This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/seahawks as Pete Carroll refused to get sentimental about his return to Seattle Seahawks' home. It's only fitting that longtime Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll's first game back in the NFL would be against his old team.

It’s so good to have Seahawks football back! Sure, the tie is kind of like kissing your sister. In this case, though, your sister is Pete Carroll, the coach who brought the first and only Super Bowl championship to Seattle. What self-respecting Seahawks fan wouldn’t want to give Petey a smooch for that??

Pete Carroll returned to Lumen Field for the first time since leaving the Seahawks in January 2024, this time as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. His presence added extra electricity to a night that was already shaping up to be one of the busiest of the summer.