After the game, current Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald opened his press conference directly addressing the tie situation. "Told the team, look, you never want to tie a football game. Kind of stinks. But a lot of great stuff on both sides of the ball."

The Seattle Seahawks played their first preseason game last night, hosting Pete Carroll and the Las Vegas Raiders. They played to a 23-23 tie, and it was all-around not a bad outing for their first time playing since January.

Thursday's preseason opener against the Raiders featured plenty of reminders of the Seahawks' proud history. There was, of course, Pete Carroll, the Super Bowl winning coach of the Seahawks for 14 seasons,