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There’s an internet-friendly narrative that the Seattle Seahawks are a “borderline” or “fringe” playoff team heading into the 2026 NFL season. It’s polarizing, gets favored by social media algorithms, and reaches the general majority of football fans. However, it’s actually a pleasant surprise for the Seahawks to receive some skepticism as they prepare to defend their Super Bowl LX title, allowing them to operate their business as usual in training camp while other teams face more pressure. It is surprising that the zoomed-out, national media is selling Seattle short for the second-year in a row, though.
Jason McIntyre and Warren Sharp had the following discussion on The Herd Wednesday morning.
The segment begins with them highlighting the importance of Klint Kubiak and Kenneth Walker III as offensive coordinator and running back to the 2025 team. They’re correct when they say those are “significant losses”, and that Kubiak was their “dramatic” change on offense that benefitted Sam Darnold by taking pressure off his plate with insane play action efficiency. It’s ironic, though, that Sharp correctly diagnoses the usage of 12 personnel and play action, yet doesn’t continue on to see Brian Fleury being able to. They put together his roles for the San Francisco 49ers the last few years, and somehow find odds with him being able to continue what Kubiak succeeded at. If that were the case, that’d be a massive failure of a hire for Mike Macdonald and John Schneider.
Given how many in-house candidates they interviewed for continuity’s sake, the fact Fleury won the job based on his ability to get knowledge across about this same modern, zone-run, Kubiak-Shanahan-McVay offense that every team wants a young offensive coach to run via whiteboard skills speaks volumes. The zoomed-out view works well on social media but the zoomed-in view is the way of the defending champions.
This article originally appeared on Seahawks Wire: No, Klint Kubiak's departure doesn't make Seahawks fringe playoff team
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Jason McIntyre and Warren Sharp had the following discussion on The Herd Wednesday morning.
The segment begins with them highlighting the importance of Klint Kubiak and Kenneth Walker III as offensive coordinator and running back to the 2025 team. They’re correct when they say those are “significant losses”, and that Kubiak was their “dramatic” change on offense that benefitted Sam Darnold by taking pressure off his plate with insane play action efficiency. It’s ironic, though, that Sharp correctly diagnoses the usage of 12 personnel and play action, yet doesn’t continue on to see Brian Fleury being able to. They put together his roles for the San Francisco 49ers the last few years, and somehow find odds with him being able to continue what Kubiak succeeded at. If that were the case, that’d be a massive failure of a hire for Mike Macdonald and John Schneider.
Given how many in-house candidates they interviewed for continuity’s sake, the fact Fleury won the job based on his ability to get knowledge across about this same modern, zone-run, Kubiak-Shanahan-McVay offense that every team wants a young offensive coach to run via whiteboard skills speaks volumes. The zoomed-out view works well on social media but the zoomed-in view is the way of the defending champions.
This article originally appeared on Seahawks Wire: No, Klint Kubiak's departure doesn't make Seahawks fringe playoff team
Continue reading...
