{"id":720286,"date":"2026-02-01T00:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/720286\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T00:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:31:20","slug":"giants-browns-picking-apart-old-ravens-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/720286\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants, Browns Picking Apart Old Ravens Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a> and started to import assistant coaches from his old staff in Baltimore. That strategy hit a snag when the Browns hired Harbaugh\u2019s former offensive coordinator Todd Monken to be their new head coach<\/a>. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

To start, there had been rumors that Harbaugh had wanted Monken to follow him<\/a> to New York and coordinate his offense led by Jaxson Dart<\/a>, Cam Skattebo<\/a>, and Malik Nabers<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n

The first instance of this saw Monken win out as offensive line coach George Warhop decided to follow Monken to Cleveland<\/a>. Warhop had only arrived in Baltimore two years ago to serve as an interim OL coach when longtime Ravens OL coach Joe D\u2019Alessandris was hospitalized over the summer. When D\u2019Alessandris unfortunately passed away<\/a> eight days later, Warhop stepped into the full-time role. Harbaugh had expressed strong interest<\/a> in bringing Warhop to New York, per NFL insider Jordan Schultz, but ultimately, Monken won the battle for his services.<\/p>\n

Shortly after that, Monken named<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

Monken also worked quickly and is expected to hire<\/a> former Ravens offensive assistant Danny Breyer, according to CBS Sports\u2019 Matt Zenitz, elevating him in the process to the title of pass game coordinator. Per Zenitz, Breyer worked closely with the Ravens\u2019 talented tight ends group anchored by Mark Andrews<\/a> and Isaiah Likely<\/a> during his three years with the team. He now heads to Cleveland where another talented pair of tight ends \u2014 veteran David Njoku<\/a> and rookie sensation Harold Fannin Jr.<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 just finished the year with a combined 105 receptions for 1,024 yards and 10 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

It may not only be coaches the two staffs are fighting for. We\u2019ve already heard rumors that pending free agent center Tyler Linderbaum<\/a> is a target of Harbaugh\u2019s<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Harbaugh may have realized that the offense staff could be off limits. Today, it was announced that Chad Hall, who served as New York\u2019s assistant quarterbacks coach in 2025, will stick around but with a new title. Hall is expected to be named<\/a> wide receivers coach for the team in 2026, per Zenitz. Harbaugh hasn\u2019t given up on picking apart the Ravens\u2019 defensive staff, though. According to Zenitz, Baltimore\u2019s former defensive backs coach, Donald D\u2019Alesio, is set to join the coaching staff<\/a> in New York. A follow-up report by ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter tells us D\u2019Alesio will join the Giants<\/a> as defensive pass game coordinator\/secondary coach. He joins running backs coach<\/a> Willie Taggart, defensive line coach Dennis Johnson, special teams coordinator<\/a> Chris Horton, and assistant linebacker coach Matt Pees in the Ravens\u2019 migration to New York.<\/p>\n

As for Baltimore, new head coach Jesse Minter is working to fill out his first coaching staff, but as he does, he doesn\u2019t have to worry about one aspect. Usually, pursuing a defensive coordinator hire requires an evaluation a coach\u2019s play-calling abilities, but according to Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic, Minter has declared his plans to call the defense<\/a> 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<\/a> to the media.<\/p>\n

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\u2019t expected to be much change in Buffalo\u2019s offensive staff after Joe Brady was promoted from offensive coordinator<\/a> to head coach, Curry actually goes back even further with new Ravens OC<\/a> Declan Doyle. The two spent four years together in New Orleans on staff with the Saints under Sean Payton.<\/p>\n

Curry has interviewed for offensive coordinator openings with the Broncos<\/a> and Jets<\/a> and could still win either job, so he\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For new Giants head coach John Harbaugh, having to completely build a new staff for the first time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,34972,54,102379,103746,7,13720,10097,104066,56,6,169,20321],"class_list":["post-720286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baltimore-ravens","tag-baltimore","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-baltimoreravens","tag-chad-hall","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-danny-breyer","tag-donald-dalesio","tag-football","tag-interviews","tag-jesse-minter","tag-matt-pees","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-ravens","tag-ronald-curry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115992560218817749","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720286","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=720286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}