They haven’t been able to coordinate schedules yet, but Carroll and Dent, tied for No. 8 on the NFL’s all-time sack list with 137.5, have talked about having Dent in to work with Carroll’s defensive linemen as a pass-rush consultant. “It’s been hard to find times that work for both of us but I would like very much to work with Pete and what they’re doing,” Dent told CSNChicago.com on Saturday at the annual Bears Care Gala.
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It all began the Sunday morning before the Dec. 22 Bears-Philadelphia Eagles game, with Dent appearing on NFL Network’s early pre-game programming. Not long after the broadcast, Dent got a phone call.
On the line was Carroll, whose Seahawks had a late game that Sunday at home against the Arizona Cardinals. But Carroll, who had a defense already among the NFL’s elite, particularly against the pass, wanted to talk pass-rush specifics.
They were on the phone for nearly an hour-and-a-half, Dent on the East Coast around 9 a.m., Carroll on Seattle time. At the end of the talk, it was Dent who may have been the more impressed.
“That really tickled me to death,” Dent said. “It was an honor. We were talking about alignments, different things, situations, and at the end he said, ‘I think we should see about getting something done.’
“I told Coach, ‘I got you winning [the Super Bowl] a blowout.’ And he started laughing. But I did text that out anyway way before the game.
“The fact that I was only on the network right then, and you don’t know who’s watching, and that’s real early in the morning for Seattle. So hey, he had to be up at 5, 6 in the morning to be seeing this. And I’m thinking, ‘This is a guy who really loves what he does.’
“He’s got one more game, he’s doing great, and he’s still trying to get better. That says a lot about the guy, and a guy like that is someone you want to work for, you want to be a corner with.”
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It all began the Sunday morning before the Dec. 22 Bears-Philadelphia Eagles game, with Dent appearing on NFL Network’s early pre-game programming. Not long after the broadcast, Dent got a phone call.
On the line was Carroll, whose Seahawks had a late game that Sunday at home against the Arizona Cardinals. But Carroll, who had a defense already among the NFL’s elite, particularly against the pass, wanted to talk pass-rush specifics.
They were on the phone for nearly an hour-and-a-half, Dent on the East Coast around 9 a.m., Carroll on Seattle time. At the end of the talk, it was Dent who may have been the more impressed.
“That really tickled me to death,” Dent said. “It was an honor. We were talking about alignments, different things, situations, and at the end he said, ‘I think we should see about getting something done.’
“I told Coach, ‘I got you winning [the Super Bowl] a blowout.’ And he started laughing. But I did text that out anyway way before the game.
“The fact that I was only on the network right then, and you don’t know who’s watching, and that’s real early in the morning for Seattle. So hey, he had to be up at 5, 6 in the morning to be seeing this. And I’m thinking, ‘This is a guy who really loves what he does.’
“He’s got one more game, he’s doing great, and he’s still trying to get better. That says a lot about the guy, and a guy like that is someone you want to work for, you want to be a corner with.”
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