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Well, I agree it is risky hiring an OC with no experience calling plays. But, they say he's a Wunderkind so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt until I hear from him how he's gonna coach a bunch of the veteran players. I do know it's gotten good marks from pretty much everybody in the sports media. Rex back in B'more seems a stretch to me at this point. He's got some good points but plenty of bad ones regarding his personality. He wasn't exactly a success after he became a head coach and didn't have Ray Lewis, Tony S., Ed Reed, et. al., to carry the D. I'm not sure I'd be happy with that hire.

Anybody got any thoughts on the Doyle hiring?

Read this on The Sun website today: "Minter’s offensive staff is expected to include Dwayne Ledford, who is reportedly being hired away from Atlanta. Ledford, 49, is widely regarded as one of the league’s top offensive line coaches and run game coordinators." I really like where we're heading there.

Wow! The youth movement is really on!

Various thoughts: He was impressive and I'm glad he's going to be calling the plays because that is one of his major strengths. I think he'll turnaround the D. Now he has to hire an offensive coordinator who can do the same for that side of the ball. If he can turn around the Ravens' defense as fast as he did the Chargers, we should be able to compete with anybody next season. And, I like how he plans to use Kyle Hamilton. I'm really anxious to see who he picks as OC.

Thanks, tsyl!

Could be.

good news: Warhop's going to Cleveland to be Monken's O-line coach.

They would probably have to do that if they want Cleveland to give their permission for us to interview him since that would be a promotion instead of a lateral move for Schwartz.

I just found out that WBAL-TV is streaming this on their website tomorrow rather than broadcasting it like I thought. So, if you're interested in seeing it, fire up your internet tomorrow at 11:30am and go to their website. I'm guessing that maybe the Ravens website might have it too.

C'mon, Cleveland, give us Schwartz!

Well, we could always bring back Matt Cavanugh.

Wow! The Monk to Cleveland! Another ex-Raven who might come back to haunt us? I'm glad for him. He deserves a shot. Just wish it was some other team in another division with a better organization!

Well, here's some interesting names. What about Davis Webb? https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/ravens-head-coach-coaching-search-2026.

I've been wondering about Monken...why hasn't Harbaugh hired him yet...why haven't the Giants reached out to the Ravens to release him? Maybe the Ravens will announce something on coordinators tomorrow when they have the presser on Minter.

We seem to be rapidly running out of OC candidates. Anybody here thoughts on who they'd like to see?

WBAL-TV will be showing Minter's first press conference live this Thursday at 11:30am.

I don't know. Good question. I'd hope the DC and HC would collaborate on those hires.

Yep. I'm anxious to see who he picks for OC and DC and the line coaches. Will be a very interesting period in Ravens' history. Harbaugh took Horton with him to NY which is fine by me. I haven't been impressed with our special teams since he took them over.

How true. Best not to get too full of ourselves because of our limited knowledge. For the most part, all we can really do is speculate, which is 'fun' but not always factual. Now that a choice has been made, let's give Minter at least a year to get the team on his wavelength. I wanted Kubiak or Denver's DC but that didn't happen. I think Minter has just as much potential as either of them.

By the way, just read that a 'source' says Kliff is 'not high on Minter's list of potential OCs'. Take that for what it's worth.

I agree with that analysis. Lamar getting hurt and losing Joe D'Allesandris as line coach did Monken in. We didn't have a good backup QB at the time and the replacement O-line coach just didn't pan out.

It's official. Opening up the topic for comments on Minter and his potential staff... Joe Brady being considered for OC along with Kingsbury. I don't know him real well, but Minter seems alright to me given his background: solid defensive oriented coach. I'm a little disappointed that Kline Kubiak didn't get a second interview, though. He was my top choice.

Sources have McDaniel going to the Chargers as OC.

From the Sun's CJ Doon on the Ravens' first draft pick: "14. Ravens: Peter Woods, DT, Clemson The Ravens already seem to be planning for a future without star defensive lineman Nnamdi Madubuike after re-signing Travis Jones and John Jenkins. Woods didn’t meet high expectations in 2025, but he has the talent to be a standout pass rusher and run defender in the middle of the defense." Frankly, this is the kind of guy I don't want us to draft; a guy who had a downer season in 2025 compared to his year before. It's all too familiar that we would draft a guy who really has uneven production and then he never pans out for us. To me, this could be a wasted pick.