{"id":755125,"date":"2026-02-16T02:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755125\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T02:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:41:12","slug":"seahawks-hiring-49ers-tight-ends-coach-brian-fleury-as-offensive-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755125\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks hiring 49ers tight ends coach Brian Fleury as offensive coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fleury&#8217;s recent expertise with tight ends could lend itself well to the continued development of tight end <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/elijah-arroyo\/\" title=\"Elijah Arroyo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elijah Arroyo<\/a>, a second-round pick who contributed sparingly as a rookie but showed some promised while hauling in 15 receptions for 179 yards and a touchdown. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/aj-barner\/\" title=\"AJ Barner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AJ Barner<\/a> could likewise benefit from such a hire after emerging to finish second on the squad in receptions (52) and receiving touchdowns (six), with 519 receiving yards.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also the running game to think about, a key piece of Seattle romp through the playoffs &#8212; especially with <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/zach-charbonnet\/\" title=\"Zach Charbonnet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Charbonnet<\/a> coming off a <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/seahawks-rb-zach-charbonnet-has-significant-knee-injury-out-for-remainder-of-playoffs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">torn ACL<\/a> and <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/kenneth-walker-iii\/\" title=\"Kenneth Walker III\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenneth Walker III<\/a> being a pending free agent after racking up 313 rushing yards and four touchdowns in the postseason, which he capped off by <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/seahawks-rb-kenneth-walker-iii-named-super-bowl-lx-mvp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">winning Super Bowl Most Valuable Player<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, though, head coach Mike Macdonald is hoping he&#8217;s found someone to carry over the team&#8217;s offensive success in the wake of Kubiak&#8217;s departure. Seattle finished third in scoring in 2025, the team&#8217;s highest ranking in 20 years, and <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/sam-darnold\/\" title=\"Sam Darnold\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Darnold<\/a> overcame any lingering negative narratives around him to win a Lombardi Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Macdonald&#8217;s ferocious defense will certainly make the transition smoother, but chances of the Seahawks defending their crown will also hinge on Fleury coming in and keeping the cylinders firing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fleury&#8217;s recent expertise with tight ends could lend itself well to the continued development of tight end Elijah&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2026],"tags":[1227,7,88,609,261],"class_list":{"0":"post-755125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-around-the-nfl","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-no-minute","12":"tag-seattle-seahawks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116078004506314563","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}