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Seattle Seahawks gamers plan to shut out the pre-Super Bowl disruption created by Las Vegas Raiders minority proprietor Tom Brady. ESPN’s Adam Schefter revealed on Sunday, Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak appears set to transfer to the Raiders as their twenty third everlasting head coach.

However, with Seattle making ready to battle the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, no contract could be accomplished until after this weekend’s conflict in California. Kubiak, who is the son of former NFL head coach and Super Bowl champion Gary Kubiak, would end the Raiders’ managerial hunt. Raiders common supervisor John Spytek and Brady, who received six Super Bowls with the Patriots, have spoke with 15 potential candidates to exchange Pete Carroll, who was sacked following a catastrophic 2025 marketing campaign which concluded with a 3-14 report.

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Although Kubiak seems to have already secured his passage to Las Vegas, gamers from his present squad insist his impending exit won’t distract them before their Super Bowl stand-off against the Patriots in Santa Clara.  “I mean, the only thing we’ve got right now is that we’re trying to go out here and win this game,” Seahawks offensive lineman Josh Jones completely told Mirror US at Super Bowl Opening Night. “That’s pretty much the only message we got from everybody. Everybody’s all in and focused on going out there and winning the Super Bowl.”

Jones acknowledged the Seahawks are well-versed in handling exterior distractions, having persistently managed comparable media hypothesis throughout the 2025 marketing campaign. “It’s been something we’ve been doing all year,” he revealed.

“There’s been a lot of talk about us in the media, the beginning of the season, later in the season once we started winning. All that didn’t matter. Everything that mattered was the people in that building that were going to work with us each and every day.”

Whilst Kubiak has only been in Seattle for one season, after spells with 4 different franchises across 4 years, his affect was rapidly obvious. During 2025, the Seahawks completed second in the NFL for factors per recreation (29.2) and seventh for yards per recreation (350) having beforehand ranked seventeenth and fifteenth respectively in those classes last season.

Considering Kubiak’s excellent credentials and wealth of expertise, quite a few Seahawks gamers recognised it could merely be a query of when, not if, a head teaching emptiness would come up. Before arriving in Seattle, the 38-year-old beforehand labored as a Minnesota Vikings high quality control coach, quarterback coach and offensive coordinator, alongside roles as Denver Broncos offensive assistant, passing coordinator and San Francisco 49ers passing coordinator.

Speaking about Kubiak, extensive receiver Jake Bobo said: “At this point it is outside noise. I think everybody in the organization knows that one day he will have that opportunity. So whether those reports are true or not is what it is, but we’re just really thankful to have Klint on our side for right now, for one more game, and hopefully go win [a Super Bowl] for him.”

Leading up to the Big Game, Kubiak assured his Seahawks gamers a potential transfer to the Raiders would not intrude with his current duties in Seattle. “We all love him, and we’re very happy for him. We’re excited for him,” tight end Nick Kallerup said, sticking up for the Seahawks coach. 

“What he told us, he’s like, ‘Hey, guys, I’ve been dealing with this for a while. All these distractions, I haven’t let it affect us yet, and it’s not going to affect us in the biggest game of the year.’ And we believe him and we trust him.”