Seattle is fresh off a Super Bowl win, but needs to replace their offensive coordinator, Klint Kubiak (another former 49ers' assistant coach), who left for Las Vegas to be the head coach of the Raiders. By interviewing Fleury, the Seahawks appear to be intent on continuing to run Kyle Shanahan's offense. And why wouldn't they? It's the offense in which QB Sam Darnold has resurrected his career.
Fleury has been with the 49ers for seven seasons. In 2019, he started with the team as a defensive quality control coach. In 2020-21, Fleury was an offensive quality control coach. He spent the next three seasons (2022-24) as tight ends coach before becoming the run game coordinator/tight ends coach for the 2025 season.
Losing Fleury would present a challenge for the 49ers. Not only will the 49ers be without All-Pro TE George Kittle for part of the upcoming season after tearing his Achilles in the Wild Card round of the postseason, but the rest of the tight end room is in flux. Jake Tonges is scheduled to be a restricted free agent. He should be back, though.
But last year's free agent pick-up, Luke Farrell, did not have a good season. And there's not much more behind Tonges and Farrell. There's Brayden Willis, who was taken in the disastrous 2023 draft. But in three seasons, he's yet to show much.
If Kittle misses half the season, which is possible, the 49ers could bring in another tight end via free agency. They may also draft a tight end. So, with a couple of potentially new additions to that position, and a couple of underperforming tight ends returning, Shanahan will need to have his coach in place soon—whether that's Fleury or someone else.
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