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Giants, Browns Picking Apart Old Ravens Staff

By | at January 31, 2026 2:52 pm

For new Giants head coach John Harbaugh, having to completely build a new staff for the first time in 18 years was going swimmingly as he cleared out several incumbent staffers and started to import assistant coaches from his old staff in Baltimore. That strategy hit a snag when the Browns hired Harbaugh’s former offensive coordinator Todd Monken to be their new head coach.

To start, there had been rumors that Harbaugh had wanted Monken to follow him to New York and coordinate his offense led by Jaxson Dart, Cam Skattebo, and Malik Nabers. Not only does Harbaugh now have to go back to the drawing board on hiring an offensive coordinator, but he now also has to fend off his former coordinator for former Ravens staffers that both men might want in their new cities.

The first instance of this saw Monken win out as offensive line coach George Warhop decided to follow Monken to Cleveland. Warhop had only arrived in Baltimore two years ago to serve as an interim OL coach when longtime Ravens OL coach Joe D’Alessandris was hospitalized over the summer. When D’Alessandris unfortunately passed away eight days later, Warhop stepped into the full-time role. Harbaugh had expressed strong interest in bringing Warhop to New York, per NFL insider Jordan Schultz, but ultimately, Monken won the battle for his services.

Shortly after that, Monken named Travis Switzer as his offensive coordinator. Switzer had spent his entire coaching career in Baltimore, joining the team in 2017 as an administrative assistant. He worked his way up the ladder, serving as a performance staff assistant in 2018, then two years as a coaching analyst for the offense, two years as an offensive quality control coach, and three years as run game coordinator. The 33-year-old has now earned his first offensive coordinator opportunity with the Browns.

Monken also worked quickly and is expected to hire former Ravens offensive assistant Danny Breyer, according to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz, elevating him in the process to the title of pass game coordinator. Per Zenitz, Breyer worked closely with the Ravens’ talented tight ends group anchored by Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely during his three years with the team. He now heads to Cleveland where another talented pair of tight ends — veteran David Njoku and rookie sensation Harold Fannin Jr. — just finished the year with a combined 105 receptions for 1,024 yards and 10 touchdowns.

It may not only be coaches the two staffs are fighting for. We’ve already heard rumors that pending free agent center Tyler Linderbaum is a target of Harbaugh’s. With Likely also expected to hit free agency, he may want to keep working with Breyer in Cleveland. Njoku is also set to become a free agent, so Monken and the Browns may work to bring in a younger veteran who is more accustomed to working in a duo to pair with Fannin.

Harbaugh may have realized that the offense staff could be off limits. Today, it was announced that Chad Hall, who served as New York’s assistant quarterbacks coach in 2025, will stick around but with a new title. Hall is expected to be named wide receivers coach for the team in 2026, per Zenitz. Harbaugh hasn’t given up on picking apart the Ravens’ defensive staff, though. According to Zenitz, Baltimore’s former defensive backs coach, Donald D’Alesio, is set to join the coaching staff in New York. A follow-up report by ESPN’s Adam Schefter tells us D’Alesio will join the Giants as defensive pass game coordinator/secondary coach. He joins running backs coach Willie Taggart, defensive line coach Dennis Johnson, special teams coordinator Chris Horton, and assistant linebacker coach Matt Pees in the Ravens’ migration to New York.

As for Baltimore, new head coach Jesse Minter is working to fill out his first coaching staff, but as he does, he doesn’t have to worry about one aspect. Usually, pursuing a defensive coordinator hire requires an evaluation a coach’s play-calling abilities, but according to Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic, Minter has declared his plans to call the defense as head coach. Zrebiec also relayed that, much like Harbaugh enjoyed in Baltimore and demanded in New York, Minter will report directly to owner Steve Bisciotti, presumably on equal footing with general manager Eric DeCosta. In fact, DeCosta was the one who reported it to the media.

Following the filling of their offensive coordinator position, the Ravens are also looking at interviewing Bills quarterbacks coach Ronald Curry for the same position, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. While there isn’t expected to be much change in Buffalo’s offensive staff after Joe Brady was promoted from offensive coordinator to head coach, Curry actually goes back even further with new Ravens OC Declan Doyle. The two spent four years together in New Orleans on staff with the Saints under Sean Payton.

Curry has interviewed for offensive coordinator openings with the Broncos and Jets and could still win either job, so he’s not necessarily locked in right now with Buffalo. Since the move to Baltimore would be a lateral one, Brady and Co. may opt to block him from interviewing, but if he does miss out on an OC position and get the opportunity to interview with the Ravens, it will be interesting to see if Curry gets his pick at choosing between the two most-recent MVP-winners.

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Buccaneers Interview Indiana OC Chandler Whitmer For QB Coach

By | at January 30, 2026 10:03 pm

The Buccaneers made some changes to their offensive coaching staff in January and have been in the process of hiring replacements. Former Falcons offensive coordinator Zac Robinson has made the in-division move to replace Josh Grizzard in the same role, and now Tampa Bay is looking at Indiana co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Chandler Whitmer to fill the role left vacant after they dismissed Thad Lewis, per Cameron Wolfe of NFL Network.

After only a year away from the NFL, Whitmer could be headed right back. A former college quarterback who spent time at Illinois, Butler Community College, and UConn, Whitmer didn’t start his coaching career until five years after his playing career ended, working as a graduate assistant at Ohio State and Clemson in 2019 and 2020, respectively. From there, he got his first NFL opportunity as a quality control coach with the Chargers in 2021. He spent three years in Los Angeles before getting hired by the Falcons in 2024 to serve as Atlanta’s pass game specialist.

Whitmer made the move to join Curt Cignetti‘s staff at Indiana after Tino Sunseri departed for the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach job at UCLA. Whitmer stepped into his co-OC title, shared with offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach Mike Shanahan. In doing so, Whitmer ended up tying himself to transfer quarterback (by way of Cal) Fernando Mendoza.

Working with Cignetti and Whitmer, Mendoza would go on to lead the NCAA in passing touchdowns (41), finish third in the NCAA in completion percentage (72.0), and fourth in the country in yards per attempt (9.3). The team’s success resulted in the Hoosiers winning their first ever national championship game, and Mendoza took home the top individual prize when he won the Heisman Trophy and became the favorite to be selected No. 1 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.

Mendoza was certainly a talented player when he came in, but it seems clear the system designed by Cignetti and Whitmer contributed to his huge leap in 2025. Tampa Bay could be looking to pair Whitmer with another Heisman-winner after Baker Mayfield had a down 2025 campaign. Whitmer interviewed with the team this week and could return to the NFL just a year after leaving.

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Broncos’ Davis Webb Receives Three OC Interview Requests

By | at January 27, 2026 10:25 pm

Following the Broncos’ loss in the AFC Championship this weekend, pass game coordinator/quarterbacks coach Davis Webb became available to interview for head coaching opportunities with the Raiders and Bills. After Buffalo pulled the trigger on promoting offensive coordinator Joe Brady, a few teams reached out hoping Webb might be available to interview for a lesser role. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Eagles, Giants, and Ravens all requested to interview Webb for their open offensive coordinator positions.

We’ve sees our fair share of meteoric rises in the coaching world, but what Webb has people saying at this point in his career feels unprecedented. A former quarterback, Webb was a third-round pick in 2017 but didn’t make his NFL debut until 2021. He played four snaps that year with the Bills then made his first and only start the next year with the Giants. Those two games were Webb’s only NFL action as a player, but he clearly must’ve seen a better road ahead in coaching, as ESPN’s Jordan Raanan can testify to.

The next season, Webb joined Sean Payton‘s staff in Denver as the quarterbacks coach. Under Payton and Webb, veteran Russell Wilson had a resurgent season in Denver following a rough first year away from the Seahawks. In Webb’s second season coaching, he was handed a first-round rookie quarterback in Bo Nix. In two years, Nix has impressed, averaging a 64.8 completion percentage, 3,853 yards, 27 touchdowns, and 11.5 interceptions. With Webb adding the pass game coordinator title in 2025, the passing offense improved from 20th in yards gained in 2024 to 11th this year.

An impressive early résumé and what must be some serious inside coach speak have made Webb a serious candidate for head coach jobs and offensive coordinator positions. He hasn’t even gotten an opportunity to call plays yet, and all three openings requesting his interview would require him to do just that. With head coaching jobs dwindling, more and more candidates will need to look for lower positions soon, if they’re not already under contract. And, if Webb doesn’t end up landing a head coaching position, one would wonder if he doesn’t end up just staying in Denver to replace recently fired offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi.

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Cowboys Block Eagles From OC Interview With Klayton Adams

By | at January 25, 2026 10:48 pm

The Eagles are currently on the search for their next offensive coordinator after parting ways with Kevin Patullo following his first year in the role. They’ve spread their search pretty far and wide with over nine interviews requested so far, but it seems their reach fell just short in one rival city. According to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, Philadelphia requested to interview Cowboys offensive coordinator Klayton Adams for the same role with the Eagles but saw their request blocked by Dallas.

It’s true that teams are allowed to block other teams from hiring away coaches under contract with them in what would be a lateral move elsewhere. It’s fairly common and fully justifiable. There is a slight change in thinking sometimes, though, when it comes to the responsibility of calling plays. While Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer and Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni both come from offensive backgrounds, Schottenheimer calls the offensive plays in Dallas, while Sirianni trusts that role to his offensive coordinator.

Typically, if an offensive coordinator currently serves under a head coach who calls plays for the offense, it is not necessarily considered a lateral move to interview for a job elsewhere in which they would have the opportunity to call plays. The organization usually allows for interviews like that to occur. For instance, Bengals offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher (under play-calling head coach Zac Taylor) was permitted to interview with the Buccaneers, where defensive-minded Todd Bowles serves as head coach. In Tennessee, Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich (under play-calling head coach Matt LaFleur) was permitted to interview with the Titans, under defensive-minded Robert Saleh.

The Eagles also requested interviews with current coordinators on the Colts and Bears, knowing that Shane Steichen and Ben Johnson both call the offensive plays for their respective teams. Both requests were reportedly granted, so Philadelphia should soon be able to schedule their eighth and ninth interviews for the offensive coordinator position. Of all the teams not replacing head coaches who saw requests to interview their offensive coordinator who currently does not get to call plays, the Cowboys are the only team to have blocked the requested interview.

Now, this could be plainly due to a fierce divisional rivalry, with strategy provoking a “hands off” response. The other possibility is that the Cowboys truly value Adams and what he brings to an offense that finished with the second-most yards gained in the NFL and the seventh-most points scored. Surely, at some point in his career, Adams will want to earn his wings as an offensive coordinator at some point with the opportunity to call plays, but as someone who has spent most of his career coaching tight ends and offensive line and has never called plays before, he may not quite be ready for that role.

So, for now, Adams will continue to work in his role for the Cowboys with Schottenheimer calling plays for one of the league’s most potent offenses. The Eagles will have to continue searching elsewhere for their next offensive coordinator and play caller.

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Raiders’ HC Search Moving Forward With Second Interviews

By | at January 25, 2026 10:40 pm

The Raiders are one of four teams remaining with a head coaching vacancy as the six other vacancies have filled with new head coaches in the last few weeks. Because many of the candidates they are interested in have had limited availability to interview as they have been participating on playoff staffs, the elimination of two more teams today is expected to help move the Raiders’ search on to the next stages.

For starters, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported today that Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady is currently in Las Vegas for a second interview with the team. This is only the third candidate to receive a second interview with the Raiders. The team hosted Panthers defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero and former Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter for second interviews this past week, but Minter quickly came off the board after accepting an offer to coach his former team in Baltimore. Vegas was also expecting to host former Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski before he accepted the job in Atlanta.

Brady has been connected to three of the four remaining open jobs, including the one with his current team, which moved on from former head coach Sean McDermott. Brady saw a meteoric rise following a single year as the passing game coordinator/wide receivers coach at LSU the year the Tigers won a championship on the arm of Joe Burrow and the hands of Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson. That run led to an offensive coordinator opportunity in Carolina, but Brady was fired before his second season came to end. He rebounded quickly with a job in Buffalo as quarterbacks coach, taking over the offensive coordinator job upon Ken Dorsey‘s mid-2023 dismissal and holding the position ever since. This will be Brady’s first in-person interview of the coaching cycle. The Cardinals haven’t met with him virtually yet, but they’re also expected to meet with him in-person soon.

Las Vegas is also expected to meet with Broncos passing game coordinator/quarterbacks coach Davis Webb for a second interview this week, according to Schefter. Webb has been mentioned as a candidate for a couple teams, but the Raiders are the only team to actually interview him thus far. They won’t be for long, though, as Schefter adds that the Bills also have interest in meeting with Webb for their head coaching job.

If the Broncos had beaten the Patriots today to head to the Super Bowl, Vegas would’ve held an advantage over Buffalo. Their early interview with Webb would’ve made it permissible for the Raiders to meet with Webb between the AFC Championship game and the Super Bowl, but because they didn’t do an early initial meeting, as well, the Bills would’ve been forced to wait until Denver’s season had come to a close in Santa Clara. Instead, they’ll be able to plan for an interview with Webb as soon as he’s finished his meeting with Las Vegas, and according to NFL insider Jordan Schultz, Buffalo is expected to do just that. Landing a head coaching job would be extremely impressive, as the 31-year-old hasn’t even served as an offensive coordinator.

In addition to Brady and Webb, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports that Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak is considered “a prime candidate” following the impression he made in his first interview with the team. Similar to the advantage over Buffalo mentioned with Webb, the Raiders should be able to meet with Kubiak sometime before the Super Bowl, since they interviewed him early in the month. Since Buffalo was not able to conduct those early interviews, they should be forced to wait until Seattle’s season is over. Other head coaching candidates the team has interviewed that this would apply to is Rams offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur, Rams pass game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase, and Rams defensive coordinator Chris Shula.

Speaking of Shula, Vincent Bonsignore of the California Post claimed that the defensive coordinator in Los Angeles is firmly in the mix for the Raiders’ top position. Bonsignore also hinted that, should Shula be the hire, Rams quarterbacks coach Dave Ragone would be a name to look out for as an offensive coordinator reporting to Shula. Ragone has three years of coordinator experience in Atlanta, where despite not having the best weapons, he was able to put together one of the league’s better rushing offenses.

The Broncos’ loss today opens the door for more interview action in Las Vegas, and should the Rams fall tonight, even more movement could occur. Here’s the latest breakdown on the Raiders’ search for their next head coach:

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Titans Line Up Three OC Interviews, One DC Interview

By | at January 25, 2026 9:14 pm

Having named Robert Saleh as their new head coach, the Titans have moved on to filling their coordinator positions. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the Titans plan to interview former Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury and Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich for their offensive coordinator position tomorrow. Titans insider Paul Kuharsky added that former Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Thad Lewis will be interviewing for the job tomorrow, as well.

While several candidates have been mentioned for the Titans’ OC job, the only candidate that has interviewed for the position accepted a coordinator job at the collegiate level yesterday. After Kingsbury interviewed for open head coach positions with the Giants, Ravens, and Titans, there appeared to be more interest in his abilities as an offensive coordinator. Baltimore interviewed him for both roles on the same day, but Tennessee’s plans are to meet with him tomorrow for an interview specific to the offensive coordinator role.

This will be Stenavich’s first interview of the hiring cycle. As a rising name in coaching circles, he was mentioned as a candidate for the head coach position in Miami, but he’ll actually get to state his case for a job tomorrow. Stenavich would technically be making a lateral move from the position he already holds in Green Bay. The difference would be that he would get to call offensive plays in Tennessee, while head coach Matt LaFleur calls plays for the Packers.

Lewis has been a frequent flier for offensive coordinator gigs over the past two years. In 2024, he interviewed for the jobs in Buffalo, Tampa Bay, and Tennessee and was requested to interview for the job in Las Vegas. Last year, he got an interview for the open job in Houston. He returns to Nashville tomorrow for his first interview of the 2026 hiring cycle after having just losing his job earlier this month. Kuharsky also adds that, though the identity of the first minority offensive coordinator candidate to have been interviewed isn’t yet known, Lewis’ interview should make the Titans Rooney Rule compliant, so they can make a hire as soon as they’d like.

On the defensive side of the ball, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported today that Falcons defensive pass-game coordinator Mike Rutenberg has been requested to interview for Tennessee’s open coordinator job. Rutenberg has a history of working with Saleh, serving most recently as his linebackers coach with the Jets. He also was under Saleh in San Francisco as a passing game specialist and worked as an assistant in Jacksonville before that.

The team kicked off defensive coordinator interviews yesterday with Bears defensive backs coach Al Harris and Texans defensive backs coach Dino Vasso. Harris and Vasso qualify the Titans as Rooney Rule compliant for this position, as well, so Tennessee can make a hire for this role at any point they want.

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Raiders Interview Brian Daboll For HC

By | at January 24, 2026 1:46 pm

The number of open head coaching positions and top coaching candidates are both starting to dwindle as six of the 10 open positions this offseason have been filled. Having seen two of the three candidates they invited for second interviews land jobs elsewhere, the Raiders continue to expand their board. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, former Giants head coach Brian Daboll interviewed for the open job in Las Vegas today.

Since his midseason dismissal from New York, Daboll has remained a name to watch for head coaching jobs in this cycle. He was one of 18 coaches interviewed for the top job in Tennessee, and just recently interviewed for the Bills‘ open job. With his latest interest from the Raiders, Daboll only has two options available, but if Vegas thinks they’re ready to hire Daboll, they may want to move fast to make it happen, considering the 50-year-old made it known that Buffalo was his preferred destination. His four years as offensive coordinator with the Bills was what got him a head coaching opportunity in the first place, after all.

Daboll hasn’t just been getting head coaching interest coming out of his first tenure in a lead position. With some programs remembering the work he did as OC in Buffalo before he landed in New York, he’s garnered some offensive coordinator interest, as well. Daboll was set to interview for the open job with the Chargers before it became known that the team was expected to hire former Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel to the role, and he did interview this past week for the OC role in Philadelphia. McDaniel’s continued availability for other positions may mean that job isn’t quite closed to Daboll, though.

Daboll was also mentioned as a candidate for the Titans’ OC job, but he has yet to interview for it. Similar to what he said with a head coaching opportunity in Buffalo, Daboll made it known that the OC opportunity in Nashville would be his preferred destination, if he’s unable to land a head coaching gig.

As for Vegas, former Chargers DC Jesse Minter landed with Baltimore as head coach after two rounds of interviews with the Raiders, and former Packers’ DC Jeff Hafley came off the board before he could make it out to his scheduled second interview in Vegas, landing the job in Miami. The only candidate who has completed two interviews with the Raiders who is still available is another defensive coordinator in Carolina’s Ejiro Evero. After other candidates either landed elsewhere or withdrew from consideration for the position, Las Vegas has nine candidates, other than Daboll, with whom they’ve conducted a preliminary interview.

Here’s how the Raiders’ coaching search is shaping up at this latest point of the process:

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Ian Cunningham Favorite For Falcons’ GM Position?

By | at January 23, 2026 9:55 pm

The Falcons announced the completion of general manager interviews for four candidates today as the team seeks a total reload of team leadership this offseason. They hired former Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski to fill the same position in Atlanta last weekend, and now, according to Josh Kendall of The Athletic, Bears assistant general manager Ian Cunningham is considered the frontrunner to be named general manager.

Cunningham was one of the four to interview for the GM job today, but it wasn’t his first interview with the Falcons. Earlier in their offseason, there were reports that Atlanta was expected to hire former MVP quarterback Matt Ryan to a front office job. Presumably reasoning that the position they intended to hire him into would require Rooney Rule compliance, they quickly scheduled interviews with four other candidates, of which Cunningham was one.

Kendall asserted today that, ever since Cunningham interviewed for the president of football job that went to Ryan, he’s been considered the favorite to land the general manager job. Cunningham wasn’t the only president of football candidate to be brought back for GM interviews, though. San Francisco’s director of scouting and football operations Josh Williams has also been a candidate for both positions. Williams also interviewed today, and his experience working with 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan — Ryan’s old offensive coordinator in Atlanta — should provide him some confidence in his ability to work with Ryan.

The other two GM candidates to interview today were Chiefs assistant general manager Mike Bradway and Eagles senior personnel director/advisor to the general manager Joe Douglas. Bradway has been tied to the Chiefs for five years and the Eagles for the 10 years before that. The son of former Jets general manager Terry Bradway, he just recently started to garner interest that could lead to him following in his father’s footsteps to become an NFL general manager. Douglas is a year removed from serving as the Jets general manager himself. Of the six candidates who have interviewed, he’s the only one with actual GM experience, serving six years in the role in New York.

The other two candidates, Steelers assistant general manager Andy Weidl and Texans assistant general manager James Liipfert, interviewed for the job yesterday. With all six named candidates having interviewed, it seems the Falcons may be well on their way to announcing their decision. If Kendall’s views of the race are accurate, Cunningham, who’s long been viewed as an up-and-coming name around front offices in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Chicago, could finally land a role as a general manager.

Assuming the team is through interviewing new candidates, here’s one more look at the list of potential GMs:

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Ravens Request To Interview Chiefs’ Joe Cullen For DC

By | at January 23, 2026 7:59 pm

The more things change the more they seem to stay the same. After the Ravens hired a former staffer to their head coaching role, they’re now seeking to interview another former staffer for their defensive coordinator role. Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the team requested to interview Chiefs defensive line coach Joe Cullen for their open defensive coordinator position.

Cullen is very familiar with the franchise in Baltimore; he spent five seasons as the team’s defensive line coach before landing his first NFL defensive coordinator job. Immediately following the end of his playing career as a star nose guard at UMass, Cullen began his coaching career in 1990, working with the Minutemen’s running backs for a year before taking on oversight of their defensive line.

He then became a bit of an NCAA journeyman, spending time as a defensive line coach at Richmond, LSU, Memphis, and Indiana and earning short-lived promotions to defensive coordinator for the Spiders and Hoosiers. He only served three non-consecutive seasons as Richmond’s defensive coordinator and a single year as coordinator at Indiana. After that lone year with the Hoosiers, he rebounded as a defensive assistant at Illinois before accepting his first NFL coaching position.

Cullen’s NFL start came with the Lions in 2006. When the staff was let go after becoming the first team to go 0-16 in 2008, he rebounded by coaching d-line for a year at Idaho State before returning to the ranks of the NFL. Upon his return, he coached d-lines at Jacksonville for three years, Cleveland for a year, and Tampa Bay for two years before landing in Baltimore.

Cullen’s stint with the Ravens was the longest-tenured job he’s held in his career. He started in Baltimore with a young defensive line featuring Brandon Williams, Timmy Jernigan, Michael Pierce, Brent Urban, and Lawrence Guy, and by his last year with the team in 2020, he was working with Calais Campbell, Derek Wolfe, and Nnamdi Madubuike. Over that span of time, the Ravens never finished outside the top 10 defenses in points allowed and only once finished outside the top 10 in total yards allowed.

His success with the Ravens led to his first defensive coordinator opportunity in the NFL, but unfortunately, that opportunity came under Urban Meyer. Following Meyer’s early exit from Duval, Cullen returned to position coaching and has been in Kansas City ever since, working with one of the league’s most dominant defensive lineman over the years in Chris Jones.

Cullen’s time in Baltimore coincided with new head coach Jesse Minter‘s four-year stay as a Ravens defensive coach. Cullen’s history as a defensive coordinator hasn’t ever extended past even two years, but with Minter likely to still be a heavy influence on that side of the ball, Cullen’s role as coordinator may be a bit more manageable for him than it has been in the past. The Ravens moved on from long-time head coach John Harbaugh, but in searching for the coaches to reestablish the team’s defensive identity, Baltimore has looked to some familiar faces.

Cullen becomes the first name mentioned for the defensive coordinator position in Baltimore. The Ravens’ coordinator of the last two years, Zach Orr, is technically still under contract with the team, but after needing a perfect back half of the season just to finish as a top 10 defensive in his first year as DC and finishing 18th in points allowed and 24th in yards allowed this year, he’s not expected to be retained. He was requested to interview today with the Chargers for the DC position that opened with Baltimore’s hiring of Minter.

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Falcons Request GM Interview With Mike Bradway

By | at January 21, 2026 9:23 pm

The Falcons have named a fifth candidate in the running for their open general manager position. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Chiefs assistant general manager Mike Bradway has been requested to interview for the job in Atlanta.

Bradway joins Steelers assistant GM Andy Weidl, Bears assistant GM Ian Cunningham, Texans assistant GM James Liipfert, and 49ers director of scouting and football operations Josh Williams as candidates to replace Terry Fontenot as general manager. All five names came in over the past two days, hot on the heels of the team’s hiring of Kevin Stefanski to fill their open head coaching position.

Despite Bradway owning nearly 20 years of NFL front office experience, a move to Atlanta would match Bradway with only his third NFL franchise. Much like many others in the Chiefs’ building, Bradway’s only NFL ties are to Kansas City and Philadelphia. The son of former Jets general manager Terry Bradway, Mike began his NFL front office career with a 10-year stint with the Eagles. In 2018, Bradway reunited with several who made the move to Kansas City about six years prior, when head coach Andy Reid departed from Philadelphia and landed the same job with the Chiefs.

Bradway’s first role with the Chiefs in 2018 was assistant director of personnel. Two years later, he was promoted into a joint assistant director of player personnel role with current Bears GM Ryan Poles, who had already served a year in the position. In 2021, both got promotions with Bradway being named director of player personnel and Poles being named executive director. When Poles departed for Chicago, Bradway earned another title bump up to senior director, serving in that role for three seasons before finally landing in his current role.

With Bradway getting his first general manager interest in the league today, he advances one step closer to following in his father’s footsteps towards landing a full GM position. Per Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated, the Falcons will begin interviewing candidates tomorrow, starting with Liipfert and Weidl over Zoom and continuing with more virtual interviews throughout the week, likely with the intention to move to in-person interviews next week.

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