Because getting a good DC is easy. Getting and keeping a good OC is difficult because the good ones get hired away. When we were 2-0 and blowing people out, the media was already pumping Kubiak as a HC. We need another Payton. That way we know the offense will always be good.
Let’s do an exercise. I’ll name off a list of good, proven DCs that are already available to be hired for next year. Dennis Allen, Robert Saleh, Matt Eberflus, Rex Ryan. Now you name off all of the good OCs that are available.