The Seattle Seahawks and coach Pete Carroll have never been afraid to play whomever they see fit, regardless of experience or where they were selected in the draft.

Chris Carson is a great example of that. He was a seventh-round pick last season, who managed to beat out established veteran backs like Thomas Rawls and Eddie Lacy to be the team’s number one back, until he got hurt in Week 4.

Now, he has even more competition after Seattle used their first-round draft pick on running back Rashaad Penny. But that doesn’t mean Carson is going to accept a role as second fiddle, however.

“He had a phenomenal offseason,” coach Carroll commented Tuesday. “He was really the star of the offseason in that he was just so fit, so strong and so explosive from the moment we got back.”

Carson ran with the first team in Seattle’s scrimmage game on Saturday, catching a pass on a wheel route for a touchdown on the first play of the game. Penny ran with the second team.

Carson and Penny are going to be in a heated battle for playing time in 2018. Ultimately, both of them will likely get plenty of opportunities throughout the season, both on run plays and in the passing game.

“We both compliment each other,” Carson stated after Saturday’s scrimmage. “He actually brings that aspect with his speed and I bring that aspect more with power. We are just working hard off of each other.”

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