As long as Pete Carroll is there the defense in Seattle will be good. 

 

Pete Carroll is a defensive coach and served as a defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach several times before getting his first head coaching job. He was mentored under Monte Kiffin as defensive coordinator when he was first getting into coaching  and many of his defensive philosophies come from that. He is the real mastermind behind that defense.

 

People look at USC and assume Pete is an offensive coach because they had high powered offenses but that was a result of very good recruits (Leinart, Bush, Lendale White, etc) and good offensive coordinators (Norm Chow).  Somehow the star defensive talent USC produced gets lost in the shuffle. USC had Clay Matthews, Troy Polamalu, Taylor Mays, Brian Cushing, Rey Maualuga, Lofa Tatupu, etc during Carrolls tenure. 

 

Not to knock on Dan Quinn or Gus Bradley but the defensive coordinator position may be replaceable in Seattle simply because Carroll is the one truly calling the shots.

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