The Seattle Seahawks are fortunate to be slated to play Monday night in Week 13, allowing players the day off to celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends.
“The schedule is excellent,” coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday afternoon. “We’re very, very fortunate to be playing on Monday night this week so that we can take the day off tomorrow and everyone can get home and all that. The extra day of rest will be obvious. To be able to celebrate like everybody would like to, we’re very fortunate.”
While the players won’t be at the facility, Carroll and the coaching staff will likely address the importance of a meal plan over the short break.
“We’ll talk about it before the day’s over, but tomorrow is not an eating circus,” Carroll explained. “We’ve got to make sure the guys are well aware of that.”
With a number of players on the heavier side of the scale, Carroll has cause for concern about overeating during the holiday.
“There’s a couple,” Carroll admitted. “We got a whole bunch of big guys. There are a few guys, I’m not going to mention any names.
“We’ll make the point.”
