New York Giants coach John Harbaugh (it is still nice to write that) is expected to want to bring Todd Monken, his offensive coordinator the last three seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, to the Giants to work with quarterback Jaxson Dart. The Cleveland Browns, though, appear to be an obstacle.
Monken will interview in-person on Tuesday for the Browns vacant head-coaching job, according to ESPN NFL insider Jeremy Fowler. Monken has already has a virtual interview with the Browns, who fired Kevin Stefanski at the end of the season.
Monken, 59, was head coach at Southern Miss from 2013-2015, but has never been an NFL head coach.
Monken was offensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2016-2018, and held that same role with the Browns in 2019. He was offensive coordinator at Georgia from 2020-2022 before returning to the NFL with the Ravens.
When Monken was hired to run Harbaugh’s offense in Baltimore, he laid out his six pillars for what makes a good offense in a conversation with the Ravens’ official website. Those are:
- Don’t turn it over
- Be explosive
- Score touchdowns in the red zone
- Be good on third down
- Don’t have lost yardage plays
- Have an athletic quarterback who can make off-schedule plays
“I don’t care if it’s with a fullback, without a fullback, four wide [receivers], three wide [receivers]. The reality is that there are a lot of ways to skin a cat, but still the principles of how you win are the same,” Monken said at the time.
If Monken gets the Cleveland job, Harbaugh will have to go to Plan B. BBV’s Chris Pflum recently listed Mike Kafka, former Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel, Denver Broncos’ quarterbacks coach Davis Webb, and Los Angeles Rams’ passing game coordinator Nate Scheelhasse as other possibilities.
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