FEBRUARY 3: The extension is now in place, per a team announcement. Monken will remain with the Ravens for at least one more year, and expectations will again be high for the team’s offense in 2025.
JANUARY 27: For the second straight offseason, Todd Monken drew head coaching interest around the NFL. Once again, though, the in-demand offensive coordinator is set to remain in Baltimore. 
Monken and the Ravens are finalizing an extension, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports. He has been at the helm of the team’s offense for the past two years, a stretch which has seen notable production and balance. Monken met with the Panthers and Chargers regarding their head coach openings last offseason, and this time around he spoke with the Jaguars and Bears while also receiving an interview request from the Raiders.
The latest update on his status noted Monken did well in his interviews, but only one HC opening remains at this point and the Saints did not have him on their radar. As a result, the door has remained open for a new Ravens commitment and, shortly after the team’s divisional round exit, one is on tap. Head coach John Harbaugh recently expressed optimism for the team’s offense for 2025 and beyond.
“He’s an old-school football coach with kind of a new-school and creative mind,” Harbaugh said of Monken (via ESPN’s Jamison Hensley). “I really am excited about 3.0, that iteration of this offense going forward, because we found ourselves through the last offseason and into this season, in terms of how we want to organize the offense and tie it all together and use the different platforms that you can use.”
For the first four seasons of Lamar Jackson‘s tenure as the Ravens’ full-time starting quarterback, Greg Roman was in place as Baltimore’s OC. The team’s run game was among the league’s best during that span, but the decision to part ways after 2022 and bring in Moken was aimed at elevating Jackson’s ceiling as a passer. In 2024 in particular, that goal was achieved.
Jackson set career highs in passing yards (4,172) and touchdowns (41) while posting the lowest interception rate (0.8%) of his career. The two-time MVP topped the NFL in yards per attempt, passer rating and QBR en route to leading the Ravens to a first-place finish in total offense during the regular season. While the team’s inability to get over the playoff hump continued, it comes as little surprise Monken will receive a new commitment keeping him in Baltimore.
The Ravens endured several notable losses on their defensive staff during the 2024 hiring cycle, but after his first year as DC Zach Orr is set to remain in place for 2025. Continuity will also be seen on offense as the Ravens prepare for the coming offseason.
John Harbaugh is exactly like Mike Tomlin. The Ravens have good to great season records, but fail in the playoffs. To date his SB, Flacco is 40 now. But he doesn’t get the same press treatment that Mike gets.
tomlin gets blown out in the first round of the playoffs.
harbaughs teams the last two years have dropped multiple game winning/extending scores inexplicably.
they are no where near the same, not sure what agenda you are trying to push.
Just saying 2013 is a while ago. Like 2008 is for the Steelers. But John never takes nearly as much heat as Mike gets annually. That’s with a 2 time league in his prime MVP under center for him; & could be eyeing his third for this past season.
again, the situations aren’t comparable at all. like not even close.
Great, you’re a Ravens fan; nothing wrong with that. John’s 12-9 post season record is a hair above average.
I don’t really have a dog in this fight but I think Mike Tomlin would love to have a backfield that consisted of Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry 🙂
Arty, it’s the regular season games that trip up Harbaugh. Too many leads lost late over his career resulting in too many playoff games played on the road. Costly. 8 of those 12 victories on the road. Don’t give up those leads John.
Yeah Arty I’m a Steelers fan and the situations aren’t close from how ownership/management/coaching staff have handled the Ravens own deficiencies and adapted from there. We’re irrelevant at the end of every season. The Ravens have a perennial MVP candidate and are very relevant; just snack bit by having the NFL’s other best 3 QBs (no order, Allen Burrow Mahomes) outside your own in your conference that have limited their success which is no difference than us with during the Roethlisberger years in many ways. The Steelers have gotten blown out of the water by said teams in recent memory, all in late season matchups or in the first round of the playoffs. The extension they gave Tomlin was so premature and all we’ll get it banter like this on here as a result so we all lose anyway
*snake. Biscuits
Monken would have been a much better hire in Dallas than they chose. A win for Baltimore and Jackson holding onto him.
As this article points out, Greg Roman was the OC for Jackson’s first four years. Those years were wasted. Monken has taken Lamar to another level.
Baltimore lost a lot of coaches this past year. Doesn’t seem like that will happen this year, so that continuity and familiarity will help everyone. Add a WLB, CB, and DT, resign Stanley, Washington, and Ricard and they will be in a good position to win AFC North again.
To compare Tomlin to Harbaugh, that’s fair. Reid is at the top in AFC, after that you could argue Harbaugh, McDermott, and Tomlin are the most consistent in that next tier. Ravens are better constructed than Steelers.
Ravens are taking it all next season. You heard it here first.