The Browns are hiring Danny Breyer as their pass game coordinator, Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reports.
Breyer spent last season as an offensive assistant for the Ravens, so he is following head coach Todd Monken and offensive coordinator Travis Switzer from Baltimore. Breyer was with the Ravens for three seasons, beginning in 2023 as an offensive quality control coach.
He worked closely with the Ravens’ tight ends room the past two seasons.
Breyer previously worked for the Buccaneers as an analytics assistant (2016) before being promoted to defensive assistant coach (2017-18). He was with the Dolphins’ coaching staff during OTAs in 2015.
Before entering the NFL ranks, he was the assistant to the head coach/assistant director of player personnel at Indiana (2013).
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Ravens head coach Jesse Minter has found his offensive coordinator.
According to multiple reports, the Ravens will hire Declan Doyle to fill that crucial spot on Minter’s staff. Doyle was the offensive coordinator for the Bears in 2025, but Ben Johnson called the offensive plays in Chicago and Doyle will now get the chance to do that for the Ravens.
Doyle was the tight ends coach for the Broncos for two seasons before moving to Chicago and he was also on Sean Payton’s staff with the Saints.
Taking the job in Baltimore means that Doyle will get a chance to work with a two-time NFL MVP in Lamar Jackson and the Ravens are hoping that his time working with Johnson and Payton results in an offensive plan that moves the team back into the playoff picture in 2026.
Jesse Minter is still getting to know the lay of the land with the Ravens, but the team’s new head coach already has some ideas about how he plans to deploy one of the team’s top defensive players.
Kyle Hamilton is listed as a safety and he’s been voted a first-team All-Pro twice at the position, but he’s lined up in a variety of locations over his four seasons in Baltimore. During a press conference on Thursday, Minter referred to Hamilton as a “weapon” and “a positionless defensive player” that he plans to use as close to the ball as possible this fall.
“As much as you can do to get a guy like Kyle near the point of attack, I think, is what you try to do as a designer [or] play-caller,” Minter said, via the team’s website.
The Ravens defense fell off from its previous levels during the 2025 season and Minter’s comments suggest Hamilton is going to be a centerpiece of his bid to turn things back around in Baltimore.
New Browns head coach Todd Monken is looking to bring another one of Baltimore’s offensive assistant coaches with him to Cleveland.
Per Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, Travis Switzer is the frontrunner to become Cleveland’s offensive coordinator.
Switzer spent the last nine seasons with the Ravens, the last three as the team’s run game coordinator alongside Monken as offensive coordinator. Derrick Henry posted 1,921 yards in 2024 and 1,595 yards in 2025 with Monken and Switzer.
Switzer had served in several different roles with Baltimore, also working with the receivers and tight ends.
To this point, Monken has not announced whether or not he will call the offensive plays for Cleveland.
Todd Monken is in the Browns facility on Friday for the first time since agreeing to become the team’s head coach and a chat with quarterback Shedeur Sanders was on the list of his activities on the first day.
The Browns posted video of Sanders meeting Monken in an office and their interaction featured a callback to last year’s draft. Monken was the Ravens’ offensive coordinator at the time and there were reports, later confirmed by Sanders’s father Deion, that Sanders told Baltimore not to draft him a few picks before Cleveland selected him in the fifth round.
Monken reminded Sanders of that as the two men shook hands.
“We tried to draft your ass last year for God’s sake,” Monken said. “It all worked out. You remember that, right? Some day we’ll get a chance to talk about that.”
Deion Sanders explained that the family asked the Ravens — and the Eagles — to pass because they didn’t want Shedeur to be set up for a long run as a backup to an established starter. That approach worked out as the younger Sanders spent the second half of the season as Cleveland’s starter and the Ravens’ interest in him last year could be a good sign for his chances of getting a shot to continue in the starting role with Monken in Cleveland.
Ravens head coach Jesse Minter called the defensive plays for the Chargers the last two seasons and he won’t be giving up that responsibility in his new job.
Minter held his first press conference since getting hired in Baltimore on Thursday and said that the team is closing in on coordinator hires that will help shape his coaching staff. The eventual defensive coordinator will not be charged with calling the plays, however.
“I do plan on calling the defense,” Minter said. “I think that’s a strength of mine. I think that’s one of the reasons I’m sitting here.”
Minter said that his leadership ability is another one of the reasons he landed the job and that he feels he has a “really good process” for making sure that he will be managing the whole team while also making the defensive calls. The eventual hire at offensive coordinator will play a significant role in any process that Minter puts in place and there will be plenty of interest in the direction the Ravens go on that front.
The Ravens made Jesse Minter their new head coach and one of the keys to his chances of success in Baltimore will be quarterback Lamar Jackson.
Jackson has not made any public comments about the team’s decision to hire Minter as John Harbaugh’s successor, but Minter had his first chance to talk about the quarterback in an interview with the team’s website. After a clip of Minter praising Jackson from Minter’s time as the Chargers’ defensive coordinator, the new head coach was asked about the opportunity to work with Jackson.
‘It’s really special,” Minter said. “Had some great talks with Lamar. Really look forward to continuing to build a great relationship with him. He is the best player in the National Football League. It’s been proven, he’s won the awards that show that. It’s our job to just continue to help him grow and help him build. To have that guy behind center, you know you have a chance to win every time you take the field.”
Jackson has two years left on his current contract and team owner Steve Bisciotti said this month that his hope is to sign Jackson to an extension that extends that stay while also lowering his cap number for the coming season. An agreement on such a deal from Jackson would be a good sign that he has a similar opinion about a partnership the Ravens hope can get them over the postseason hump.
One of John Harbaugh’s most trusted assistants has decided to stay in Baltimore and will not follow Harbaugh to New York.
Ravens senior special teams coach Randy Brown will remain with the Ravens and have a similar role on new Baltimore head coach Jesse Minter’s staff, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network.
Brown was an assistant who worked closely with Harbaugh when Harbaugh was the Eagles’ special teams coordinator, and Brown followed Harbaugh to Baltimore in 2008.
Brown was a college kicker and has coached kickers in both college and the NFL. He also has had a highly unusual second job during much of his NFL coaching career, having been elected mayor of Evesham Township, New Jersey, in 2007, and serving in that capacity for 12 years.
Strong special teams were a hallmark of Harbaugh’s tenure with the Ravens, and Minter will hope Brown can continue that.
Jim Leonard continues to be a popular name on the defensive coordinator interview circuit.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Ravens have requested an interview with the Broncos’ assistant head coach and defensive pass game coordinator. The Bills and Chargers have also had Leonhard on their radar, although the Chargers opted to move in a different direction by hiring Chris O’Leary on Wednesday night.
Leonhard has spent the last two seasons with the Broncos and he served as the defensive coordinator at Wisconsin from 2017-2022. He had a brief stint as his alma mater’s interim head coach in his final season in Madison.
Leonhard played for both the Bills and the Ravens during his time as an NFL safety, so he would be repeating part of that Wisconsin experience if he lands the coordinator job with either team.
The Titans have hired Greg Lewis as their new wide receivers coach, according to Jordan Schultz of the Schultz Report.
Lewis spent six seasons with Titans General Manager Mike Borgonzi in Kansas City.
Lewis joins Robert Saleh’s initial staff after three seasons as the Ravens’ wide receivers coach. He also coached the wide receivers with the Eagles (2016) and Chiefs (2017-20).
He was the Chiefs’ running backs coach in 2021-22.
Lewis played eight seasons as a receiver in the NFL.
