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Carroll: Sherman knows his sideline outburst 'wasn't right'

Aaron Doster / USA TODAY Sports

The Seattle Seahawks' decision to throw from the one-yard line in Thursday's win over the Los Angeles Rams drew a strong reaction from cornerback Richard Sherman, who yelled at offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and head coach Pete Carroll on the sidelines for the play call.

Sherman explained his outburst after the game, saying the team should have learned from their mistake in Super Bowl XLIX when Russell Wilson was intercepted by New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler at the one-yard line, and the Seahawks ended up losing 28-24.

The veteran cornerback's reaction was always unlikely to sit well with Carroll, who said he and Sherman discussed the matter at length Friday morning.

"I just spent an hour with him, and we've been through it," Carroll said on 710 ESPN Seattle's Brock and Salk show, according to ESPN's Sheil Kapadia. "I love Richard. I just flat out love the dude, and I've been with him through so much and watched him grow and do so many unbelievable things. We made it through it. He knows that wasn't right. He's just so fiery, and we've seen him before. He'll speak for himself on that. But I feel very good about where he is right now. We're going to be all right.

"It was too bad. It was a distraction to the game. And that's not the way it's supposed to go."

Carroll admitted the Super Bowl loss still stings, and said he understands where Sherman's frustrations come from.

"I've got a lot of games like that," Carroll said. "That was the worst one. I've got a lot of things that fuel me, and I don't mind holding on to some stuff because I need the edge and I need to be whatever it is that makes me. I don't mind.

"I've made the choice to leave some things on the shelf that I'm going to run into every once in a while. And it's going to remind me of what I believe in and what I stand for and what's important to me, and I know that Sherm feels the same way. And a number of our guys do. But no, it's not fresh. It's not something we talked about. But that just stirred up something, and it caught Sherm wrong and he went off."

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