For brand new Giants head coach John Harbaugh, having to completely construct a brand new staff for the primary time in 18 years was going swimmingly as he cleared out several incumbent staffers and began 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 recent head coach.
To start out, there had been rumors that Harbaugh had wanted Monken to follow him to Latest York and coordinate his offense led by Jaxson Dart, Cam Skattebo, and Malik Nabers. Not only does Harbaugh now should return to the drafting board on hiring an offensive coordinator, but he now also has to fend off his former coordinator for former Ravens staffers that each men might want of their recent cities.
The primary 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 function 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 Latest 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 profession 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 training 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 rent former Ravens offensive assistant Danny Breyer, based on CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz, elevating him in the method 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 one other talented pair of tight ends — veteran David Njoku and rookie sensation Harold Fannin Jr. — just finished the 12 months with a combined 105 receptions for 1,024 yards and 10 touchdowns.
It could not only be coaches the 2 staffs are fighting for. We’ve already heard rumors that pending free agent center Tyler Linderbaum is a goal of Harbaugh’s. With Likely also expected to hit free agency, he should want to keep working with Breyer in Cleveland. Njoku can be set to turn out to be a free agent, so Monken and the Browns may fit to herald a younger veteran who’s more accustomed to working in a duo to pair with Fannin.
Harbaugh can have realized that the offense staff might be off limits. Today, it was announced that Chad Hall, who served as Latest York’s assistant quarterbacks coach in 2025, will stick around but with a brand 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. In keeping with Zenitz, Baltimore’s former defensive backs coach, Donald D’Alesio, is set to affix the coaching staff in Latest 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 position coach Dennis Johnson, special teams coordinator Chris Horton, and assistant linebacker coach Matt Pees within the Ravens’ migration to Latest York.
As for Baltimore, recent head coach Jesse Minter is working to fill out his first coaching staff, but as he does, he doesn’t should worry about one aspect. Often, pursuing a defensive coordinator hire requires an evaluation a coach’s play-calling abilities, but based on Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic, Minter has declared his plans to call the defense as head coach. Zrebiec also relayed that, very like Harbaugh enjoyed in Baltimore and demanded in Latest York, Minter will report on to owner Steve Bisciotti, presumably on equal footing with general manager Eric DeCosta. Actually, DeCosta was the one who reported it to the media.
Following the filling of their offensive coordinator position, the Ravens are also interviewing Bills quarterbacks coach Ronald Curry for a similar 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 move coach, Curry actually goes back even further with recent Ravens OC Declan Doyle. The 2 spent 4 years together in Latest Orleans on staff with the Saints under Sean Payton.
Curry has interviewed for offensive coordinator openings with the Broncos and Jets and will still win either job, so he’s not necessarily locked in without delay with Buffalo. Because the move to Baltimore could be a lateral one, Brady and Co. may opt to dam him from interviewing, but when he does miss out on an OC position and get the chance to interview with the Ravens, it should be interesting to see if Curry gets his pick at selecting between the 2 most-recent MVP-winners.