Fans around the country are anxiously waiting to hear whether or not professional football will be played this fall in spite of the coronavirus pandemic. With a number of college conferences already postponing or canceling their seasons, the angst is very real for most people.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll – always the eternal optimist – is confident his team will be taking the field in September.
“I think we’re going to make it to the games,” Carroll told Dave “Softy” Mahler and Dick Fain of 950 KJR Radio on Thursday. “This format that we’re in – we’re trying to do a great job, we’re counting on everybody else to do a great job, too. We’ve gone almost two full weeks now and we know how to do that, so if we just can take it one day at a time and everybody’s doing the same thing, then the games are rolling.”
Only one Seahawk has been placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list so far, but John Ursua’s test turned out to be a false positive in the end.
If the Seahawks can keep doing what they are doing to stay safe and negative for the coronavirus, Carroll just might be right about football games being played this season after all.
