Browns
- Dianna Russini confirmed reports that the Browns have reached out to and are expected to interview former Ravens HC John Harbaugh.
Ravens
Ravens OC Todd Monken admitted that he could’ve done better with putting QB Lamar Jackson in a better situation.
“I didn’t coach Lamar well enough,” Monken said, via PFT. “I didn’t have as good of a relationship as I could have. I didn’t do the things we needed to do this year to win enough games to give ourselves a chance. I believe that.”
Monken added that he and Jackson had an outstanding relationship and wonders what could’ve been between the two.
“I really wish Lamar would have been healthy and seen what we kept building on,” Monken said. “Where we went from ’23 to ’24, and then we just never got it going. That’s what you have to live with.”
Monken said that he never saw former HC John Harbaugh lose the locker room or have negative relationships within it.
“I never saw Lamar and Coach Harbaugh not have a great relationship,” Monken said. “I never saw that. I never saw Coach Harbaugh and any of our players not have a great relationship. Never. Not one time.”
Steelers
Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers originally said that this would be his final NFL season, yet it now seems that he is less definite when being asked if he will return to Pittsburgh next season, ahead of their first playoff game with him under center. Rodgers also defended HC Mike Tomlin.
“At 6-6, there were a lot of people thinking we were going to be stumbling to the finish, and then who knows what was going to happen,” Rodgers said. “A lot of you, probably in this group, either publicly or privately, were talking about Mike T getting axed. So it feels good to shut all those comments down. They’ve gotta try to find something to get after him. Mike T’s probably like me, doesn’t give a whole lot of s— about any of those comments. But it is nice because we all love him and want to play for him and want to win for him. Clean the slate now, anyone can make a run, we’ve won four out of five. I like our chances.”
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