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Brian Fleury is the Seahawks' new offensive coordinator, and he knows how he's going to approach the job this offseason.

When a team is fresh off winning a Super Bowl, players and coaches are often poached by other teams, and that is exactly what happened to the Seattle Seahawks.

Offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak is now the Las Vegas Raiders' head coach, so Mike Macdonald had to find his replacement.

Well, it didn't take long.

Former San Francisco 49ers tight ends coach Brian Fleury won over the franchise, and now this is his show as the new offensive coordinator.

But don't think he's about to throw out all of what Kubiak did, so he can fully bring his vision to life in Seattle.

Remember, Kubiak's offense was one of the better units in football, so keeping some of that around in 2026 is a smart move.

And as it turns out, that is exactly what Fleury intends to do.

"I do think one of the advantages of taking this job is there is gonna be a lot of continuity," Fleury said. "I've already started to dive into everything that Klint [Kubiak] was doing here last year, and the goal would be to maintain as much of that as possible.

"But there's also areas where we can supplement that with things that we've developed and done in San Francisco."

So that will be music to players' ears that it won't be a completely different system that they'll have to learn.

More so, some new wrinkles thrown in here and there in an attempt to keep the transition as smooth as possible.

But just because Fleury is keeping most of what Kubiak did doesn't mean he won't put his own flavor on the offense.

"I think there's areas where we can grow, some different ways we can challenge the players, that they should be looking forward to when they get back here," he added.

How this offense, led by Sam Darnold and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, evolves over the coming months will be a fascinating watch.

Yes, things will be different, and Fleury will want to put his own spin on things, but he's smart enough to know that you don't mess up a good thing.

And in 2025, Seattle had a great thing going.