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RENTON, Wash. -- Head coach Pete Carroll said Monday that hes disappointed the league has punished the Seattle Seahawks for violating the on-field physical contact rule during a June 6 organized team activity.Im really disappointed, because weve worked really hard to try and do a great job, Carroll said. Weve been through this with the league over the years, over six years time, and after the second time, we made some real big changes in what we did two years ago.As a matter of fact, we went to the point to control the tempo the way we thought would be really fitting. We took helmets off our guys. We didnt practice in helmets the entire OTA season and learned a lot about how to do that.As part of the punishment, the Seahawks will forfeit their 2017 fifth-round pick. The team was fined $400,000, and Carroll was fined $200,000. The Seahawks also forfeit their first week of OTAs, covering three days, in 2017. Seahawks players will be paid for the canceled sessions.Mondays discipline is the third time Carroll and the Seahawks have been penalized for breaking the no-contact rules. In 2014, the Seahawks were fined $300,000 and lost practice time the next year for violating the rule during a mandatory minicamp. In 2012, Carroll and the Seahawks were fined an undisclosed amount and forfeited two OTAs the next season for violating the rule.According to Carroll, the incident that brought on disciplinary action occurred when the Seahawks were practicing without helmets June 6. Two players collided, banged heads and were injured.The NFL and NFLPA independently reviewed on-the-field video of the practice before agreeing that the Seahawks violated the no-contact rule.Its just unfortunate, and Ive got to do a better job, Carroll said. Ive got to make sure were toeing the line with the standards.It was hard, because we had such a good year last year, and we did it the same way with just more alerts. Weve gone through a lot. As a matter fact, at times, if a guy seems to be a little bit overzealous, weve taken him out of practice. Weve suspended a guy from a practice because of efforts that we thought were out of line and stuff like that. But still, we didnt quite meet the standards that they want, so this is what happened.In notifying the Seahawks of the discipline, the NFL cited Appendix G of the collective bargaining agreement, which states voluntary offseason workout programs are intended to provide training, teaching and physical conditioning for players. The intensity and tempo of drills should be at a level conducive to learning, with player safety as the highest priority, and not at a level where one player is in a physical contest with another player.Said Carroll: We have to work harder to understand what everybody else is doing and really just stay within the lines that they think are right. And we have to find out. We had the league come in and talk to our players. 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They love battling and competing. It was great to see them both really getting in the action over the last two weeks.Giving Coleman a larger role wasnt an obvious call for Quinn, considering Freemans big success last season when he ran for more than 1,000 yards with 11 touchdowns and trailed only All-Pro receiver Julio Jones on the team with 73 catches.Quinns plan is to keep Freeman fresh by utilizing Colemans speed, providing a change of pace to the shifty Freeman.The running back tandem has played a big role in the diversification of the Falcons offense. Quarterback Matt Ryan already has completed passes to 11 receivers, including nine against the Raiders.Freeman has 28 carries, only eight more than Coleman, for 113 yards. Freeman said he enjoyed the heavy workload in 2015 but doesnt mind sharing the job with Coleman -- as long as Atlanta is winning.If it works, dont try to fix it, Freeman said. Whatever weve got to do to win. Whatever Ive got to do to help my team win, thats what Im all about.Coleman said he competes with Freeman through the week and cheers for him in games.In practice were competing against each other to make each other better, Coleman said. Hes still my boy. If he makes a big play, of course Im going to be the first one down there to tell him `good job.ddddddddddddhe Falcons have plays for each back to line up wide as receivers as well as behind Ryan. That gives Ryan more weapons -- and gives opposing coaches more worries.Its important to what theyre doing offensively, said Saints coach Sean Payton. Both backs are explosive. We know them both well from the draft. Coleman is kind of more of a slasher, straight-line speed guy.Payton said the Falcons do a great job, as good as anyone in using the running backs in multiple looks.So just simulating that speed of the running game and the angles with which it hits is always one of the challenges, he said.Some teams may line up running backs outside just to spread out the defense. Ryan said defenses have to respect the threat posed by Freeman and Coleman.Its huge, Ryan said. Were not putting those guys out to spread anything out. Were putting them out to throw it to them. Both those guys have showcased just how talented they are with the ball in their hand.Game notesJones (calf) was held out of practice for the second straight day. Quinn said he anticipates Jones participating in some things on Saturday and playing on Monday night unless theres a setback. ... SS Keanu Neal (knee) had limited participation. Neal could make his debut after missing the first two games. ... WR Mohamed Sanu (ankle) and DE Brooks Reed (shoulder) also were limited. ... RB Terron Ward, who was released on Thursday, was signed to the practice squad. RB Blake Sims, the former Alabama quarterback signed to the practice squad on Sept. 13, was released.---AP Sports Writer Brett Martel in New Orleans contributed to this report.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL[url=httparterback signed to the practice squad on Se ' '