SBNation Reacts Outcomes: Eli or Peyton? NFL followers decide Kick of Future 3

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Hooray! The Seattle Seahawks’ seek for a brand new offensive coordinator is lastly over!

Final weekend, the Seahawks introduced that former New Orleans Saints OC Klint Kubiak could be Seattle’s OC for 2025. Kubiak would be the Seahawks’ third OC in as many seasons, following Ryan Grubb, who was fired after one season, and Shane Waldron, who left for Chicago following the 2023 season.

Kubiak most just lately served because the Saints’ OC in 2024, working beneath head coaches Dennis Allen (who was fired after Week 9) and Darren Rizzi. New Orleans’s offense started the season sturdy, scoring 91 factors over the primary two weeks, however was held beneath 14 factors 4 occasions within the midst of a seven-game dropping streak. At season’s finish, Kubiak’s injury-riddled offense completed twenty fourth in factors scored (338) and twenty first in yards gained (5,442).

Previous to be employed by the Saints, Kubiak served because the Minnesota Vikings’ OC in 2021 beneath head coach Mike Zimmer, succeeding his father Gary. That 12 months, the Vikings’ offense completed 14th in factors scored (425) and twelfth in yards gained (6,168), regardless of the staff going 8-9 on the 12 months. Whereas not earth-shattering numbers, they’re extra encouraging than the 2024 Saints’ numbers, and present a greater image of how Seattle’s offense might do in 2025.

Kubiak, together with the remainder of Zimmer’s workers, was not introduced again for 2022. Over the subsequent two seasons, Kubiak was the passing sport coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Denver Broncos, and later served within the former place with the San Francisco 49ers, serving to QB Brock Purdy to a fourth-place end in MVP voting.

So, given all of this, how are Seahawks followers feeling in regards to the rent?

Listed here are a few of the feedback from the Subject Gulls group:

In response to the outcomes of the newest survey, 82% of followers really feel impartial or enthusiastic about Kubiak’s hiring. Amongst that margin, 43% expressed pleasure, and there are good causes to really feel that approach.

For one, neither of Seattle’s final two offensive coordinators had ever served in that place on the NFL stage earlier than. Waldron had served in numerous different offensive positions across the league between 2008 and 2020, whereas Grubb had by no means coached within the NFL previous to 2024. Kubiak, regardless of not spending multiple season as an OC in any group, does have prior expertise within the place.

On high of this, New Orleans’s damage woes have made it a bit difficult to foretell how the Seahawks will do subsequent 12 months. As acknowledged by our Mookie Alexander within the survey article, “the Saints offense was beset by injuries to Derek Carr, Taysom Hill, Chris Olave, Rasheed Shaheed, Cesar Ruiz, Alvin Kamara, and other starters and main reserves throughout the season. Hard to gauge an offense’s efficacy when Jake Haener and rookie Spencer Rattler are playing quarterback behind backup offensive linemen and throwing to practice squad receivers and waiver wire pickups.” With this in thoughts, will probably be fascinating to see how Seattle’s offense performs beneath Kubiak with higher well being.

Cautious optimism is maybe the perfect path to take right here, though it’s actually affordable to be extra excited in regards to the Seahawks’ offense beneath Kubiak reasonably than Grubb. Mike Macdonald, who has a defensive background, will seemingly give Kubiak many of the management of the offense, just like Allen did throughout Kubiak’s time in New Orleans. This may permit Kubiak to put in his system and develop the offense as he sees match.

That being mentioned, issues might get ugly if the offense is hit by the damage bug. A number of offensive linemen ended 2024 on IR, together with Anthony Bradford and Abe Lucas. With a wholesome OL corps, will probably be a a lot completely different story for Kubiak and the Seattle offense in 2025.

Whereas we await the beginning of the Seahawks’ 2025 marketing campaign, FanDuel and the Manning brothers have just a little one thing to share as we method Tremendous Bowl LIX.

Most predict that Eli will win FanDuel Sportsbook’s Kick of Future 3, however that would actually change between now and gameday.

How Kick of Future works

Peyton & Eli Manning will face off in a area objective kicking competitors.
Every kicker will try a 25-yard kick.
If the primary kicker makes, the second kicker is given an opportunity to tie.
If the primary kicker misses, the second kicker is given an opportunity to win.
If each kickers miss, they are going to kick once more till there’s a winner.
If no winner is set after 3 rounds, the kicker who kicked it closest to the middle goal on the web within the final spherical wins the tiebreaker.

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Tune into Tremendous Bowl LIX on FOX at 3:30 PM PT. Good luck and benefit from the sport!

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