01-03-2024, 02:42 AM
When he required to discover a replacement in 2014 for Jim Caldwell, who left to become head coach of the Detroit Lions, Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh spoke to greater than 30 offensive coordinator candidates. The process took 2 weeks as well as finished with Harbaugh working with Gary Kubiak. It's already been 21/2 weeks considering that offending organizer Greg Roman went on in what's being represented as a "mutual" decision, and Harbaugh's quest to find his substitute is getting closer to conclusion. Nevertheless, Harbaugh still has passion in possibly consulting with members of the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs coaching personnels, which suggests the Ravens could wait up until a couple of days after Sunday's Super Dish before making a decision. AdvertisementThis is what we understand concerning the situation, based upon speaking with resources included with the procedure: Harbaugh has currently had 2nd interviews in Baltimore with three prospects after the very first interviews were done via video phone call. Those 3 candidates are University of Georgia offensive coordinator Todd Monken, Minnesota Vikings pass video game coordinator and also tight ends instructor Brian Angelichio, as well as previous Ravens wide receivers as well as limited ends instructor as well as Wisconsin offensive planner Bobby Engram. At the very least two even more prospects are expected in town Monday and also Tuesday: Seattle Seahawks quarterbacks trainer Dave Canales and also Denver Broncos offensive organizer Justin Outten. GO DEEPERWhy Todd Monken could leave Georgia as well as head back to NFLIt's not inconceivable that Harbaugh performs second meetings with other candidates from his first checklist, which has supplied on his oath to cast a wide web and also "look far as well as wide and close" for his following offensive coordinator. It's likewise not an assurance that Roman's successor comes from the listing of five coaches that have actually gotten 2nd meetings. That's since there are a variety of assistants on the Super Bowl personnels that might be of interest, consisting of Chiefs offending coordinator Eric Bieniemy, elderly offensive assistant and also quarterbacks instructor Matt Nagy and also wide receivers coach Joe Bleymaier; and also Eagles quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson and also pass game planner Kevin Patullo. The Ravens are not permitted to talk with any kind of aides getting ready for Sunday's Super Dish up until after the video game. It's likewise not a warranty that the Ravens will wait, especially if one of their liked prospects is wanted for an additional work and also has a deadline to choose. There are still 8 groups, consisting of the Ravens, that are wanting to load their offending coordinator openings, so the timing isn't necessarily in Baltimore's control. AdvertisementBut the Ravens have currently waited this long, as well as a lot of the candidates who amassed initial interviews are still offered. It makes feeling to wait an additional week if the group views the Chiefs as well as Eagles assistants as reputable prospects for the task. It's not a lock that the similarity Bieniemy, Nagy and Johnson are interested in the Ravens opening or that their teams will certainly greenlight the interviews. However, the Ravens won't know for certain until they have those discussions, which they can do as soon as following Monday. As it stands, nevertheless, much of the hefty lifting has currently been done as the group's decision-makers prepare later on today to go on the road for organizational meetings, hosted by proprietor Steve Bisciotti. GO DEEPERRavens' hard workers choices this offseason surpass Lamar JacksonThe Ravens' pool of prospects, that have all been interviewed at the very least once, includes their limited ends instructor George Godsey and quarterbacks coach James Urban. Their exterior candidates have actually been Buffalo Bills vast receivers instructor Chad Hall, previous Tampa Bay Buccaneers offending planner Byron Leftwich, University of Akron head trainer Joe Moorhead, former Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks trainer Doug Nussmeier, Cleveland Browns pass receivers trainer and also pass game organizer Chad O'Shea, and Los Angeles Rams pass game coordinator as well as quarterbacks coach Zac Robinson. Here are various other notes on the Ravens' offending organizer search: Harbaugh has actually had six offensive organizers in his 15 seasons, as well as every one of them has actually had NFL play-calling experience. 5 of them really had NFL head-coaching experience, too. That trend would seemingly bode well for Monken and also Outten, neither of whom has a lots of NFL play-calling experience yet they do have some. Harbaugh, though, proved last offseason in his hiring of defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald that he wasn't wed to that idea. Macdonald had never ever called a defense at the NFL level. Advertisement Why would Bieniemy leave Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes as well as the perennial Super Bowl-contending Chiefs to make a "lateral" transfer to concern Baltimore and lead the Ravens infraction? That's absolutely a fair question and it isn't clear that he would certainly. However, it can not be ruled out, either. Bieniemy's contract ends after completion of Kansas City's season. This is his fifth year as the Chiefs' offending organizer, as well as regardless of various interviews, he still hasn't landed a head-coaching task. Would reanimating the Ravens violation as well as getting Jackson back to MVP type obtain Bieniemy that elusive head-coaching shot? It might. What it absolutely would do is give Bieniemy full play-calling obligations, which he does not have in Kansas City. It likewise would certainly permit him to leave Reid's darkness. The Eagles' Johnson, 35, is a hot name on the training circuit due to his work with Jalen Hurts. Nonetheless, if Eagles offensive coordinator Shane Steichen obtains the Indianapolis Colts' head-coaching work-- he reportedly spoke with for it a 2nd time over the weekend break-- it stands to factor that Philadelphia can promote Johnson into his area. As a result, he might not even be available. GO DEEPERWhat's the debate for each and every of the Colts' remaining 7 head-coach prospects? Monken has additionally interviewed for the Buccaneers' offensive organizer opening, and also it's said to be no certainty that he'll leave Georgia, where he's become part of back-to-back national champion groups. Outten's name hasn't created a great deal of excitement among Ravens followers, probably as a result of Denver's offending struggles in 2022. Nonetheless, Outten, 39, really did not call plays till head coach Nathaniel Hackett was fired with 2 video games left in the normal period. In the two games with Outten as the play caller, the Broncos scored 24 points versus the Chiefs and also had 307 backyards of overall violation, hurrying for 117 backyards; they after that completed 31 factors versus the Chargers with 471 total backyards and also 205 backyards hurrying. It's a small example size, and also the jury is still out on Outten as an offending coordinator. Yet he's a well-respected young coach, as well as if he does not get the Ravens' offensive organizer job, it seems like he has various deals to be a setting instructor elsewhere. Also worth keeping in mind: Outten almost absolutely got a recommendation from Broncos acting instructor Jerry Rosburg, the Ravens' previous unique teams organizer whose word carries weight at the team center. Moorhead, 49, has invested his entire training profession at the university degree, however the Ravens have an experience with him-- as well as the other way around. The Ravens generate university instructors at various factors of the offseason to trade ideas and get a far better feeling of a few of the principles that are getting appeal at the university level Ravens Hoodie. Moorhead has seen the Ravens' Under Armour Performance Center as well as taken component in those sessions. San Francisco 49ers pass game planner Bobby Slowik has actually been attached to the Ravens' opening and Baltimore did talk to him, yet the belief is he's bent on either remaining on Kyle Shanahan's staff or adhering to DeMeco Ryans to Houston. The much longer this procedure goes on, the extra most likely it would appear Harbaugh makes an outdoors hire. Urban as well as Godsey are 2 revered trains in the building, but if Harbaugh was marketed on one of them as the guy to lead the infraction, it seems unlikely that he would talk to as lots of candidates as he has or conduct as long of a hiring process. This is no chance at either Ravens aide, but it was always going to be a tough cost Baltimore to make an inner promotion, provided the struggles of its infraction in 2022. Ad There have actually been records out of Michigan that the Wolverines wanted Ravens vast receivers coach Tee Martin for a potential task on Jim Harbaugh's offending personnel. Martin, however, was with the Ravens contingent at the Senior Dish recently. It doesn't show up Martin is a candidate for the team's offending coordinator opening. The Ravens had rate of interest in speaking with Cincinnati Bengals quarterbacks instructor Dan Bottle, but he authorized an expansion to remain in Cincinnati. Their request to speak with Jacksonville offending organizer Press Taylor was rejected by the Jaguars. Frank Reich and Bill O'Brien were 2 other names on the Ravens' listing, however Reich was waiting out a head-coaching chance, which he obtained with the Carolina Panthers, and also O'Brien was anticipated to end up back with the New England Patriots from the jump. ( Image of Todd Monken: Jeffrey Vest/ Icon Sportswire by means of Getty Images).
