Every Chargers-Ravens Connection You Need to Know for Monday Night

Nov 22, 2024 at 03:49 PM

Omar Navarro

Jr. Writer

The Chargers-Ravens connections for Monday Night Football go much deeper than just the Head Coaches on opposing sidelines.

Including players, coaches and front office personnel, there are a total of 16 members of the Bolts that spent time in Baltimore.

Let's run through the list.

General Manager Joe Hortiz

The Chargers General Manager is the most familiar with the Ravens, as they are the only organization he spent time with as an executive in the NFL.

Hortiz joined the Ravens in 1998 as a football personnel assistant before working his way up to area scout, national scout and then Director of College Scouting. He later became Director of Player Personnel in 2018 before joining the Chargers in January.

Head Coach Jim Harbaugh

Of course, the Chargers Head Coach does have his brother at the helm in Baltimore — but Harbaugh also knows Baltimore from his time as a player.

The former quarterback spent a season with the Ravens in 1998, where he crossed paths with Hortiz coincidentally enough. He played in 14 games (12 starts) and threw for 1,839 yards in his age 35 season.

Assistant General Manager Chad Alexander

Alexander joined the Bolts front office after spending the past five seasons with the Jets as their Director of Player Personnel but had 20 prior seasons of experience with Hortiz in Baltimore.

Alexander joined Baltimore in 1999 — a year after Hortiz did — and worked as an area scout, pro scout and as a personnel assistant with the Ravens. He spent the final nine seasons in Baltimore as their Assistant Director of Pro Personnel.

Director of Player Personnel Strategy Corey Krawiec

Krawiec was also in that Baltimore front office with Hortiz and Alexander, joining in 2013 as a player personnel/analytics assistant for three years.

From there, he was elevated to Manager, Player Evaluation and Analytics for the rest of his time with the Ravens before joining the Bolts in his current role.

Offensive Coordinator Greg Roman

The Chargers Offensive Coordinator spent two different stints in Baltimore.

After spending 2006 and 2007 with the Ravens as their offensive line assistant, Roman returned in 2019 as their offensive coordinator. He saw big success, especially on the ground, and produced a prolific rushing attack in each of the four seasons.

Roman won The Associated Press NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award in 2019 after the Ravens offense set an NFL record with 3,296 rushing yards and also scored a league-high 531 points in the regular season.

Defensive Coordinator Jesse Minter

Minter's first coaching experience in the NFL started in 2017 after a number of years in the college ranks.

He spent a total of four seasons, three as a defensive assistant and one as defensive backs coach in 2020. In his lone year as the defensive backs coach, Minter helped the Baltimore defense rank sixth in the NFL with 221.0 pass yards allowed per game and second in yards allowed per completion (10.0).

Senior Offensive Assistant Marc Trestman

The veteran coach's last coaching stop in the NFL before joining the Chargers was in Baltimore.

Trestman spent 2015 and 2016 as the Ravens Offensive Coordinator under John Harbaugh and helped lead the Baltimore offense to rank eighth in passing offense his first season, averaging 266.9 net passing yards per game.

Offensive Line Coach Mike Devlin

Devlin's two seasons in Baltimore helped what was one of the most physical and best running games in the league.

As an assistant offensive line coach, Devlin helped the Ravens offensive front lead the AFC and rank No. 2 in the NFL in rushing offense, averaging 158.3 yards per game on the ground.

Run Game Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach Andy Bischoff

Bischoff was on the Ravens coaching staff in a variety of roles during his six seasons with the team.

From 2015 to 2020, Bischoff served as their offensive quality control coach, offensive assistant and assistant tight ends coach.

RB J.K. Dobbins

Before the 25-year-old running back was lighting it up in the Bolts backfield, he got his pro career started in Baltimore.

He was their 2020 second-round pick (55th overall) and was the fifth running back selected in his class after a dynamic collegiate career. Dobbins played 24 games in four years in Baltimore, rushing for 1,347 yards and 12 touchdowns and averaged 5.8 yards per carry.

RB Gus Edwards

After going undrafted in 2018, Edwards went on to play six seasons and find success in Baltimore.

His best season came just last year when he ran for a career-high 810 rushing yards on 198 carries (4.1 yards per attempt) and also set a career best with 13 touchdowns on the ground, good for fourth among all running backs in the NFL in 2023.

C Bradley Bozeman

Bozeman got his NFL start in 2018 as a sixth-round selection (No. 215 overall) by the Ravens in the 2018 NFL Draft when Hortiz was the Director of College Scouting.

He would go on to play 62 games (49 starts) and showcase his flexibility with the Ravens, playing at both center and left guard.

TE Hayden Hurst

Another member of the 2018 Baltimore draft class, Hurst was the first tight end selected at No. 25 overall.

He played two seasons with the Ravens in Roman's system and finish with his two highest yards per reception marks of his career, 12.5 and 11.6, respectively.

S Tony Jefferson

The veteran safety has a unique connection to Baltimore.

He spent from 2017 to 2019 as a key member of the Ravens secondary and then again in 2021, playing in 39 games (35 starts) overall. But in 2023 he also was with the team in a different capacity, working as a scouting intern under Hortiz.