Who Seahawks are most at risk of losing OC Kubiak to

(Update: Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer reported Tuesday afternoon the New York Giants, Arizona Cardinals and Las Vegas Raiders have also requested to interview Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak for their open head-coaching jobs.)

The success the Seattle Seahawks had under Pete Carroll led to his top assistants landing jobs with other teams, and it appears that could be the case for second-year head coach Mike Macdonald sooner rather than later.

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First-year offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak is already generating interest for head coach positions following Seattle’s 14-3 campaign and run to the top seed in the NFC. According to multiple reports, the Atlanta Falcons have requested an interview with the offensive player-caller after firing former head coach Raheem Morris.

NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah discussed Kubiak’s prospects of securing a head-coaching job this offseason with Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk. He’s fairly confident Kubiak will land a position if he wants one.

“He seems to be the number one offensive candidate,” Jeremiah said on Tuesday. “Everyone feels like it’s a stronger pool of defensive candidates for the head-coaching cycle this year, but everyone you talk to has him as the top offensive guy. And (with) the sheer number of openings we have (six), I find it hard to believe that he wouldn’t snag one of those.”

Kubiak’s best fit

The six teams currently looking for a new head coach are the Falcons, New York Giants, Cleveland Browns, Arizona Cardinals, Las Vegas Raiders and Tennessee Titans.

In his Blue 88 segment during Brock and Salk on Tuesday, former NFL quarterback Brock Huard said he believes the Falcons would be the team the Seahawks are most in danger of losing Kubiak to. He doesn’t believe Kubiak would leave for a “dysfunctional” organization like Tennessee, Vegas, Cleveland or Arizona.

“He’s been fairly patient. He’s been a coordinator in a bunch of different spots. He’s been in this league a long time,” Huard said. “His father (former Texans and Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak) was in this league for decades after decades after decades and knew when to take the right job and win a title in Denver and have a lot of success down there in Houston. I think (Klint’s) gonna be pretty savvy, and he’s interviewing in Atlanta and I think Atlanta would probably be the most dangerous to lose Klint Kubiak (to).”

The Falcons would give Kubiak some intriguing weapons to deploy in his offense. They have one of the league’s top running backs in do-it-all star Bijan Robinson. They have a No. 1-caliber wide receiver in Drake London. They have a standout pass-catching tight end in Kyle Pitts. And they have a recent first-rounder at quarterback in former UW Huskies star Michael Penix Jr., with veteran Kirk Cousins also in the fold as a strong backup option.

Huard believes that Atlanta searching for a new general manager and the potential addition of former MVP quarterback Matt Ryan to the front office could be major draws as well.

However, when Jeremiah joined Brock and Salk, he pointed to the Giants being the more attractive job.

“If the Giants were to be an opportunity, that’s the top available job for me, just because you have more clarity at the quarterback position,” Jeremiah said. “Atlanta – Penix can’t stay healthy and you’ve got Kirk, who’s played well down the stretch, but I don’t know what you’re going to do there. I just don’t know how you feel super confident in the quarterback situation in Atlanta.”

The Giants have 2025 first-round pick Jaxson Dart leading their offense, and he’s coming off a strong rookie season. New York also has a bona fide No. 1 receiver in Malik Nabers, who missed most of this season with a torn ACL. And rookie running back Cam Skattebo impressed this year before going down with a season-ending leg injury in Week 8.

Dart has some injury concerns too, though. He frequently made trips to the medical tent to be evaluated for concussions and missed two games because of them this season. But Jeremiah would rather have a quarterback have those issues than recurring knee injuries like Penix.

“I feel a lot more confident about being able to coach him to go out of bounds than to coach Penix’s knees to hold together,” Jeremiah said.

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