Even with the adjustments head coach Pete Carroll made to his coaching staff when he arrived, the sea of change didn’t sweep away the tight ends coach.
Luke Steckel’s return to the Las Vegas Raiders shouldn’t come as a surprise, however.
On optics alone, it’d be tomfoolery for a head coach to dismiss a position coach that oversaw a record-setting rookie season from phenomenal 2024 NFL Draft first-round pick Brock Bowers. The Georgia product set the bar for most receptions by a rookie with 112 last season, along with most receiving yards by a rookie tight end in league history (1,194).