Ravens hiring Bears offensive coordinator Declan Doyle as their new OC

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2026-01-31

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Rookie Ravens head coach Jesse Minter has found the man to lead his offense.

Baltimore is hiring Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Declan Doyle as their new offensive coordinator, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported Friday.

Doyle, 29, spent the past year as Chicago’s offensive coordinator under Ben Johnson, assisting in leading the Bears to ninth in points scored and sixth in yards gained, the first time the club has finished in the top 10 in both categories since 2013.

Before that, Doyle got his start as an offensive assistant under Sean Payton with the New Orleans Saints in 2019. He remained in that position through the 2022 season, at which point he rejoined Payton as the Denver Broncos tight ends coach from 2023-24.

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Though the jump to Baltimore is a lateral move in name, it allows Doyle to take full charge of an offense for the first time in his NFL career. He will be the play-caller for an offense that underperformed in 2025 but is loaded to the brim with difference-makers.

Most notable among them is two-time Most Valuable Player Lamar Jackson, who thanks to Doyle’s rapid rise through the ranks is the same age as his coordinator. During an injury-plagued season in which Jackson missed four games and looked hindered during several others, the QB threw for 2,549 yards, 21 touchdowns and seven interceptions with a career-low 349 rushing yards.

Doyle’s role will be to help Jackson and the offense find their peak again, having fallen out of the top five in scoring for the first time since 2022, down to 11th this past season.

Among Doyle’s other new pieces to utilize is the ageless Derrick Henry, wide receiver Zay Flowers and the sure-handed Mark Andrews, who signed an extension in December.

In Johnson and Doyle’s first year in Chicago, the Bears took massive steps, awaking from their four-year postseason hibernation and, once there, winning a playoff game for the first time since the 2010 season.

The Ravens, far more entrenched in recent success despite coming off a missed postseason, will hope Doyle carries over some of that magic and more to Baltimore.