{"id":707777,"date":"2026-01-27T01:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T01:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/707777\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T01:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T01:51:22","slug":"report-ol-coach-dwayne-ledford-likely-to-join-ravens-offensive-coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/707777\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: OL coach Dwayne Ledford likely to join Ravens offensive coaching staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As the Baltimore Ravens seek to build out their coaching staff around new head coach Jesse Minter, one important vacancy will be a new offensive line coach. According to The Athletic\u2019s Jeff Zrebiec, that role may be filled by veteran coach Dwayne Ledford, who is a strong candidate to join the Ravens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ledford, 49, has been with the Atlanta Falcons since 2021, encompassing his entire NFL coaching experience. He was the Falcons\u2019 offensive line coach from 2021-2023, before also adding the additional title of offensive run game coordinator for the past two seasons. Prior to him coming to Atlanta, Ledford coached at the collegiate for many years at several different schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Falcons have had a Top 10 rushing offense in each of the past three seasons, averaging at least 125 rushing yards per game and 4.0 yards per carry every year. As the team\u2019s run game coordinator over the past two seasons, Bijan Robinson has emerged as one of the best running backs in the league and an Offensive Player of the Year candidate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If Ledford to were to join the Ravens\u2019 as their offensive line coach, it would represent a big hire for Minter. The Ravens\u2019 offensive line took a step back last season and was particularly shaky in pass protection. The team\u2019s owner Steve Bisciotti <a href=\"https:\/\/ravenswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/ravens\/2026\/01\/15\/bisciotti-criticizes-ravens-offensive-line-2025-season\/88203058007\/#:~:text=In%20his%20first%20press%20conference%20since%202018%2C%20Ravens,out%20the%20offensive%20line%20as%20a%20major%20disappointment.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">openly stated that Ravens\u2019 leadership was disappointed<\/a> in the lack of player development in this position group in 2025, which is often a coaching issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ledford could also hold the dual-role of run came coordinator for the Ravens as well, just as he did in Atlanta. Should he in fact be hired, Ledford will work under whoever the Ravens\u2019 new offensive coordinator is. They began requesting to interview candidates for offensive coordinator this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the Baltimore Ravens seek to build out their coaching staff around new head coach Jesse Minter, one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,95505,849,2282,7,6,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-707777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-baltimore-ravens-coaching-staff","11":"tag-baltimore-ravens-news","12":"tag-baltimoreravens","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-ravens"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115964561685164854","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}