John Harbaugh Exits, Some Possible Replacements

It’s just days after the Baltimore Ravens fired John Harbaugh. This is following an 18-year stint with the team – which included a Super Bowl victory in the 2012 season and culminating with an epic 26-24 loss on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers with a 44-yard Tyler Loop field goal going wide outside of the uprights. 

“This was an incredibly difficult decision, given the tremendous 18 years we have spent together and the profound respect I have for John as a coach and, most importantly, as a great man of integrity,” Baltimore owner Steve Bisciotti said in a statement via the Ravens team website.

“Throughout what I firmly believe is a Hall of Fame coaching career, John has delivered a Super Bowl championship to Baltimore and served as a steadfast pillar of humility and leadership. He and his family have deeply embedded themselves in this community. For these profound contributions, on and off the field, we should all be forever grateful.”

Harbaugh was the second-longest tenured head coach in the league, ironically behind Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin (19th season). It’s safe to say that Harbaugh’s time in Baltimore was a success – finishing with an 180-113 record ( a .614 winning percentage) in the regular season and a 13-11 record (.542) in the playoffs. While the numbers speak for his coaching successes, they also speak for his mistakes. The 63-year old went 58-77 (.430) on challenges, often ranking first or second in the league throughout his time in Baltimore – 1.9 on average. 

Baltimore had high hopes heading into the season. The Ravens were coming off of consecutive seasons in which they won the AFC North Division title and at least one playoff victory. There were ton of heartbreaking moments along the way – a fumble over the goal line by wide receiver Zay Flowers in the AFC Championship Game in 2024, along with a dropped two-point conversion by tight end Mark Andrews in the AFC Divisional Round in 2025. 

There were issues at both offensive guard positions throughout the season with Andrew Voorhees and Daniel Faalele struggling with small appearances by rookie Emery Jones. Lamar Jackson ran for his life on a consistent basis and yet still a 103.8 passer rating with 21 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 13 games. Harbaugh’s quarterback was banged up all year and yet their was a lack of change to the offensive line. Even with the absence of Jackson, the struggles of Cooper Rush, who signed with the team on a two-year, $6,2 million deal and the resurgence of Tyler Huntley, in his third stint in Baltimore, Todd Monken’s offense ranked 11th in points.

On the flipside, Baltimore’s defense under Zachary Orr struggled in the first six games of the season, allowing 32.3 points per game – even with Malachi Starks being drafted to upgrade the safety position, even with  the injured Ar’Darius Washington and allow All-Pro Kyle Hamilton to line up in the nickel. Two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Nnamdi Madubuike missed the rest of the regular following a neck injury suffered during the Browns game. Safety Alohi Gilman and a 2026 fifth-round pick was acquired from the Los Angeles Chargers for defensive end Odafe Oweh and a 2027 seventh-round pick on Oct. 7, changing Baltimore’s defense for the better. Baltimore allowed 13.4 points over the next five games. The number jumped up to 22.8 points per game over the last six contests.

With mixed results, Baltimore went 8-9 on the season and missed the playoffs. Changes needed to be made and The Athletic’s Dianna Russini explained in a Tuesday post on X with Harbaugh being unwilling to make a change at the offensive coordinator position. The team went 3-3 in divisional play, featuring a 32-14 home Thanksgiving loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in primetime on Nov. 27 and being swept by the Steelers on Dec. 7 and on Sunday by scores of 27-22 and 26-24 respectively. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported on Tuesday that the team’s brass felt that Harbaugh had lost the locker room, including but not limited to Jackson. Rapoport reported on Wednesday that the team wants their next head coach to “reach” and “invigorate” Jackson. With those sentiments in mind, along with a laundry list of coaching candidates and Bisciotti’s 20-day search for a head coach in 2008 — Baltimore has a great deal to process before making its next move.

There will be questions for most of Baltimore’s candidates that Bisciotti and general manager Eric Decosta would love to have answered. First, would they consider themselves a scheme specialist as a coordinator and how have they proven themselves to be a leader of men? Secondly, how will they mesh with the front office? What type of staff will they put together? Is this person a good communicator and how? Are they good at handling the media and what type of relationships do they have with players and other staff members in their buildings? How does this person handle adversity?

Here are a few names that may be on Baltimore’s radar:

Joe Brady, Buffalo Bills Offensive Coordinator

Baltimore has requested to interview Brady following Buffalo’s AFC Wild Card game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, per a Friday post on X by Rapoport.

The 36-year-old has already been discussed heavily as head coaching candidate in years past. He’s coached since 2013, beginning as a linebackers coach for William & Mary (2013-2014). He immediately moved up to Penn State, joining the program as a graduate assistant under James Franklin (2015-2016) before moving on to the New Orleans Saints as an offensive assistant (2017-2018). Brady stayed in the state of Louisiana as LSU’s passing game coordinator in 2019 — where Joe Burrow led college football with a 76.3% completion rate, 5,671 passing yards, 60 touchdowns and six interceptions, with Ja’Marr Chase leading all receivers with 1,780 receiving yards and 20 touchdowns and Justin Jefferson putting up an Football Bowl Subdivision-high 111 receptions to go with 1,540 yards and 18 touchdowns and winning a national championship.

He’s since moved on to the NFL, spending two seasons as the Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator (2020-2021) and moved on to the Bills to become the team’s quarterbacks coach in 2022, prior to being named the team’s offensive coordinator in 2023 — a role he’s held ever since. Brady’s first offense in Carolina was the No. 23 scoring offense in 2020 and ranked 26th in 2021. His offenses in Buffalo have fared much better, ranking fourth, third and fifth respectively from 2023-2025. The Bills were third in the NFL in expected points added per play (0.12), per Sumer Sports. However, Buffalo is 25th in average depth of target (7.54), which measures how far the ball goes downfield from a passer to a pass catcher.

Matt Burke, Houston Texans Defensive Coordinator

The 49-year-old defensive coordinator has coached at the high school, college and NFL levels since entering into the profession in 1998, following his time as a safety at Dartmouth. Burke first earned a spot as a defensive coordinator with the Miami Dolphins under Adam Gase in 2017. In two years with the Dolphins, Burke’s defenses ranked 29th and 30th in scoring. His fortunes took a turn for the better when he began working with the Texans in the same role with his defenses ranking 12th, 16th and sixth in scoring from 2023-2025.

While Burke isn’t the most well-known name, he has worked with a ton of head coaches including Jeff Fisher, Jim Schwartz for his entire tenure as his linebackers coach with the Detroit Lions (2009-2013), becoming the linebackers coach under longtime former Bengals head coach and Super Bowl-winning defensive coordinator with the Ravens, Marvin Lewis (2014-2015), moving on to take on the same role with the Dolphins under Gase in 2016 before being promoted, working with Doug Pederson (2019-2020) as the defensive special assistant in his first season, then being moved to defensive run game coordinator and defensive line coach in 2020. He was under Robert Saleh as the game management coach, moved to work with Kliff Kingsbury in 2022 as the Arizona Cardinals defensive line coach before coming to the Texans under DeMeco Ryans, who has a 32-19 record (.627).

It’s a mixed bag of success and failure with Burke, but his ability to stay in the league and work with coaches who are vastly different may make him a candidate to look out for. The question becomes, how can he use his league-wide connections to build his staff if he were to be hired by the Ravens?

Brian Flores, Minnesota Vikings Defensive Coordinator

Baltimore has requested an interview with Flores, per Pelissero.

Flores is a case of a coach that may have been stuck with in neutral with a struggling organization. The former Miami Dolphins head coach went 24-25 (.490) in three seasons with the club and posted winning records of 10-6 and 9-8 in 2020 and 2021 respectively. In spite of his back-to-back winning records, he was dismissed following the 2021 season. Former Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, who at 43 years old is just a year younger than Flores, explained on Dec. 2024 episode of Fitz & Whit that Flores became “a dictator” during his tenure with the Dolphins.

“The further removed we get from his tenure in Miami, the more people kind of forget about how that ended and the better his name becomes,” Fitzpatrick said… “I think he’s gonna have a really hard time if you’re interviewing for him as a head coach. I think in the interviews he’ll be likable, he’ll be relatable. But when people say ‘okay, gimme somebody from Miami that coached under you as a reference so we can talk to them.’ I think he burned a lot of bridges there. I think he alienated himself from the entire staff. … I think by the end of his time there he became a dictator. He ruined a lot of those relationships that he built up through the NFL.”

Prior to his head coaching tenure, he spent 2004-2018 with the New England Patriots in a variety of roles including scouting assistant, pro scout, special teams assistant, offensive and special teams assistant, defensive assistant, safeties coach and linebackers coach — winning Super Bowl XXXIX, XLIX, LI, LIII with the Patriots. Following his time with Miami, he worked under Tomlin as a senior defensive assistant and linebackers coach in 2022, prior to moving on to the Minnesota Vikings as the defensive coordinator in 2023. The Vikings had the No. 13 scoring defense in 2023, prior to moving up to the No. 5 mark in 2024 and they had the No. 7 defense this season. Minnesota had the fourth-ranked defensive EPA per play of -0.11 and total EPA -111.09, per Sumer Sports. By comparison, the Ravens had the 20th-ranked EPA per play (0.01) and total EPA (16.06).

With Flores’ focus on improving the defense, previous experience as a head coach in the NFL and no nonsense attitude, maybe Flores could be a good fit. The question is if he can adjust his coaching style to fit Baltimore?

Vance Joseph, Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator

Joseph will be interviewed by the Ravens on Thursday, per a post by NFL reporter Josina Anderson X. The 53-year-old previously served as a head coach with Denver in 2017 and 2018, posting an 11-21 record with the team. He left Denver to take over the Cardinals defense from 2019-2022 and returned to the Broncos in 2023 to become Sean Peyton’s defensive coordinator.

Denver’s defense started out in a state of disarray, placing 27th in points allowed in 2023. He quickly turned the unit around with two consecutive No. 3 scoring defenses in 2024 and 2025. Denver outside linebacker Nik Bonitto produced 14 sacks this season, along with outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper’s 8.0 sacks, defensive end John Franklin-Myers’ 7.5 sacks and defensive lineman Zach Allen’s 7.0 sacks. The Broncos sacked opposing quarterbacks 68 times, leading the league. The Ravens were tied for 28th in sacks with 30.

Joseph was accused of sexual assault by two athletic trainers while serving as the defensive backs coach of the Colorado Buffaloes from 2003-2004. The allegations were looked into by a state task force, Joseph was placed on administrative leave, but he wasn’t charged nor interviewed in the investigation, per a 2017 Jeff Legwold article for ESPN. The Broncos former head coach and current defensive coordinator has maintained that the claims were “false.”

Who would Joseph bring to his coaching staff on the offensive side of the ball? It could be Broncos quarterbacks coach Davis Webb, who is a big name in NFL coaching circles among candidates. Is Joseph ready for a second shot with the Ravens and more importantly, is Baltimore willing to make a decision that will generate harsh questioning from the media with the team’s “zero-tolerance policy”? Joseph’s name is clear, but questions will swirl.

Kliff Kingsbury, former Washington Commanders Offensive Coordinator

Kingsbury was requested to interview for Baltimore’s head coaching vacancy, per a Thursday post on X by Rapoport.

The former Washington Commanders offensive coordinator was relieved of his duties on Tuesday, following a season where the team finished 22nd in the NFL with 318.8 yards per game and 20.9 points per game. His offense was ranked No. 5 in the NFL in points scored in 2024 with Jayden Daniels at the helm.

Kingsbury has coached both at the collegiate level and the NFL as a head coach. His offenses have been known to follow the free-wheeling form of the Air Raid system — quick passes as an extension of the running game to open up the deep passing attack and simplified play calls. While Kingsbury’s Texas Tech teams weren’t particularly successful and went 35-40 (.466) from 2013-2018, his offensive innovation convinced the Arizona Cardinals that he’d be a good fit to pair with then-rookie quarterback Kyler Murray in 2019. Kingsbury finished with a 28-37 record from 2019-2022 and made the playoffs once in 2021, losing to the Rams in the NFC Wild Card Round.

One thing that works Kingsbury’s favor is his time developing quarterbacks, having worked with Case Keenum with the Houston Cougars, Johnny Manziel at Texas A&M, Baker Mayfield and Patrick Mahomes at Texas Tech, the aforementioned Murray, Caleb Williams at USC and Daniels with the Commanders, the latter two were the No. 1 and No. 2 selections in the 2024 NFL Draft. The question is can he get the most out of Jackson and maximize his passing abilities? If he isn’t hired as Baltimore’s head coach, could he be a name to watch for offensive coordinator?

Klay Kubiak, San Francisco 49ers Offensive Coordinator

The Baltimore connections are strong with Klay Kubiak, as his father, Gary Kubiak, served as the Ravens offensive coordinator in 2014. Klay Kubiak’s brother, Klint, is the offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks. While Klay Kubiak doesn’t have the experience that his brother does, he has worked under offensive mastermind Kyle Shanahan since 2021.

The former high school coach spent seven seasons with Strake Jesuit College Prep in Houston, Tx., serving as an offensive coordinator from 2013-2015, before taking over as the head coach from 2018-2020. Klay Kubiak went on to become San Francisco’s defensive quality control coach in 2021, then served as the assistant quarterbacks coach for two seasons, before becoming the pass game specialist in 2024.

2025 was his first season as the 49ers offensive coordinator and it has been successful so far. The 49ers are seventh in yards and 10th in points scored. Brock Purdy and Mac Jones have combined for 4,157 passing yards, 33 touchdowns and 16 interceptions for a passer rating of 98.8, good enough for the league’s fifth-best offense in passing yards and the fourth-best offense in passing touchdowns. San Francisco had 481 carries for 1,817 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns.

The biggest question is how much is it attributed to Shanahan’s West Coast offense? Has the 37-year-old Klay Kubiak shown that he’s ready to step outside of the shadow of his father like Shanahan once did? The same could be said about the next candidate.

Klint Kubiak, Seattle Seahawks Offensive Coordinator

NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported on Wednesday that the Ravens have formally requested to interview Klint Kubiak.

Klint Kubiak became the Seahawks offensive coordinator in 2025, becoming an assistant to former Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald. Macdonald has since compiled a 24-10 record since leaving the Ravens for greener pastures as Seattle’s head coach.

Back to Klint Kubiak. He’s served as an offensive coordinator with three different teams — first with Minnesota in 2021, then in New Orleans in 2024 and Seattle this season. His offenses have ranked 14th, 24th and third in points scored respectively with Sam Darnold being selected to his second consecutive Pro Bowl. Klint Kubiak’s Seahawks offense went under center for the majority of their snaps and had the second-lowest percentage of shotgun snaps, per Sharp Football Analysis. Kubiak’s offense was eighth in EPA per pass (0.11).

His father is a Super Bowl winning head coach with the Denver Broncos and put together an 82-75 record (.522) in 10 seasons between his stops in Denver and Houston. With Jackson at the helm and a phone call away from his father who had experience with the Ravens, both Kubiak brothers have a chance to put together a strong offense in Baltimore.

Which Kubiak is more likely to land with the Ravens?

Mike LaFleur, Los Angeles Rams Offensive Coordinator

Mike LaFleur has a coaching pedigree that includes his brother Matt LaFleur, who has put together a 76-40-1 record as Green Bay’s head coach, along with stints under Kyle Shanahan as his his passing game coordinator rom 2017-2020, along with his time as the Jets offensive coordinator (2021-2022) and now as the Rams offensive coordinator (since 2023).

The 38-year-old has seen his fair share of struggles — the Jets had the 31st and 18th-ranked scoring offenses during his time with the team. Mike LaFleur, under the tutelage of Sean McVay, has seen a jump in productivity with the Rams, who posted the 11th, 17th and second-ranked scoring offenses in his three seasons. Quarterback Matthew Stafford is playing at an MVP level with a league-leading 4,707 passing yards and 46 passing touchdowns. Los Angeles’ running game is No. 7 in yards (2,152) and No. 14 in scoring (17 touchdowns).

If LaFleur can aid Stafford in reaching these heights in 2025, can he do the same for Jackson in 2026?

Dan Lanning, Oregon Head Coach

Baltimore has only had three head coaches in team history. Lanning would be the first to be hired from the collegiate ranks. Lanning has a 48-7 record with  No. 5 Oregon in four seasons and his team is gearing up for their College Football Playoff Semifinal matchup against No. 1 Indiana on Friday evening. He’s won the Big Ten title game against Penn State in 2024 and has two wins in the College Football Playoff this season.

Oregon has transitioned from a Pac-12 powerhouse to a Big Ten juggernaut, ranking sixth in the Football Bowl Subdivision in yards allowed per game (267.4) and ninth in touchdowns allowed this season (25). Lanning is a defensive-minded coach, having served as the Georgia Bulldogs outside linebackers coach in 2018, before taking on the defensive coordinator position from 2019-2021 — his final season with the program culminating in a 33-18 victory over Southeastern Conference rival Alabama.

Lanning has zero experience at the NFL level. However, fresh ideas may come from the mind of a coach that has seen the variety of offensive and defensive schemes that are coming from the college game. Creative ideas have come from the collegiate level including the higher use of shotgun and motions in the NFL, the structures of the offense, how plays have been simplified, etc. Lanning could be the one to combat the offensive game plans and put his focus on fixing a broken defense.

Is it time for Lanning to make a leap to the NFL ranks?

Jesse Minter, Los Angeles Chargers Defensive Coordinator

Minter has been Jim Harbaugh’s defensive coordinator for two years with the Chargers now and may finally get his shot. The 42-year-old has had one of the top-flight defenses in the league, ranking No. 1 in scoring defense in 2024 and No. 9 this year. He’s also been among the oft-discussed hot coaching commodities within the league.

Minter was a defensive assistant with the Ravens from 2017-2019 and took on the defensive backs coaching job in 2020. The former Ravens assistant became Vanderbilt’s defensive coordinator in 2021, before moving onto Michigan in the same role under Jim Harbaugh at Michigan (who played for the Ravens by the way) for two seasons (2022-2023).

Will Baltimore trust a former John Harbaugh assistant to push the team to new heights?

Matt Nagy, Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator

The Ravens are reportedly bringing in Nagy for an interview for their head coaching role, per Rapoport.

The Chiefs are one of the NFL’s most creative offenses. Kansas City went under center with tight end Travis Kelce plenty of times through Andy Reid’s tenure, the team lined up in the flexbone formation — an offense that is a feature of the service academies and Nagy has been touted as a creative football mind as Kansas City’s offensive coordinator. The Chiefs had the sixth-ranked scoring offense in his first season as the team’s offensive coordinator in 2017. He took over the Chicago Bears as their head coach — overseeing a No. 9 scoring offense, but never got over the No. 22 ranking in the following three seasons of his tenure with the Bears. After returning to Kansas City in 2022, he returned to the offensive coordinator role in 2023. The Chiefs had the No. 15 scoring offense for two straight years and declined to the No. 21 spot in 2025.

The second time could be the charm for Nagy. Multiple coaches had their struggles and successes in their first time as the leading man,. and boy, did Nagy have both with the Bears. Nagy took over the Bears with Mitchell Trubisky at the helm at quarterback in 2018. Trubisky actually took a step forward in his first season with Nagy as his guide, leading the team to a 12-4 record and a Pro Bowl selection for his 24–touchdown, 12-interception performance. Then, Nagy’s teams went 8-8 in 2019 and 2020, before dropping down to 6-11 in 2021 — resulting in Nagy’s dismissal.

Things could change for Nagy with more knowledge and experience as a head coach and as an offensive coordinator under Reid.

“I didn’t know how it was going to go, but it was one of the most profound things in five hours I’ve ever done in my entire life. It was revealing, just powerful,” Nagy said to CBS Sports. “I mean, anybody that’s going to sit here and listen to everything that 40 people are saying that you could have done better or also things that you did well.”

Robert Saleh, San Francisco 49ers Defensive Coordinator 

Baltimore has requested an interview with Saleh, per a Thursday report by Schefter.

Saleh took over the New York Jets in 2021 as the head coach with his tenure lasting five games into the 2024 season. He had a 20-36 record (.357) before being fired by the Jets, but he may get another chance to take over as the head coach with a different organization. In his second time around as the 49ers coordinator. following his first tenure from 2017-2020, he used sub packages 81% of time on defense in 2026, trailing the just the Seahawks (92%), the Ravens (87%) and the Bears (85%). The 49ers only blitzed 21.7% of the time, ranking 24th out of 32 teams, per Sharp Football Analysis. The 49ers finished 13th in scoring defense, allowing 21.8 per game.

The 46-year-old could get a second shot at becoming a head coach without having the likes of Zach Wilson at quarterback. He’s proven that he can salvage the defensive side of the football with talent being provided — having his biggest success during the 2019 season, where the 49ers played in Super Bowl LIV. San Francisco ranked sixth in forced turnovers (27), fourth in sacks (48), second in total defense (281.8 yards per game) and first in passing defense (169.2). San Francisco went from the 25th-ranked scoring defense in 2017, to the No. 8 scoring defense at their peak in 2019.

Can Saleh look past his Jets tenure and move the Ravens forward?

Jim Schwartz, Cleveland Browns Defensive Coordinator

There is a lot of history in Baltimore, the state of Maryland and the area at-large when it comes to Schwartz. First and foremost, he was born in Halethorpe, Baltimore County on June 2, 1966. He graduated from Mount Saint Joseph High School in 1984, where he was a standout linebacker, going on to play college football with the Georgetown Hoyas for four seasons and becoming a Division III CoSIDA/GTE Academic All-American and team captain. 

Schwartz spent time as a graduate assistant with the Maryland Terrapins in 1989, then went on to Minnesota in the same role the following year, spending the 1991 season at then-Division II North Carolina Central as the secondary coach and becoming the linebackers coach at Division I-AA Colgate in 1992. 

Annapolis native Bill Belichick hired Schwartz in 1993 as a personnel scout with the Cleveland Browns – spending time in the role for three seasons. Schwartz moved with the Browns to Baltimore, where he worked with the Ravens from 1996-1998 as a defensive assistant under Ted Marchibroda – who previously spent time with the Baltimore Colts as the head coach from 1975-1979. 

Schwartz later became the Detroit Lions head coach in 2009 and held a 29-51 record (.363) in five season with the team. His best year was the 2011 season – the lone year that his Lions team made the playoffs. Since then, he’s served as a defensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills in 2014, the Philadelphia Eagles from 2016-2020, where he won a Super Bowl in 2017, a senior defensive assistant with the Tennessee Titans (2021-2022) and he’s spent the last three seasons as the Browns defensive coordinator. 

Is this Schwartz’s opportunity to take over his hometown team?

Chris Shula, Los Angeles Chargers Defensive Coordinator

Just like Schwartz, Shula has a connection to Baltimore. His grandfather was Pro Football Hall of Fame head coach Don Shula, who was the head coach of the Baltimore Colts from 1963-1969, winning an NFL championship in 1968. Shula’s father, David, played one season for the Colts in 1981 where they were housed at Memorial Stadium. 

Chris Shula has spent the last two seasons with the Los Angeles Rams in his current role with his defense ranking 17th in points allowed per game in 2024 and 10 in 2025. The 39-year old is a football lifer, having spent time coaching at Ball State, Indiana and John Carroll before moving to the NFL ranks.

Will Shula get the call over fellow Rams coordinator Mike LaFleur?

Kevin Stefanski, former Cleveland Browns Head Coach

Before getting into Stefanski’s tenure with Cleveland, he was a long-time Vikings assistant from 2006-2019. He worked under Brad Childress (2006-2010), Leslie Frazier (2010-2013) and Mike Zimmer (2014-2020). Stefanski paid his dues since the time he was 24 to age 38, where the Browns hired him as their head coach.

He had a tall task ahead of him for the 2020 season — fixing a culture in Cleveland that had just two playoff appearances since 1990 prior to him getting there. The Browns finished 11-5 in his first season and they beat the Steelers on the road in the AFC Wild Card Game, prior to losing to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Divisional Round and the team went back to the playoffs in 2023, posting an 11-6 record and finishing second in the division behind the Ravens. Ultimately, he couldn’t get Cleveland back to the playoffs, going 3-14 in 2024 and 5-12 this season.

Stefanski’s offenses have ranked No. 14 (2020), No. 20 (2021), No. 18 (2022), No. 10 (2023), No. 32 (2024) and No. 31. While he’s been touted as an offensive-minded head coach and his featured unit hasn’t been the greatest, he has proven that he can turn around a franchise in flux. He hasn’t had a Jackson-sized weapon at the quarterback position. Could that be the difference?

Anthony Weaver, Miami Dolphins Defensive Coordinator

Pelissero reported that the Ravens have requested to interview Weaver, who spent time with the team as both a player and coach. The 45-year-old Weaver has been a defensive coordinator in three seasons (2020, 2024-2025) with mixed results. His defense was No. 27 in points allowed, though he improved the Dolphins defense to No. 10 in scoring defense, but the Dolphins regressed to the No. 26 scoring defense in 2025.

Weaver was drafted by the Ravens in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft and played with the team for the first four year of his career and started 54 games. He then signed with the Houston Texans and played three seasons with them before calling it a career in 2008. Weaver went on to join the Florida Gators in 2010 as a defensive graduate assistant and moved on to North Texas as the team’s linebackers coach in 2011.

He moved onto the NFL in 2012 as the Jets assistant defensive line coach under former Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan and spent time as a defensive line coach with the Browns (2014-2015), the Texans (2016-2019, prior to being promoted to defensive coordinator with Houston in 2020. He came back to Baltimore as the defensive line and defensive run game coordinator in 2021 and was promptly promoted to associate head coach for the 2022 season. With Orr receiving the nod at defensive coordinator, Weaver moved to Miami as the team’s defensive coordinator in 2024 — where he’s served since.

Will the former Raven take over Baltimore and return its defense to its old glory?

Davis Webb, Denver Broncos Quarterbacks Coach

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that 30-year-old Broncos offensive pass game coordinator and quarterbacks coach Davis Webb will interview with Baltimore on Thursday. Webb was drafted by the New York Giants in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft. He played five more seasons — one with the Jets (2018), three with the Bills (2019-2021) and another year with the Giants (2022). Sean Payton immediately scooped him up as the team’s quarterbacks coach in 2023, where Russell Wilson had a 66.4% completion rate, 3,070 passing yards, 26 touchdowns and eight interceptions. Bo Nix took over the starting spot at quarterback in 2024. He’s since passed for 7,706 yards, 54 touchdowns and 23 interceptions.

Pelissero reported that Webb will be interviewed for the Las Vegas Raiders head coaching position as well. While Webb is a sought after head coaching candidate, is he ready to take on the role despite being relatively inexperienced at coaching?

This article has been updated to include Flores, Kingsbury, Nagy and Saleh’s interview request. Baltimore has since completed interviews Joseph and Webb.