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NFL tells Pete Carroll that officials missed two pass-interference calls at Kansas City

RENTON, Wash. – Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said he was told by the NFL that the officials at Kansas City should have called pass interference on a throw to receiver Doug Baldwin in the end zone in the fourth quarter, along with a goal-line throw to wide receiver Jermaine Kearse in the second quarter.

“Every week we turn in plays that we challenge," Carroll said. “I said to someone yesterday that [the league informed him] there were a couple of rulings that should have gone the other way.”

The Seahawks had a first-and-goal at the Kansas City 9 on the pass to Kearse with cornerback Sean Smith covering him.

The pass to Baldwin was a fade in the left corner of the end zone on a fourth-and-goal at the 2 when Baldwin was pushed by Smith. Carroll was told both plays should have been flagged.

“There’s no value in it at all, except they don’t get them all right,” Carroll said. “Hopefully they will do a great job this week [Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals] because every play is going to count, just like any of those plays would have made a difference in [the Kansas City] game."