
The Baltimore Ravens continue making progress in their search for a new head coach, as they have completed another interview.
Baltimore announced on Twitter that they finished an interview with Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady on Jan. 18.
Brady is one of a number of candidates that have finished their interviews with the Ravens, who are in their first head coaching search in almost two decades.
Stepping into a position that former Ravens head coach John Harbaugh held for the past 18 seasons is no easy task, but it's understandable why Brady is a coach the franchise is highly considering.
Brady spent the past four seasons with the Buffalo Bills from 2022-25, spending the first two seasons as quarterbacks coach, 2022-23, interim offensive coordinator in 2023 and then offensive coordinator the past two seasons.
His work with quarterback Josh Allen has made one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL an even bigger threat for opposing defenses.
Allen has earned three Pro Bowl nods, two Second Team All-Pro honors and was the 2024 NFL MVP.
He has also thrown for 15,988 yards, 117 touchdowns and completed 65.6% of his passes, while rushing for 2,396 yards on 5.3 yards per carry and 48 touchdowns.
Allen has the most rushing touchdowns in NFL history (79) and his 15 rushing touchdowns in 2023 are tied for the most by a quarterback in a single season.
Brady has also had a strong rushing attack with the Bills as running back James Cook led the NFL with 1,621 yards and the team led the NFL with 159.6 rushing yards per game.
He had success with another NFL star quarterback, Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals, back in 2019, when he was the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach at LSU, winning the Broyles Award for best assistant in college football.
Burrow won numerous awards in 2019, including the Heisman, plus led the Tigers to a National Championship, as he threw for 60 touchdowns and 5,671 yards, leading the FBS.
Brady previously was in four other roles for two seasons each, including the Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator, 2020-21, an offensive assistant with the New Orleans Saints, 2017-18, a graduate assistant with Penn State, 2015-16 and a linebackers coach at William & Mary, 2013-14.
The Ravens have two stars on offense in quarterback Lamar Jackson and running back Derrick Henry.
Jackson is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL and Brady has already shown he runs an offense that excels with great dual-threat signal callers.
Henry was just second behind Cook with 1,595 rushing yards and Jackson finished as First Team All-Pro in 2024, edging out Allen, who won MVP.
The Ravens need a much better offensive showing in 2026 and Brady could make Jackson and Henry even better than they've been in recent seasons.
The Ravens have completed interviews for their vacant head coach position with six defensive coordinators in Jesse Minter of the Los Angeles Chargers, Chris Shula of the Los Angeles Rams, Jim Schwartz of the Cleveland Browns, Brian Flores of the Minnesota Vikings, Vance Joseph of the Broncos and Anthony Weaver of the Miami Dolphins.
Baltimore has also completed interviews with three offensive coordinators in Matt Nagy of the Kansas City Chiefs, Klint Kubiak of the Seattle Seahawks and Kliff Kingsbury, formerly of the Washington Commanders.
They also interviewed Broncos offensive pass game coordinator & quarterbacks coach Davis Webb, former head coaches in Kevin Stefanski of the Browns and Mike McDaniel of the Dolphins, plus Rams pass game coordinator Nathan Scheelhaase.
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