Seahawks Silenced? Jets Coach Robert Saleh ‘Used To’ 12th Man’s Noise

The Seattle Seahawks are in want of the twelfth Man now greater than ever.

Seattle hosts the New York Jets at Lumen Discipline on Sunday in a recreation that primarily holds do-or-die stakes for each groups.

However Jets coach Robert Saleh is all too accustomed to the environment he is about to steer his younger staff into. Saleh served as a defensive high quality coach underneath Seahawks coach Pete Carroll from 2011-13, successful a hoop with the staff after a victory over the Denver Broncos in Tremendous Bowl XLVIII.

He then obtained his first main teaching gig when the San Francisco 49ers named him defensive coordinator in 2017.

Clearly, he is snug within the unforgiving NFC West. However he even went as far to say that Lumen Discipline is a spot he is “used to” at this level and that it is possibly even … enjoyable? 

“After I was D coordinator, we performed them 4 years in order that’s eight video games,” Saleh mentioned Wednesday. “I’ve sort of gotten used to it. Enjoyable place to play.”

That is a solution that would probably add extra motivation to what’s already fixing to be a rowdy residence crowd in Seattle on Sunday.

Feelings are likely to run excessive when former coaches or gamers make a return to a spot they referred to as residence at one level. One would suppose this will surely be the case for Saleh in enormous recreation for the Jets, however he saved issues blunt when discussing the sensation of returning to Seattle as soon as once more.

“The nostalgia of all of it has kinda worn off,” he mentioned.

Possibly a little bit of nostalgia may play in Seattle’s favor. Saleh and the Niners went simply 2-8 towards the Seahawks throughout his tenure in San Francisco.

With a purpose to preserve their playoffs hopes intact, the Seahawks might want to proceed this flurry of wins towards Saleh when Seattle and New York kickoff at 1:05 p.m. PT on Sunday.

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