Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll expressed optimism that the poor air quality in Washington state that has impacted the team's practice schedule will improve by Sunday's game against the New England Patriots.
"We're in direct connection with [the NFL] and they are monitoring what's going on as we are as well," Carroll said Wednesday, per Brady Henderson of ESPN. "Hopefully we get a good shift in the weather here by the weekend. It looks it could change tomorrow some and into the weekend, but we're very cognizant of it and we're working to figure it out.