RENTON, Wash. -- Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman said earlier this week that "things didn't get communicated the right way" on Julio Jones' 36-yard touchdown last Sunday.
Defensive coordinator Kris Richard took responsibility for the coverage bust on Thursday.
And on Friday, Seahawks strong safety Kelcie McCray offered his version of what went wrong.
"I’m not here to throw anybody under the bus," McCray said. "We’ve got to do better as a team. As a whole defense, we’ve got to do better. It wasn’t one person’s fault regardless of what everybody said or people were saying. It wasn’t one person’s fault. We’ve got to do better as a team."
On the play, six of the seven defenders in coverage were playing zone (Cover 3). One player (Sherman) was in man coverage. That left the left deep third wide open for Jones, who caught the ball and ran into the end zone for the score.
Based on comments made by Pete Carroll and Sherman earlier in the week, it sounded like McCray was responsible for relaying the call to Sherman.
McCray indicated that he thought Sherman would know the call based on formation. He was asked what Richard's teaching point was on the play.
"Basically I feel like he was just saying every play we should communicate," McCray said. "Sometimes you go out there and you think certain stuff is understood, and it’s not. So even the smallest details, you should probably communicate on every play just to make sure everybody has it.
"It’s just something that sometimes you take for granted. Sometimes when you do stuff so much, you kind of take certain things for granted. It’s like, ‘OK, I know he’s got this’ or ‘He’s going to do this’ or whatever. And sometimes that’s what happens."
The Seahawks' communication will be tested Sunday night. Kam Chancellor is doubtful with a groin injury, and McCray is expected to start once again.
"Everybody has to communicate, depending on the play and then formations," McCray said. "Sometimes I may have to communicate with Earl [Thomas] or with the linebackers or whatever. Sometimes they have to communicate with me, so I feel like it’s not just one guy that’s responsible for all the communication. It’s a team effort."