"One of the Seattle Seahawks' most memorable offensive plays of the 2025 season came in a Week 6 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, when Sam Darnold hit Jaxon Smith-Njigba over the top for a 61-yard touchdown. The Seahawks had devised a way to get their star receiver open for a deep shot on a play-action look that mirrored a run play they'd been putting on tape. It was an example of offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak's penchant for marrying his run game with his pass game -- and of one of the qualities that his assistants expect to serve him well if he becomes the Las Vegas Raiders' head coach."
""That's one of the big things about Klint, he's so unselfish," Brown said. "If we have a good idea, we feel like we can bring it to him. If you create buy-in, you're going to get the play in the game plan. It's one of the awesome things about working for Klint.""
""He's somebody that you can't say enough good things about the actual person, the way he cares for others and the way he wants people around him to succeed," said quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko, one of Kubiak's best friends. "He takes zero credit for anything. In fact, it's something that honestly just annoys me. The guy's putting together this masterful game plan every single week and he gives all the credit to everybody else.""
Klint Kubiak engineered a Seahawks offense that married run concepts with vertical shots, producing a 61-yard touchdown from Sam Darnold to Jaxon Smith-Njigba on a play-action look. Tight ends coach Mack Brown designed that specific play and emphasized Kubiak's unselfishness and willingness to incorporate staff ideas. Quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko praised Kubiak's care for others, insistence on others' success, and habit of taking no credit. Kubiak replaced Ryan Grubb and spearheaded the Seahawks' offensive transformation in 2025, moving a unit that had been 21st in scoring. Kubiak is expected to finalize a deal to become the Las Vegas Raiders' head coach after Super Bowl LX.
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