This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/seahawks as Pete Carroll refused to get sentimental about his return to Seattle Seahawks' home. It's only fitting that longtime Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll's first game back in the NFL would be against his old team.

Pete Carroll's return to Seattle ended in a weird fashion, as most likely could have predicted. But after Daniel Carlson's game-ending field goal attempt was blocked to have the game finish in a tie,

Pete Carroll played a new role in familiar territory Thursday night, with his first preseason game as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders coming against the Seattle Seahawks

Smith and Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby were seen making obscene gestures toward Seahawks fans as they entered the field Thursday night for their preseason game. The gestures — giving the fans the double bird — were similar to what Lions safety Brian Branch was fined for last November in a game against the Packers.

As expected, quarterback Geno Smith’s on-field return in Seattle was over quick. In Thursday’s game between the Las Vegas Raiders and Seattle Seahawks, Smith completed one of three passes for 15 yards before calling it a night.

Marshawn Lynch was up to his usual hijinks at the Seahawks' preseason opener against the Raiders as he was on the sideline as a credentialed photographer.