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Quick Hits: Pete Carroll addresses change in offensive coaching staff after Raiders' loss to…

"Long-time NFL coach, longtime playcaller, 13 years and plus. Connecting him with the philosophy from where we worked together, he's deep into what I'm looking for, and he understands it. ... We need to run the ball better, and we need to have the running game available to us, I think I probably mentioned that last week, when you need it. Short yardage, red zone, goal line, fourth quarter, all of those times that have historically been when you need to call on it, and then you have to orchestrate your game so that it fits that. And that's why the play passes are so important and the actions are so important, and keeping the quarterback clean, and minimizing the distances on third down. All of those things all fit together. I've been doing it this way for a lot of years, and it's a winning formula if you play good defense and you kick the ball well. And so, we're trying to get that, and we just have not captured it. This is what this move is about."

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