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What the 49ers and Seahawks are Saying Ahead of the Home Opener

What the 49ers and Seahawks are Saying Ahead of the Home Opener


Seahawks Quotes

Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll on playing the 49ers on the road:

“It’s a big opportunity for us to get on the road, and I know division games are crucially important throughout the season and all that but this is that next shot that we have and it wouldn’t really matter who it was, but it happens to be the Niners. It’s a team that we’re obviously very familiar with. We have tremendous respect for these guys. They’ve had some great teams and we’ve battled with these guys for years, the coaching staff and all of them. We take this with the highest of regard.”

Carroll on Lance:

“He’s a very versatile athlete. They know what they got, he ran them all 13 times in the game so they’re using him. It’s a major concern, he’s really effective getting the ball down the field. He’s had some big plays all throughout his time playing. He had a couple big ones in this last week, so we understand this guy and respect him at this point and we know that he’s very dangerous and he makes a lot of guys effective in the game because he’s such a threat. So, we have to deal with that.”

Carroll on the 49ers run game:

“Their commitment to it and what Kyle does with the running game and what they’ve done over the years, it has been really impressive because they’ve always been able to run the football well. That commitment I love to see, that’s part of their makeup – the big variety of runs. They have a bunch of style to them with Kittle and Kyle Juszczyk, they just give you so much freedom to do so many things that it’s really challenging and they’re hard to defend in the running game. I don’t know what’s going to happen with Kittle, I don’t know if he’s going or not, but we’re going to anticipate that he is and that just poses a lot of issues for us.”

Seahawks defensive coordinator Clint Hurtt on the threat of a running quarterback:

“With all the read option and things of that nature, it forces you to be really disciplined. But the one thing about San Francisco is that they’re a physical football team. Not only do you have to match the schematic part of it and be responsible for your job in the run game, but also you need to match the physicality. So, that’s why I’ve always loved playing the Niners for that reason, it’s a physical matchup.”

Hurtt on what he expects from Sunday’s matchup:

“It’s going to be a slugfest. Both teams that love to run the football, teams that play hard, fly around and want to hit you. It’s going to be like that for 60 minutes and it’s always…

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