Super Bowl LX arrives with a buzz that goes beyond the usual pageantry.
The Seattle Seahawks, built on a stingy defense and a suddenly prolific attack, meet the New England Patriots, a franchise reborn under Mike Vrabel and propelled by Drake Maye’s breakout second season.
Seattle’s year felt like a long climb that culminated in a dominant stretch run, rattling off seven straight wins to secure the NFC’s top seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
New England’s, meanwhile, was a dramatic turnaround that turned doubters into believers, jumping from a 3–14 finish a year ago to 14–3 and a Super Bowl berth under first-year head coach Vrabel, who won three Super Bowls as a player with the Patriots.
What Does Klint Kubiak’s Future Hold?
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Amid that stage-setting, the biggest coaching subplot has been the Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak. Hired to revive a sputtering offense, Kubiak helped Seattle climb into the league’s upper tier in scoring and yards, quickly becoming one of the hottest names in this year’s NFL head-coaching market.
In the lead-up to Super Bowl LX, reports linked Kubiak to the Las Vegas Raiders, with multiple outlets confirming interviews, even as he publicly insisted he was focused solely on Seattle’s title run.
That changed on Feb. 1, when reports emerged that the Raiders had reached an agreement to make Kubiak their next head coach, with the move set to be finalized after the Super Bowl.
In other words, once Sunday’s game ends — win or lose — Kubiak is expected to head to Las Vegas to begin the next phase of his career and help rebuild a struggling franchise.
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What is Kubiak Walking Into With the Raiders?
The Raiders cratered to a 3-14 finish in 2025, marking the franchise’s fourth straight losing season and leaving Las Vegas with one of the league’s worst offenses, and the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 draft.
That selection is widely expected to be used on Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza, who would headline an intriguing young core alongside last year’s Heisman finalist Ashton Jeanty and All-Pro tight end Brock Bowers.
Add Kubiak’s potential Super Bowl–winning offensive system to the mix, and there’s real reason for optimism in Las Vegas.
His track record of modernizing schemes and creating mismatches could help to unlock Bowers and Jeanty, stabilize a rookie quarterback’s development, and accelerate a long-awaited turnaround.
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