CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Facing fourth-and-1 midway through the fourth quarter Sunday, Pete Carroll opted against a short field goal that would have given the Seattle Seahawks a 16-point lead, instead keeping his offense on the field to try to make it a three-score game.
With only a few inches needed for the first down and the ball at Carolina's 5-yard line, there wasn't much question that going for it was the right decision. And with Chris Carson having already run around and through the Panthers' 29th-ranked run defense on his way to the most productive game of his career, there wasn't much doubt he would pick it up.