The Seattle Seahawks' offense has been inconsistent except at the end of the first half and the end of the game when they're forced to pick up the tempo.

“It’s something that we’ve recognized,” Pete Carroll said on Sports Radio KJR earlier this week. “We are better when our tempo is really good, so that is a point of emphasis. We see how well we’ve done when we’re going at a good pace. 

"We seem to be more effective then. We go in and out of that. It’s kind of a modified 2-minute drill. We’re just going faster.” 

Carroll was asked why they don't try a hurry-up style more often.

“It does take us away from the plan of running the football like we like to,” Carroll said. “We are out of the formula we really like. So there’s a little bit of a give-and-take there. 

“You throw the ball a little more when you do it. So we’re mixing it in, and hopefully, as we start the second half, we’ll see if our [faster] tempo can enhance the way we perform on offense.”