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Do the 49ers Miss Saints Offensive Coordinator Klint Kubiak?

Through two weeks of the regular season, the most impressive offensive coordinator has been Klint Kubiak.

Grant Cohn

Sep 8, 2024; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak reacts against the Carolina Panthers during the pregame at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images
Sep 8, 2024; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak reacts against the Carolina Panthers during the pregame at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images / Stephen Lew-Imagn Images
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Through two weeks of the regular season, the most impressive offensive coordinator has been Klint Kubiak.

He was the 49ers passing game coordinator last season, and now he calls plays for the New Orleans Saints. This season, he took over an offense that ranked ninth in points scored in 2023. Now it ranks first.

Granted, the season is extremely young. It's possible the Saints are a mirage. But they just beat the brakes off the Dallas Cowboys. And veteran quarterback Derek Carr currently leads the league in yards per pass attempt, touchdown percentage and quarterback rating.

Last season when Kubiak was the 49ers' pass game coordinator, Brock Purdy led the league in each of those statistics and finished fourth in the MVP voting. Now through two games, his efficiency has taken a dip, presumably because Christian McCaffrey is on Injured Reserve with Achilles' tendonitis.

But could Purdy and the 49ers offense miss Kubiak as well?

The 49ers' new pass game specialist is Klint's little brother, Klay Kubiak, who is far less experienced than Klint. And it seems as though Klay is experiencing some growing pains considering the 49ers offense allowed six sacks against the Vikings.

If Klint Kubiak singlehandedly can transform the Saints offense from good to great, then losing him must impact the 49ers' offense, too. Suddenly the receivers aren't so open downfield and Purdy has to throw more passes into tight windows. This trend could lead to more interceptions and fewer wins.

It's amazing how many good coaches the 49ers have lost the past few years.

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Grant Cohn
GRANT COHN

Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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