It’s unclear what the NFL or the Ravens will do in the aftermath of allegations from six women that Ravens kicker Justin Tucker engaged in inappropriate behavior during massage-therapy sessions. (Tucker strongly denies the accusations.) However, after the NFL imposed an 11-game suspension on Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson in 2022, Ravens coach John Harbaugh addressed the Watson situation following a training-camp practice.
“I do have a lot of opinions on it,” Harbaugh said at the time. “I’m just not at liberty to share them at this time. That’s for the league to decide.
Harbaugh referred to the Ravens’ position on players mistreating women, as shaped by its abrupt termination of running back Ray Rice after video surfaced of the assault he committed against his then-fiancé.
“I respect what [owner] Steve Bisciotti and [former team president] Dick Cass created here almost 10 years ago,” Harbaugh said. “Basically, we’re kind of zero tolerance. You have to know the truth, you have to try to understand the circumstances, but we’ve stayed away from that particular situation — when we draft players, when we sign them as free agents. That’s Steve’s decision, and I’m glad that we have that policy.”
Those words have potential application to Tucker’s case. Although Harbaugh specifically mentioned ascertaining “the truth,” the reality is that specialists are easily replaceable. With Tucker struggling through stretches of 2024 — and with Tucker having a $4.2 million non-guaranteed salary in 2025 — the Ravens might eventually decide it’s time to move on.
Another candidate has emerged for Dallas’ offensive coordinator vacancy.
According to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, Ken Dorsey is under consideration for the role.
While details of an interview have not been worked out, but the logistics are being discussed.
Dorsey, 43, was fired earlier this month after one season as the Browns’ offensive coordinator. Cleveland finished the season No. 28 in yards and No. 32 in points. While Dorsey was not the team’s play-caller to begin the year, he took over the role midway through the season.
Dorsey was previously Buffalo’s offensive coordinator from 2022-2023, though he was fired in the middle of the 2023 season.
New Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer was previously Dallas’ offensive coordinator. He is set to call plays for the club in 2025.
New Jets coach Aaron Glenn has made his first hire, and it’s a familiar face.
Lions tight ends coach Steve Heiden is following Glenn to New York to become the Jets’ offensive line coach, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports.
Lions pass game coordinator Tanner Engstrand could land with the Jets, too, as their new offensive coordinator, per Pelissero.
The Lions’ coaching staff has been decimated this offseason, headlined by the losses of Glenn, formerly the defensive coordinator, and former offensive coordinator Ben Johnson.
Heiden, a former NFL tight end, has spent his 12-year NFL coaching career primarily as a tight ends coach. He was with the Lions for two seasons as the tight ends coach after 10 seasons in Arizona.
He was the assistant offensive line coach for the Cardinals in 2018.
The Browns struggled mightily on offense in 2024, running a muddled system that proved to be ineffective with multiple quarterbacks.
But Cleveland is turning the page in 2025, with head coach Kevin Stefanski promoting 32-year-old Tommy Rees to offensive coordinator.
While the prevailing thought is that the Browns will go back to the offense they’ve had under Stefanski that propelled him to become a two-time AP coach of the year, Stefanski has said the club wants to push things forward. Still, in an interview with SiriusXM NFL Radio at the Senior Bowl this week, Stefanski expressed a belief that Cleveland’s offense can get back to being successful in part based on past results.
“When you win three games, you didn’t do much very well,” Stefanski said. “So, we’re looking at everything. And certainly, you talk about the quarterback position, it is important when it comes to winning and losing — we get that. We’ve had different guys that we’ve won with, so we believe in our system and a system that’s going to adapt to our best players. And certainly, you’re thinking about the quarterback position when it comes to that.
“But for us right now, it’s about putting the system in with Tommy Rees and this offensive staff and making sure it’s adaptable to whomever we have out there at all of those spots.”
The Browns have the No. 2 overall pick in the upcoming draft and could select a young quarterback. Or Cleveland could go the veteran route at signal-caller and select a more developmental QB in a later round. Either way, it seems highly likely that the Browns will pick a passer in the upcoming draft, which is part of why Stefanski and G.M. Andrew Berry are attending the Senior Bowl this year.
University of Colorado coach Deion Sanders went on social media last month to clear up a “lie” that his son, Shedeur, would refuse to play for the Browns or the Giants. Shedeur Sanders could go No. 1 overall to the Titans, and he said last week that he’d “love to” go to Tennessee.
The Browns have the second pick.
Browns General Manager Andrew Berry said Tuesday he is confident Deion Sanders would be comfortable with his son in Cleveland.
“I don’t anticipate that being a problem,” Berry said, via Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com.
Berry met with Shedeur Sanders at the East-West Shrine Bowl last week and, like the Titans did, he said that the Colorado quarterback made a great first impression.
“Shedeur is a really impressive young man,” Berry said. “He’s poised. He’s calm. He’s smart, and you can tell that he’s been raised by — quite honestly — a Hall of Fame dad. We’re going to get to know him even more over the course of the spring, but he’s really impressive.”
In two seasons in Boulder, Sanders completed 71.8 percent of his passes for 7,364 yards with 37 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
