Klint Kubiak
KK has only ever succeeded so far as a passing game coordinator. He took OC with the Vikings. Then he went to Denver where he was stripped of play calling. He then went to being a passing game coordinator for the niners after. Now he's OC here, and I'm not seeing the growth we all anticipated in his time with the niners. His play calling seems eerily familiar to when he was OC with the Vikings which was a middle of the pack offense. Vikings decided not to retain him when they released Mike Zimmer as Head Coach.
And for those of you blaming "Talent", with the Vikings he had the following :
| QB | Kirk Cousins* | 33 | 9 | 16 | 372 for 561, 4,221 yards, 33 td, 7 int, & 29 rushes for 115 yards and 1 td | |
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| RB | Dalvin Cook* | 26 | 4 | 13 | 249 rushes for 1,159 yards, 6 td, & 34 catches for 224 yards and 0 td | |
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| FB | C.J. Ham | 28 | 4 | 8 | 7 rushes for 34 yards, 0 td, & 17 catches for 125 yards and 0 td | |
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| WR | Justin Jefferson* | 22 | 1 | 17 | 108 catches for 1,616 yards, 10 td, & 6 rushes for 14 yards and 0 td | |
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| WR | Adam Thielen | 31 | 7 | 13 | 67 catches for 726 yards, 10 td, & 1 rush for 2 yards and 0 td | |
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| TE | Tyler Conklin | 26 | 3 | 15 | 61 catches for 593 yards, 3 td | |
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| LT | Christian Darrisaw | 22 | Rook | 10 | 3 fumbles recovered | |
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| LG | Ezra Cleveland | 23 | 1 | 17 | | |
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| C | Garrett Bradbury | 26 | 2 | 13 | | |
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| RG | Oli Udoh | 24 | 2 | 16 | | |
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| RT | Brian O'Neill* | | | | | |
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If I'm being honest here, with that offensive talent, anything less than a top 10 offense is a crime (it was 14th). It was also the 24th scoring offense in the league (thats really bad given that roster). And know, their defense was really bad that year, so these stats are with an offense that was constantly playing catchup every week.
We can't to ever field an offense of all-team talent. So if he can't crack a top 10 offense with that level of talent while playing catchup week in and week out (think 2008 saints), then I don't really have the confidence that he will field a top 10 offense with less talent.