02:06 but it doesn't matter.
02:07 We know how good he is and what a great contribution he's made to this program.