FOXBORO, Mass. — The

Patriots' offense was moving at such a rapid pace during Sunday's win against

Denver that it was even difficult to keep up with the game on television at

times. Unfortunately for Pete Carroll and the Seahawks, come Sunday it will be

their responsibility to try and stop the potent attack.

During New England's 31-21

win over the Broncos, Bill Belichick and Josh McDaniels orchestrated one of the

quickest and most efficient offensive schemes ever seen in professional

football. And Tom Brady and the Patriots' offense executed it to perfection.

The Patriots ran a total of

84 plays, including 95 snaps, on Sunday and at times were spending a mere 16 to

19 seconds in between plays. That's an absurd pace for any football team, and

definitely one that no opposing defense looks forward to stopping.

Carroll, a former head coach

in both New England and at USC, has seen all sorts of offensive systems during

his 34 years of coaching, and he's done a pretty damn good job defending them.

But even he admits that he's never seen any team execute at the accelerated

pace. Not in the NFL at least.

"Yeah, the Oregon

Ducks," Carroll said of Patriots' no-huddle attack. "They’re the ones

that play similar to this. I’m sure there are some other college teams that are

doing it. There’s nobody in the league [NFL] that’s close at this time, but

there will be.

The up-tempo attack that Chip

Kelly and Oregon have run over the past few seasons is almost incomparable. If

anyone were able to do it, though, Belichick and McDaniels — who have both

together and separately developed some of the most potent offenses in NFL

history — would be the culprits.

Just like the Dolphins did

with the wildcat a few years ago, maybe this unique approach will spur on a new

trend for offenses around the league. Carroll at least seems to think so.

"There’s nobody that’s

tried to play like they’re playing," Carroll said. "They’ll affect

other people I’m sure, because they’ve had so much success already."

Fortunately for Carroll, he

has plenty of experience with Kelly and the Ducks from his time coaching the

Trojans in the then Pac 10. The downside is he also knows the rigors of trying

to defend it.

"We don’t have a

chance," Carroll jokingly said of preparing for the Patriots up-tempo

offense. "I don’t know. We’re just going to do the best we can. We’re

going to try to practice fast and see if we can catch up with it."

With the Seahawks boasting

the NFL's first-rated defense and arguably some of the most athletic and

physical defenders in the league, they shouldn't be at too great a

disadvantage. Something Carroll is undoubtedly counting on.

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