MINNEAPOLIS -- For the second time in as many years, Pete Carroll has to fix his staggering defense before it derails the Seattle Seahawks' season.
The difference now compared to 2020: he doesn't have until November to do it.
Not with a pair of critical NFC West games up next -- at the San Francisco 49ers this Sunday (4:05 p.m. ET, Fox), home vs. the Los Angeles Rams four days later -- and not with the prospect of a 1-2 start turning into a 1-4 hole that might be too deep to climb out of in a division as tough as this one.