Las Vegas Raiders head coach Pete Carroll is returning to the stadium he once called home.

The Seattle Seahawks host the Raiders Thursday in their first preseason game at 10 p.m. ET on NFL Network. Carroll coached Seattle from 2010-23, going 137-89-1 in the regular season. He spent the 2024 season as a senior advisor for the team before leaving for Las Vegas.

Carroll is downplaying the storyline.

"It's the only game we've got. It happens to be in Seattle," the coach told the media Tuesday. "I loved my time in Seattle, loved the fans and the people we met, and dealt with and competed with. But it's a game for us we're going to play ball."

Still, Carroll's return is a big reason the Las Vegas-Seattle matchup could be one of the more notable preseason games. Several of his former Seaha

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