NFC Notes: Pete Carroll, Jared Goff, Sean McVay, Cardinals, Rams, Seahawks

Cardinals

Cardinals QBs coach Israel Woolfork thinks Kyler Murray showed a โ€œglimpseโ€ of what he can do in their offensive system following his return. 

โ€œYou got a glimpse of just our offense and [the] whole [of] how we can play โ€” running the ball, throwing the ball, catching, getting open, every aspect of the game,โ€ Woolfork said, via Josh Weinfuss of ESPN. 

Woolfork spoke about having QBs Joshua Dobbs and Clayton Tune start the year before returning to Murray, describing that the situation helped him grow as a coach. 

โ€œIt was crazy at the beginning of the year,โ€ Woolfork said. โ€œYou canโ€™t make it up. You canโ€™t. Itโ€™s not a book you can read. Itโ€™s not anything you can do [about] that. So, obviously just learning from that situation, growing from it, I think thatโ€™s the biggest thing Iโ€™m probably gonna take away [from] my coaching career moving forward.โ€

Cardinals WR Zach Pascal said Murray always took advantage of his time when rehabbing from his knee injury. 

โ€œYou could definitely see he wasnโ€™t taking it for granted,โ€ Pascal said. โ€œAnd he was happy to be out there, and then the plays he was making, itโ€™s like, โ€˜Dang.โ€™ When youโ€™re missing your quarterback and you looking for one, itโ€™s a struggle, and then he comes back and plays like this, [itโ€™s like] โ€˜OK, this is exactly why we got this man.'โ€

Rams

Rams HC Sean McVay was impressed with the way QB Jared Goff played against him in the wild card round, adding that he has come a long way in the past three years.

โ€œJared was really efficient,โ€ McVay said, via PFT. โ€œYou can see the command he has. I think thereโ€™s a lot made of it, but Iโ€™m really happy for him. Obviously we wanted to come away with the win, but heโ€™s done a great job. I think the grit, the resilience, and the way heโ€™s done his thing here over the last three years, Iโ€™m happy for Jared, and I certainly am appreciative of the four years we had together.โ€

  • Rams QB Matthew Stafford when asked if he will be back next season: โ€œThatโ€™s my plan right now, yeah, my plan is to be back. And youโ€™ll have to deal with me for another year!โ€ (Jourdan Rodrigue)
  • Rams DL Aaron Donald when asked if he was committed to the team in 2024: โ€œFor sure.โ€ (Rodrigue)

Seahawks

  • SIโ€™s Albert Breer believes Cowboys DC Dan Quinn could ultimately finally leave Dallas for Seattle, where he has connections with the team.
  • Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk says the thinking in Seattle is Quinn is at the top of GM John Scheniderโ€™s list to coach the Seahawks.
  • Former Seahawks HC Pete Carroll is unsure if heโ€™ll return to coaching but mentioned heโ€™s not โ€œholding my breathโ€ for any offers: โ€œI donโ€™t know thatโ€ฆ Iโ€™m not holding my breath. If it happens, it happens. Weโ€™ll see.โ€ (Michael-Shawn Dugar)
  • Carroll in a recent appearance on Seattle Sports Radio: โ€œI have very, very strong feelings about what we did, and where we screwed it up and why we didnโ€™t come through the way we wanted to and what we did well. So we just needed to touch on all of that, and the perception that the media has on the outside is not always accurateโ€ฆ And then, OK, what is the essence of the adjustments that are necessary? Thatโ€™s where maybe we donโ€™t see eye to eye on, because I see it one way and I think Iโ€™ve got a way to fix it and Iโ€™m not going to kind of halfway fix itโ€ฆ Iโ€™ve got real precise and specific thoughts, and they may not see it that way, they may not agree with it, they may not see that thatโ€™s the right answer or thatโ€™s not the answer that makes them feel goodโ€ฆ The difficult part isโ€ฆitโ€™s really hard because theyโ€™re not football people. Theyโ€™re not coaches, and so to get to the real details of it is really difficult for other people.โ€

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