The Seahawks don’t plan on playing catch-up this Sunday in Philadelphia.

That’s as true for the tempo as it is for the scoreboard, and for as much as has been made of the Eagles’ pace with an offense that averages a league-high 73 plays per game, coach Pete Carroll said this won’t be the first time his Seahawks defense has played a team that’s standing on the accelerator.

“We know that they’ll go real fast,” Carroll said, “and we’ll see how much they want to do that. We’re not concerned about that, really. We practice like that all the time because you never know when a team is going to do it.”

And Seattle has faced teams that do it. New England two years ago for instance, the year after Patriots coach Bill Belichick studied Oregon’s pace over the offseason.

“That year, they were going as fast as you can go between plays,” Carroll said.

via Danny O’Neil of 710 ESPN Seattle