RENTON, Wash. -- Mike Macdonald doesn't take many pages out of Pete Carroll's playbook, and this week brought another example of how the Seattle Seahawks' new head coach differs from his predecessor.
Whereas Carroll never talked in terms of "huge games" and "must-wins," Macdonald laid out the stakes on Wednesday as his team prepared to face the NFC West-leading Arizona Cardinals twice in the span of three weeks, with a road game against the spiraling New York Jets in between.
"We've earned the opportunity to be fighting for the lead in the division going into the home stretch," Macdonald said.