Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken met with the Browns about their head coaching vacancy, but that’s not the only possible landing spot for him in 2026.
Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports that Monken is set to meet with Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles about the team’s offensive coordinator opening on Wednesday. The Bucs dismissed Josh Grizzard last week and are looking for their fifth offensive coordinator in the last five years.
Monken is no stranger to the Bucs. He was on Dirk Koetter’s staff as the team’s offensive coordinator from 2016-2018. He’s also no stranger to Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield as he was the Browns’ offensive coordinator in 2019.
Monken has been the Ravens’ coordinator for the last three seasons. He said last week that he feels he didn’t coach Lamar Jackson well enough during that run and we’ll see if he gets a chance to do more with Mayfield in 2026.
Former NFL receiver Antonio Brown has secured a minor victory in the pending attempted murder case against him.
Via NBCMiami.com, Brown has secured permission to travel to Tampa for professional reasons. He is otherwise confined to house arrest in Miami.
Prosecutors opposed the motion, calling Brown a flight risk. After the initial warrant for his arrest was issued last year, Brown left the country for Dubai. He was eventually apprehended there and returned to the United States.
The case arises from a shooting at a May 2025 celebrity boxing event. Brown admits he fired multiple shots, but he contends he was acting with the confines of Florida’s “stand your ground” law. He will seek dismissal of the charge on that basis.
For now, Brown will be permitted to leave Miami for Tampa. Per the paperwork filed in support of the request, Brown has “several scheduled business engagements with Energetic Exotic, Florida’s premier exotic and luxury car rental company” (product placement!) and “multiple prearranged music studio sessions.”
He’ll shed a GPS monitor for his trip to Tampa. It will be installed again after he returns to Miami.
Brown spent 12 seasons in the NFL, playing for the Steelers, Raiders, Patriots, and Buccaneers. His final season was 2021.
The Buccaneers interviewed a pair of offensive coordinator candidates on Saturday and they also worked on filling their special teams coordinator role.
The team announced that they completed an interview with Lions assistant special teams coach Jett Modkins. The interview was conducted virtually.
Modkins has worked with Lions special teams coordinator Dave Fipp since the 2021 season. The Lions rank fifth in kickoff return average and fourth in punt return average over that period. They also have three punt return touchdowns over the last five years.
The Bucs fired special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey earlier this week as part of a number of changes to head coach Todd Bowles’ staff.
The Buccaneers announced a pair of interviews with offensive coordinator candidates on Saturday.
Lions passing game coordinator David Shaw and Cardinals quarterbacks coach Israel Woolfork both met with the team. The Bucs fired Josh Grizzard after his first year in the role.
Shaw joined Dan Campbell’s staff in Detroit in 2025. He spent 2024 as a personnel executive with the Broncos and was the head coach at Stanford from 2011 through the 2022 season.
Woolfork just finished his third season as the quarterbacks coach in Arizona. He has also been a coaching fellow with the Browns and worked in the collegiate ranks.
The Buccaneers also interviewed former Titans head coach Brian Callahan this week and they are expected to interview Falcons offensive coordinator Zac Robinson.
The Buccaneers will interview Zac Robinson for their offensive coordinator opening, Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Robinson served as the Falcons’ offensive coordinator for the past two seasons.
The Falcons fired head coach Raheem Morris earlier this week. They denied the Cowboys permission to interview defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich for the same position, but they are letting Robinson interview.
The Bucs completed an interview with former Titans head coach Brian Callahan as they seek to replace Josh Grizzard, whom they fired earlier this week.
Robinson spent five seasons with the Rams, rising from assistant quarterbacks coach to passing game coordinator/quarterbacks coach under Sean McVay.
