Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll has warned his players about getting too distracted during the off-season following their Super Bowl success.
The Seahawks won the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history with a 43-8 victory over the Denver Broncos on February 2.
"They will have a lot of distractions and a lot of people pulling them in different directions. So we addressed that, quite frankly, that each guy has got to set his plan in motion and not let the distractions get in the way of the hard work that it takes to put this thing back together," Carroll told reporters.
"My language and my message to the guys wasn't anything different. I didn't surprise them with what I was talking about. But I told them this is an extraordinary opportunity, because it's so difficult for teams to come back and play really well after winning the Super Bowl.
"We take that challenge on nose-to-nose and we'll go out there and see what we can do about it."
The last team to win back-to-back Super Bowls were the New England Patriots in 2004 and 2005.
Barney Corkhill
