Pete Carroll on sideline confrontation with Richard Sherman: ‘We’re going to be all right’

Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman wasn’t happy about a play called by Coach Pete Carroll during the third quarter of the Seahawks’ 24-3 win over the Rams on Thursday night.

So Sherman was sure to let Carroll — and pretty much everyone else — know exactly how he felt.

Sherman could be seen on the sideline yelling at the coaching staff after a Russell Wilson pass was nearly intercepted by the Rams on a first-and-goal play from the 1. Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin pulled in a touchdown pass from the same distance two plays later to give Seattle a 17-3 lead with 3:12 remaining in the quarter.

“I don’t like it when we throw the ball at the 1 [yard-line],” Sherman told reporters after the game. “We throw an interception at the 1. Luckily it went incomplete, and I wasn’t going to let them continue to do that.”

He added: “I was letting Pete know. I was making sure Pete knew that we’re not comfortable with you throwing the ball at the 1.”

Earlier during his news conference, Carroll indicated that the sideline dispute was between Sherman and Baldwin.

“What was said in there, it doesn’t matter,” Carroll said. “I know you’d love to know more. You’ll probably figure out more, but I don’t care. But right now that was one of our guys who has as much emotion and passion for this game as you could ever want. And sometimes it goes one way where you’ve got to reel it back in.

“And he did exactly that. He did a nice job of coming back to poise and finished the game really well.”

The near-interception probably sent shivers down the spines of Seahawks fans, who remember all too well what happened in Super Bowl XLIX against New England. That’s when Seattle was a yard away from scoring a go-ahead touchdown with less than 30 seconds remaining in regulation.

But instead of trying to run the ball into the end zone, Wilson threw an interception to Malcolm Butler and the Patriots went on to win the game, 28-24.

“We’ve already seen how that goes,” Sherman said of throwing the ball in such situations. “I’m sure you guys have seen that play enough times.”

On Friday morning, Carroll said he and Sherman had cleared the air.

“I just spent an hour with him, and we’ve been through it,” Carroll said on 710 ESPN. “I love Richard. I just flat-out love the dude, and I’ve been with him through so much and watched him grow and do so many unbelievable things. We made it through it. He knows that wasn’t right. He’s just so fiery, and we’ve seen him before. He’ll speak for himself on that. But I feel very good about where he is right now. We’re going to be all right.

“It was too bad. It was a distraction to the game. And that’s not the way it’s supposed to go.”

charles.schilken@latimes.com

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UPDATES:

11:50 a.m.: This article was updated with an additional quote from Carroll.

This article was originally published at 10:10 a.m.