Good point!
The Carroll-hating crowd blamed Carroll. Of course, I suspect they blame him when the stock market is down (and they're not shorting), or when it rains on a Saturday or something. According to them, it was Carroll's incompetence that caused all the problems with the play clock.
Isn't it odd, then, that the Broncos had those problems with the play clock so badly in 2022 that fans in their stadium were counting down the last five seconds of the play clock out loud, while the Seahawks were completely different. There were so many times during the season when Smith was looking at the defense after the huddle and calling pre-snap signals, I would get worried about the play clock (I'd been conditioned to do so by the previous several years of Seahawks football) and glance at it on the screen, and then I'd feel an overwhelming sense of relief because there were still 12 or 13 seconds left on the clock. The days of getting to the line to start calling the signals with five seconds left on the clock were over for the 'Hawks. Not for the Broncos, but that's just an added bonus. I still dislike the Broncos from the Seahawks' days in the AFC West.
