Seahawks back in playoffs, Carroll gets contract extension

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Doug Baldwin is one of the few still on the Seattle Seahawks roster who has hung around long enough to give an accurate and comprehensive read on coach Pete Carroll — who received a three-year contract extension Monday.
After being with Carroll for eight of his nine seasons in Seattle, Baldwin said the coaching job done this season may be Carroll’s best, taking a team few expected to be contender and leading them to the postseason for the seventh time in hi