The Seattle Seahawks will finish the 2021 season in last place in the NFC West, their first last-place finish since 1996.It's a new low for the Pete Carroll era, a span of time headlined by two Super Bowl appearances, one Super Bowl victory and perennial contention for the Lombardi Trophy. The 2021 season, however, was the year the wheels fell off, prompting many to wonder Roberto Luongo Kids Jersey if maybe it's time to start a new era.Fresh off Alexander Petrovic Men Jersey to the Chicago Bears in which the Seahawks blew a 10-point lead, Carroll doesn't think a reset is nece sary."Not for one reason at all do I think we have to restart this thing," Carroll said .Seattle has sustained succe s because of a variety of factors, starting with finding its franchise quarterback ( ) in the third round of the 2011 draft. The Seahawks have nailed a handful of late-round picks and undrafted free-agent signings, leading to a strong roster that was capable of clashing with the league's titans in the last decade.But repeated swings and mi ses on first-round picks have set the franchise back, and after years of patching holes by acquiring coveted talents via trade, the dam finally burst in 2021. There was a talent discrepancy with which Seattle simply could not Vincent Trocheck Men Jersey keep up, a reality Carroll didn't shy away from Monday."When you look around our division and you look at when the Cardinals were really rolling and they had all of their guys going James Reimer Jersey , they had a lot of star players on their football team," Carroll explained. "Like, National Football League star guys. The Rams looked like they were pretty loaded up as well. You could see it. The Niners have a lot of firepower."I'm looking at our club, I like what we had. I liked every aspect of what we had. But as it turned out, the guys in our division -- it's why this is the best division in football, and it was noted for that going maybe into the middle of the season. The talent is there. We're up against it."We like what we got but you gotta admire what the other teams have and acknowledge the fact they got some great players over Denis Malgin Kids Jersey there, too. It's been really balanced out."