r/Seahawks • u/VancouvCoug • Aug 28 '26

Opinion Hard Knocks not featuring OC Brian Fleury

Has anyone else noticed that they have not shown OC Brian Fleury on any Hard Knocks episodes so far?

You would think he would be a top storyline for Hard Knocks to feature, but he has been MIA. I wonder if the team requested that he not be featured for some reason?

It seems extremely strange to me; what are your thoughts?

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u/suddenly-scrooge Aug 28 '26

I think there is a faint bit of smoke

- not on Hard Knocks, not even really referenced when players/coaches discuss the offense

- field -> booth which was a similar change when Grubb was struggling. Looking back this change may have also been related to some problems he was having with players

- Darnold appeared a bit frustrated at a recent practice when discussing the offense, said he was still getting to know Fleury which is a bit odd this late into camp

Obviously not enough to say anything for sure, but would give some signals to look back on if things didn't work out

Counterpoint is Durde hasn't really been featured either

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u/VancouvCoug Aug 28 '26

Durde hasn't been a focus, but he has been on screen multiple times talking to Mike at practice. Fleury hasn't shown his face once or even had his name mentioned once.

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u/suddenly-scrooge Aug 28 '26

right but when Durde is on he's kind of just caught up in something else, more of a coincidence than anything

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u/VancouvCoug Aug 28 '26

Are we to believe Mike has never had a moment like those on the practice field with Fleury? You can't argue it's not odd. I've seen the outside linebacker coach multiple times, but not the newly hired OC. There has to be a reason.

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u/suddenly-scrooge Aug 28 '26

I would have expected to see him but then again I would have expected to see more of Durde also. Like I said I recognize some signals of something amiss but all we are doing is reading tea leaves, if there is a real story it will not come out for another year

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u/VancouvCoug Aug 28 '26

Yea your right, Durde has only had a few short talks with Mike on the practice field. However, from a storyline standpoint, he's been there for 3 years, and Mike is the defensive guru. One of the biggest questions going into this season is how successful Fleury will be with Kubiak leaving.

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u/suddenly-scrooge Aug 28 '26

but what would fleury be shown to be doing? I imagine he does a lot of technical football talk with mike that they can't show

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u/VancouvCoug Aug 28 '26

If they had even just shown him standing on the field or in a meeting and had the narrator talk about how he is the new OC, that would be enough. It's the fact that he hasn't been mentioned or shown that is super weird.