It already seemed exceedingly likely, but the New Orleans Saints will officially need a new offensive coordinator next season.
The Seattle Seahawks are hiring Klint Kubiak to be their OC for next season, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. After just one year with the Saints, Kubiak will be heading to a new team, before New Orleans even hired their new head coach. Kubiak was hired by Dennis Allen and was effectively going to leave the day Allen was let go. Whoever replaces Allen will want their own offense (and offensive coordinator) in place.
The Saints had hired Kubiak ahead of last season in an attempt to bring some life to their disappointing offense. The 37-year-old had started to get a little bit of head coach buzz after the hot start to the year in New Orleans, but that obviously died down very quickly.
It wasn’t all his fault, as the roster was not in a great shape, but the Saints did have one of the worst offenses in the league next year. He will get a better chance to show off his play calling chops with the Seahawks next year.
And we’ll get a look at him sooner rather than later; the Saints are scheduled to visit Seattle for a road game with Kubiak and the Seahawks at Lumen Field this season. Stay tuned for updates on which assistants, if any, are following him to the Pacific Northwest.
