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Sorry wasn’t the athletic but the ringer,
Towards the end of this articlehttps://www.theringer.com/nfl-playoffs/2021/1/10/22223008/seahawks-pete-carroll-nfl-playoff
Bit I was talking about:
In Carroll’s defense, he is operating with the same philosophy that brought Seattle two Super Bowl appearances and one win. Carroll is obsessed with turnovers: He was 53-0 as head coach at USC when the Trojans had an even or plus turnover ratio, and the Seahawks were 9-0 when winning the turnover margin this season. And Wilson did turn the ball over more this year than ever before as a consequence of his increased passing. In Weeks 9 and 10, Wilson committed a combined seven turnovers, and the Seahawks lost both games. From that point on, the Seahawks went back to their run-heavy approach and stopped passing downfield. That Week 10 loss was against … the Rams. Los Angeles effectively ended the fun, aggressive version of Seattle’s offense in Week 10 and then ended their conservative offense this weekend.
Some good articles in the athletic about Carroll’s adherence to turnover differential and how in the second half of the season he reigned in russ to limit turnovers from the “let russ cook” first half, which was explosive but turnover prone.