Longtime Ravens assistant coach Daniel Stern is leaving for the Seahawks.
Stern has been in Baltimore for 10 years, most recently with the title of director of football strategy/assistant quarterbacks coach. He is now taking a job in Seattle, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.
We don’t yet know what Stern’s title will be in Seattle, but the report says he could be the Seahawks’ pass game strategist.
Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald was a co-worker of Stern’s on the Ravens coaching staff for seven seasons, and now Macdonald will bring Stern in to work for the defending Super Bowl champions.
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Multiple former NFL players received presidential pardons on Thursday.
Via ESPN.com, White House “pardon czar” Alice Marie Johnson announced Thursday that President Trump gave pardons to defensive tackle Joe Klecko, offensive lineman Nate Newton, running back Jamal Lewis, running back Travis Henry, and halfback/fullback/tight end Billy Cannon.
None were currently incarcerated; Cannon died in 2018.
“As football reminds us, excellence is built on grit, grace, and the courage to rise again,” Johnson wrote on social media. “So is our nation.”
Klecko, a Hall of Famer, played 11 years for the Jets and one with the Colts. Via ESPN.com, he pleaded guilty to perjury in 1993 for lying to a federal grand jury investigating insurance fraud.
Newton spent 13 years with the Cowboys and one with the Panthers. The six-time Pro Bowler and two-time first-team All-Pro pleaded guilty, per ESPN.com, to federal a drug trafficking charge in 2002, after police found $10,000 in his truck — along with 175 pounds of marijuana in car driven by an accomplice.
Johnson said Newton, who won three Super Bowls with the Cowboys, “personally” got the news from owner Jerry Jones.
Lewis spent six years with the Ravens and three with the Browns. He was the 2003 AP offensive player of the year, after rushing for 2,066 yards. Lewis had seven 1,000-yard seasons. Per ESPN.com, he pleaded guilty after using a cell phone to set up a drug deal, not long after he arrived in the NFL as the fifth overall pick in the draft.
Henry played seven years in the NFL, with the Bills, Titans, and Broncos. He pleaded guilty in 2009 for conspiracy to traffic cocaine, per ESPN.com.
Cannon won the Heisman Trophy in 1959 before spending a decade in the AFL and one year in the NFL. Via ESPN.com, Cannon pleaded guilty to counterfeiting in the 1980s.
No reasoning was given for the decision to grant the pardons.
Ravens coach Jesse Minter announced his 2026 coaching staff on Thursday.
Harland Bower – Outside Linebackers Coach — Bower enters his first season as an NFL coach, after spending 16 years (2010-25) in the collegiate ranks. For the past four seasons, he served as the defensive ends coach at Duke.
Marcus Brady – Pass Game Coordinator — Brady enters his ninth season as an NFL coach, last serving as the Chargers’ passing game coordinator from 2024-25. He was the Colts’ offensive coordinator from 2021-22.
Randy Brown – Senior Special Teams Coach — Brown enters his 19th season on the Ravens’ coaching staff, after originally joining Baltimore in 2008 as a kicking consultant.
Keary Colbert – Wide Receivers Coach — Colbert spent the past three years coaching the Broncos’ wide receivers.
Christina DeRuyter – Chief of Staff to the Head Coach — DeRuyter spent the past two seasons serving as the Chargers’ director of football logistics.
Declan Doyle – Offensive Coordinator — Doyle enters his eighth NFL coaching season and his second as an offensive coordinator. He was the Bears’ offensive coordinator in 2025.
Lou Esposito – Defensive Line Coach — Esposito enters his first NFL season after last working at Michigan, where he spent the past two seasons coaching the defensive line.
Eddie Faulkner – Running Backs Coach — Faulkner enters his eighth NFL season and first with the Ravens after spending the previous seven years coaching the Steelers’ running backs.
Shawn Flaherty – Assistant Offensive Line Coach — Flaherty joins the Ravens as the assistant offensive line coach after previously serving in the same capacity with the Falcons (2023-25). He originally joined the Falcons as a football analyst in 2022.
Charlie Gelman – Game Management Coordinator/Defensive Assistant — Gelman rejoins the Ravens after spending the past three seasons with the title of football analyst/game management for the Colts. He gained his first NFL experience with the Ravens, serving in various roles.
Prentice Gill – Assistant Wide Receivers Coach — Gill enters his first season as assistant wide receivers coach after being elevated from his previous role as a Ravens’ coaching fellow, which he held for the past two years.
Zack Grossi – Tight Ends Coach — Grossi enters his eighth NFL season overall, most recently serving as the Broncos’ pass game specialist the past two seasons. Grossi, who was Denver’s offensive quality control coach from 2022-23, spent two years coaching alongside Ravens offensive coordinator Declan Doyle and three years with Joe Lombardi, the team’s new senior offensive assistant coach.
Ben Kotwica – Senior Assistant Special Teams Coach — Kotwica enters his 19th NFL season after spending 2025 as the Los Rams’ assistant special teams coordinator. (He was elevated to interim special teams coordinator following Week 16.) He was the special teams coordinator for the Broncos (2023-24), assistant special teams coordinator for the Vikings (2022) and special teams coordinator for the Falcons (2019-20), Commanders (2014-18) and Jets (2013).
Patrick Kramer – Offensive Quality Control Coach — Kramer enters his sixth NFL season overall, after serving five years as the Falcons’ offensive assistant coach (2023-25) and football analyst (2021-22).
Dwayne Ledford – Offensive Line Coach & Run Game Coordinator — Entering his 22nd season overall as a coach, Ledford spent the past five years guiding the Falcons’ offensive line (2021-25). He added run game coordinator to his role for the 2024-25 campaigns.
Anthony Levine Sr. – Special Teams Coordinator — Levine enters his third season as a Ravens’ special teams coach and first as the special teams coordinator.
Joe Lombardi – Senior Offensive Assistant Coach — Lombardi, who is entering his 21st NFL coaching season, has experience as an offensive coordinator with three NFL franchises (Lion, Chargers and Broncos). He most recently served as Denver’s offensive coordinator the past two seasons.
Mike Mickens – Pass Game Coordinator & Secondary — Mickens enters his first NFL coaching season, bringing 15 years of experience at the collegiate level.
Rick Minter – Football Analyst — Minter enters his ninth season on a coaching staff with his son, Jesse Minter. The elder Minter most recently served as a senior defensive analyst for the Chargers (2024-25) and worked on Michigan’s defensive staff from 2022-23.
Andrew Rogan – Defensive Quality Control Coach — Rogan is in his sixth season with the Ravens and first as the team’s defensive quality control coach.
Tyler Santucci – Inside Linebackers Coach — Santucci is in his second season as Baltimore’s inside linebackers coach and owns 15 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level.
Miles Taylor – Assistant Defensive Backs Coach — Taylor enters his second NFL coaching season after spending 2025 as a coaching fellow with the Chargers.
P.J. Volker – Safeties Coach — Volker enters his first NFL coaching season, bringing more than 15 years of collegiate experience to the Ravens.
Anthony Weaver – Defensive Coordinator — Weaver enters his 15th NFL coaching season and first as Baltimore’s defensive coordinator. After two seasons as the Dolphins’ defensive coordinator, he returns to Baltimore for a third time after previously holding defensive coaching roles from 2021-23 and where he began his NFL playing career as a second-round draft pick at defensive end (2002-05).
Israel Woolfork – Quarterbacks Coach — Woolfork enters his fifth full NFL coaching season after spending the past three years as the Cardinals’ quarterbacks coach.
The Ravens are hiring Keary Colbert as their wide receivers coach, Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reports.
The Broncos fired Colbert last month after the team’s wide receivers were among the worst in the NFL at dropped passes. Colbert, though, helped Courtland Sutton become a Pro Bowler.
He coached the Broncos’ wide receivers for three seasons, two of those with Ravens offensive coordinator Declan Doyle. Two other new Ravens’ assistants — tight ends coach Zack Grossi and senior offensive assistant Joe Lombardi — also worked with Doyle in Denver.
Colbert, 43, previously coached in the college ranks, including at Florida and USC. He was the assistant wide receivers coach at Georgia State in 2013, when Ravens head coach Jesse Minter was Georgia State’s defensive coordinator.
Colbert has coached Troy Franklin, Jerry Jeudy, Drake London, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Michael Pittman Jr. and Ricky Pearsall.
Veteran NFL wide receiver Miles Boykin has announced his retirement.
“I’m beyond grateful for the sport of football,” Boykin wrote on social media. “Thanks to my coaches, teammates and fans for their support. My family and friends, I appreciate your constant encouragement. This sport has taught me so many lessons, and I don’t know where I would be without it! I’m excited for this new chapter in my life and can’t wait to see where it takes me!”
Boykin, 29, has not played since 2023 with the Steelers. But he was on the practice squad of the Giants and Seahawks in 2024 and the Bears in 2025.
He entered the NFL as a third-round pick of the Ravens in 2019.
Boykin played three seasons with the Ravens and two with the Steelers and totaled 38 catches for 498 yards and seven touchdowns in 73 games. He added 17 special teams tackles in his career.
The Ravens have promoted Anthony Levine Sr. to special teams coordinator, the team announced Tuesday.
The Buccaneers interviewed Levine for their special teams coordinator opening last month.
Levine, 38, was the Ravens’ assistant special teams coach under Chris Horton in 2025.
He spent 10 seasons as a core special teams player for the Ravens before going into coaching with the team in 2022. He began in player personnel and as a coaching assistant.
The Titans hired him as their assistant special teams coach in 2023-24 before he returned to Baltimore in 2025.
The Ravens made it official, announcing Anthony Weaver as their new defensive coordinator.
This marks Weaver’s third stint in Baltimore, where he previously spent 2021-23 as an assistant coach and 2002-05 playing defensive end. Weaver, 45, enters his 22nd NFL season overall, including his 15th as a coach.
“A highly-regarded defensive mind, Anthony Weaver has a proven track record of success and is the definition of what it means to be a Raven,” new head coach Jesse Minter said in a statement. “He elevates players with his football IQ, tactical knowledge and natural teaching ability — all attributes that make him one of the game’s most respected coaches.”
Weaver assumes Baltimore’s defensive coordinator role following two seasons in the same position with the Dolphins.
Under Weaver’s leadership in 2025, Miami’s defense finished top 15 in NFL takeaways (18), sacks (39) and forced fumbles (11).
Weaver previously spent three seasons (2021-23) with Baltimore, serving as run game coordinator/defensive line coach in 2021 and assistant head coach/defensive line coach from 2022-23. During that span, the Ravens allowed the NFL’s third-fewest rushing yards per game (95.3), while leading the league in third-down defense (35.5 percent) and opponent red zone touchdown percentage (47.1 percent).
The Seahawks won Super Bowl LX less than 24 hours ago and some have already turned their attention to Super Bowl LXI.
Sportsbooks have set the odds for who will be raising the Lombardi Trophy in SoFi Stadium on February 14, 2027. The Seahawks are at the top of the list, but they aren’t the only team on that rung.
They aren’t even the only NFC West team. The Rams join the Seahawks at +950 at DraftKings at the moment.
The Bills have the top odds of any AFC team with the Eagles, Patriots, and Ravens tied for the fourth spot. The Packers, Lions, Chargers, and Chiefs round out the top 10.
At the other end of the spectrum, the Cardinals and Dolphins are both at +25000.
Marcus Brady is following Jesse Minter from the Chargers to the Ravens.
Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that the Ravens are hiring Brady as their passing game coordinator.
Brady, 46, spent the past two seasons with Minter as the Chargers’ passing game coordinator. The Chargers interviewed him for the offensive coordinator job that went to Mike McDaniel.
Brady has worked with Philip Rivers, Jalen Hurts and Justin Herbert, among others, in his career. He now gets to work with Lamar Jackson under new offensive coordinator Declan Doyle.
Brady spent five seasons with the Colts (2018-22) and was elevated to offensive coordinator in his final two seasons in Indianapolis. The Colts fired him during the 2022 season, and he joined the Eagles as an offensive consultant (2022) and then as a senior offensive assistant (2023) before joining the Chargers.
Brady coached in the Canadian Football League from 2009-17. He was part of three Grey Cup championship teams, winning back-to-back titles as a wide receivers coach with the Montreal Alouettes (2009-10) and another with the Toronto Argonauts (2017) as their offensive coordinator.
Joe Flacco has been around the league for a long time.
The No. 18 overall pick of the 2008 draft, Flacco has experienced several changes when it comes to the league’s rules around player health and safety — particularly as it relates to protecting quarterbacks.
But according to the 41-year-old Flacco, not all the alterations have been positive for the game.
Speaking to ESPN’s Kevin Clark during Super Bowl week, Flacco noted that while he knows things aren’t going back, he still longs for the old days.
“I don’t think anybody coming into the league these days is quite as battle tested as guys that came into the league 15 years ago,” Flacco said. “I think you can kind of — if you’re a good high school recruit, you can kind of ride your way through college and they’re going to pick you because you have potential. I think there was less of that 15 years ago. I think our generation does benefit from dealing with a little bit of tougher times — just like the generation 20 years before me benefited over us. You know what I mean? And you’re right, I kind of came in as it was transitioning. So I still have that mindset. I don’t think it should be roughing the passer when they land on us. I don’t think being slapped in the head should be roughing the passer. It honestly annoys me because it affects games in a negative way at random times. They can call it or not call it. It needs to get out of the game. They need to go back to it.
“I know CTE is a thing these days and all that, but it’s football. We signed up to play it,” Flacco continued. “And I do think the guys in my generation kind of benefit a little bit from having that mindset — because the guys that are coming in nowadays, they look at me like I’m crazy. ‘What do you mean you want receivers to get laid out over the middle and you want guys to be able to land on you?’ I’m like, yeah, guys, that’s football. There’s certain things that shouldn’t be penalties. And I don’t think they see the side of it where, it really does — these 15-yard penalties in big situations that really shouldn’t be penalties in the game of football, they change these games. And as a fan, I just don’t like it. I want it to be up to us. And getting slapped in the face should not change the game. It really shouldn’t.”
Flacco also took up for defensive players whose job is now arguably harder than it’s ever been to stop offenses from moving the ball.
"[G]uys can’t even play defense as aggressively because they’re getting fined so much money for just normal hits,” Flacco said. “It’s changed the game a lot. And I don’t think we’re going back, so I’m just kind of ranting here. But, man, I don’t like it.
“Listen, we signed up to get concussions. We signed up to get hurt. It is what it is. You might not like that, but that’s what we kind of did when we decided to play this game.”
As Flacco noted, what’s done is done and the game is not going back. But his perspective as a longtime quarterback is informative on how things have changed for the latest generation of signal-callers.
