Earl Thomas' time with the Baltimore Ravens came to an abrupt halt over the weekend. Pete Carroll acknowledged that it's been a tough journey for Thomas in recent seasons. Carroll, who coached Thomas on the Seattle Seahawks, shared his reaction to Thomas' release from the Ravens.
“It’s been a tough time for Earl,” Carroll said, via Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times. “That’s a hard situation. I feel bad for him. I wish he could have avoided that from happening, whatever that was. . . . That’s a bad state to get in when they send you home.”
At one point in his career, Earl Thomas was a marquee member of a Seattle secondary that was dubbed the “Legion of Boom”. The All-Pro safety, alongside Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor, struck fear in offensive players. However, after being the last member of the historic group remaining with the Seahawks, his tenure in Seattle came crashing down.
In a contest versus the Arizona Cardinals in 2018, Thomas was carted off with a broken left leg. While he was being carted off, Earl Thomas displayed his middle finger toward Carroll. Seeing that he was in the final year of his contract, his gesture toward Carroll was the last straw for the Seahawks.
Fast forward to now. Earl Thomas got into a heated altercation with Ravens' teammate, Chuck Clark. The veteran safety was sent home by Baltimore and would be released by the team for conduct detrimental to the team.
Just a year after signing a four-year, $55 million deal with the Ravens, Earl Thomas is searching for a new place to call home in 2020. And even though Carroll no longer coaches him, he seems legitimately concerned about Thomas' situation.
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