Seahawks don’t have home-field advantage against Cardinals?
By Lee Vowell
According to Bruce Arians, the Seahawks do not have home-field advantage this week against the Cardinals. Arizona has that in CenturyLink. But is there any truth in Arians funny talk?
The Seahawks rarely lose at CenturyLink in Seattle. Bruce Arians is the coach of the Arizona Cardinals. Both of these statements are true. But Arians thinks that Seattle’s home field advantage ends when Arizona visits.
After the Cardinals’ win this past Sunday over the New York Giants, Arians said, “We know that that’s (CenturyLink) our home field. We’re going up there and kicking their ass.”
Arians knows what it is like to kiss ass, what with all his Super Bowl rings (sarcasm alert!). Since Arians became the Cardinals coach in 2013, Arizona has won one playoff game. Proof that Arians knows how to dominate, right? No. Not really.
It is true that Arians has a winning record at CenturyLink Field. The Cardinals have gone 3-1 in Seattle since 2013. It is also true that Arians is unsure if he will be coaching Arizona next season. He has an aging quarterback (Carson Palmer) and an aging great receiver (Larry Fitzgerald). He has one great running back (David Johnson) who hasn’t proved he can stay healthy yet. Arizona also hasn’t shown it can address long-term offensive solutions.
But their coach, with his geographically untraceable accent, thinks he knows Seattle is his place to win.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll seems to appreciate Arians is just having some fun. Carroll said on 710 ESPN Seattle on Tuesday, “Bruce gets to say whatever he wants. I don’t care. Bring him on. Let’s go. We’ll go play some football on Sunday, and we’ll figure it out.” And when asked if Seattle players might find some motivation from Arians’ words, Carroll said, “I would imagine they would.”
Seattle, of course, could say the reverse. Maybe University of Phoenix Stadium is a home field advantage to the Seahawks? Seattle has never lost there since Arians became the Cardinals head coach, going 4-0-1 in that time.
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But as Carroll said, Arians can say what he wants. The Cardinals coach is trying to inspire his team to win a game when they have nothing left to play for. Just like in 2016. And probably just like in 2018. Seattle will continue to contend, while Arizona will continue its descent to the bottom of the NFC West.