The Seattle Seahawks were in the middle of their mock game Wednesday afternoon when the news broke that the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks did not take the court ahead of their playoff game against the Orlando Magic in protest of the recent shooting of Jacob Blake.
Coach Pete Carroll was asked after the scrimmage whether or not it was likely the Seahawks or any other NFL team would do the same this season.
“You know, anything is possible,” Carroll said. “I mentioned to the players this is the year – it’s the protest season. It’s the season of protests.”
"It continues to happen, and it continues to be a real problem."
During his press conference, @PeteCarroll addressed the shooting of Jacob Blake. pic.twitter.com/SyqYetecRN
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) August 26, 2020
“So we’ll handle ourselves as we do and but this is a protest that doesn’t have an end to it until all the problems go away and we solves the issues and stuff,” Carroll explained. “So we are going to do our part and continue to work to stay actively involved and continue to stay in touch with the situations that are going on by staying on the topics.
“And with it, just in hopes that we can be there to help and support where we can.”
The Seahawks have an off day on Thursday before resuming practice Friday afternoon.
