Klint Kubiak is planning to leave his own mark on the Vikings offense Coordinator says attack must continue to evolve. February 9, 2021 7:20pm Text size Copy shortlink:
During his time as a safety at Colorado State, Klint Kubiak was still star-struck enough by the possibility of an NFL playing career to not think too seriously about following in his father s footsteps as a coach. I was naive enough as a player to think I would play in the NFL for 15 years, he said Tuesday in a video news conference. I put all my time and energy into that.
Had that happened, Kubiak would be in the final act of his playing career. Instead, a week before his 34th birthday, he is the Vikings new offensive coordinator, charged with getting the most out of a quarterback just 18 months his junior and, the team hopes, carrying his father s offense forward.
5 things to know about Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry New defensive coordinator has more than 25 years of coaching experience Feb 09, 2021 at 10:00 AM Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry
GREEN BAY – Head Coach Matt LaFleur has hired Joe Barry as the Packers new defensive coordinator.
Barry, a native of Boulder, Colo., has more than 25 years of coaching experience between college and the NFL. He most recently served as the assistant head coach/linebackers coach of the Los Angeles Rams, who led the NFL in both scoring defense (18.5 ppg) and total defense (281.9 ypg) in 2020.
Here are five things to know about the Packers new defensive coordinator:
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. A long, long time ago in a football galaxy not so far away, coach Mike Shanahan had some things to say about free agency and the Denver Broncos. Everybody says we re in on everybody. Same thing every year. Oh and the Broncos are in discussions type thing. Sometimes we are, but most of the time we weren t, but if you re an agent and your guy is in the market, just say the Broncos are interested.
It was 2006 and, truth be told, Shanahan was quite often interested, but what goes around has certainly come around as the Broncos are one of the league s designated quarterback needy franchises that didn t play in this postseason. The franchise has seemingly launched 1,000 photoshops of a rotating group of veteran quarterbacks believed to be on the move this offseason to see how they would look in orange and blue.
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Joe Montana s QB GOAT case starts here. At the peak of his powers at age 33, the 49ers icon was on his own tier in 1989. His completion percentage (70.2), yards per attempt (9.1) and passer rating (112.4) look confusing when compared to his peers. Apex Jerry Rice (17 TDs), Roger Craig and John Taylor made 1989 the West Coast Offense s masterwork, despite Bill Walsh having retired after the 88 season. The defense ranked third, too. The 49ers went 14-2, losing by five total points, and obliterated the Vikings, Rams and Broncos by a 126-26 margin in the playoffs. George Seifert s debut team may be the NFL s best ever.
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Want to be the smartest person in the room while watching this year s Super Bowl? Bust out a few of these fun facts about Big Games past.
1. Super Bowl Sunday is the second biggest eating day of the year.
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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Super Bowl Sunday is America s second-largest food consumption day. (Only Thanksgiving Day beats it.)
2. Those rumors about sewage systems failing because of all the flushing toilets during halftime are just that: rumors.
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A persistent rumor says that sewage systems in major cities occasionally fail during Super Bowl halftimes, because a large volume of people supposedly all flush their toilets simultaneously. Don t worry! There s absolutely no evidence to support this claim.