After which there was one.
On Wednesday, the Jaguars stuffed their offensive coordinator opening, leaving the Saints because the final group remaining out there.
With 11 of the 12 spots stuffed, here is our rating of 2025’s offensive coordinator hires.
11. Josh McDaniels (Patriots)
Earlier job: Raiders head coach (2022-23)
Prior offensive coordinator expertise: 14 seasons (2006-08; 2011-21)
The previous Broncos and Raiders head coach’s previous success is tied to future Corridor of Famer Tom Brady. Drake Maye is one of the best quarterback he is coached since. Does that imply McDaniels may have an identical expertise in his third New England stint? Primarily based on what we have seen beforehand, the reply is not any.
10. Tommy Rees (Browns)
Earlier job: Browns tight ends coach/move recreation specialist (2024)
Prior offensive coordinator expertise: 4 seasons (2020-23)
The previous faculty offensive coordinator was promoted in Cleveland after 2024 offensive coordinator Kevin Dorsey was fired. The Browns have been final in scoring (15.2 factors per recreation) this season. In keeping with Stathead, their three video games with not less than 20 factors have been the league’s fewest.
Since 2012, the 2024 Browns are the one group to fail to attain 20 factors in not less than 4 video games. Cleveland ought to have forged a wider web earlier than selecting Rees.
9. Declan Doyle (Bears)
Earlier job: Broncos tight ends coach (2023-24)
Prior offensive coordinator expertise: None
Doyle, like first-year Bears head coach Ben Johnson’s former boss, Dan Campbell, is a former Saints assistant (2019-22) underneath Payton, who he adopted to Denver in 2023.
Broncos tight ends performed a minuscule position in Denver’s 2024 success. Adam Trautman, Lucas Krull, Nate Adkins and Greg Dulcich, who was waived by the group in November, mixed for 51 receptions, 483 yards and 5 touchdowns.
8. Nick Caley (Texans)
Earlier job: Rams move recreation coordinator (2024)/tight ends coach (2023-24)
Prior offensive coordinator expertise: None
Caley began his NFL teaching profession with the Patriots, the place he coached tight ends for six seasons (2017-22) earlier than becoming a member of the Rams. He is achieved strong work in each stops, however how he’ll repair Houston’s most urgent concern is unclear.
The Texans offensive line was a obvious weak point in 2024. Earlier this week, the group introduced it promoted assistant offensive line coach Cole Popovich to offensive line coach and run recreation coordinator.
7. Grant Udinski (Jaguars)
Earlier job: Vikings assistant quarterbacks coach (2023-24)
Prior offensive coordinator expertise: None
Udinski’s teaching timeline accelerated in 2024 when journeyman quarterback Sam Darnold grew to become a Professional Bowler after beforehand being dismissed as an NFL Draft bust. The 28-year-old first-year coordinator will companion with first-year Jags head coach Liam Coen to deliver one of the best out of 2021 No. 1 general decide Trevor Lawrence.
6. Chip Kelly (Raiders)
Earlier job: Ohio State offensive coordinator (2024)
Prior offensive coordinator expertise: 11 seasons (1999-2008; 2024)
Contemporary off a nationwide championship, Kelly returns to the NFL, the place he beforehand served as head coach for the Eagles (2013-15) and 49ers (2016). That is Kelly’s first stint as an NFL offensive coordinator, having beforehand served within the put up at New Hampshire, Oregon and Ohio State.
Paired with head coach Pete Carroll, the Raiders will probably put a a lot heavier emphasis on the run recreation after rating No. 30 in carries and final in yards in 2024.
5. Tanner Engstrand (Jets)
Earlier job: Lions passing recreation coordinator (2023-24)
Prior offensive coordinator expertise: Eight seasons (2011-17, 2020)
Engstrand was instrumental in Detroit’s explosive move offense. After his hiring, the Jets famous the Lions had the league’s third-most 20-yard move performs (62).
“We’re chasing that each week,” Engstrand, who beforehand served seven seasons as offensive coordinator at FCS San Diego and in the course of the 2020 XFL season for the DC Defenders, stated in June, per Jets.com.
Per Stathead, the Jets ranked thirteenth in 20-yard move performs in the course of the common season (52), with Garrett Wilson notching a team-high 16 for 427 yards. The Aaron Rodgers-Davante Adams connection was additionally key, however each have unsure futures with the group.
4. Klayton Adams (Cowboys)
Earlier job: Cardinals offensive line coach (2023-24)
Prior offensive coordinator expertise: One season (2018)
Adams ought to enhance the Cowboys’ horrible rush offense, which ranked twenty seventh in yards and thirtieth in yards per try. Arizona was No. 4 and No. 7 in speeding in his two seasons as offensive line coach. The Cardinals averaged 5 yards per carry in each seasons, making it the one group within the NFL to take action, per Stathead.
Adams served as co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Colorado in 2018. That season, former Buffaloes operating again Travon McMillian had 201 carries, 1,009 yards and 7 touchdowns. No Colorado operating again has rushed for 1,000 yards since.
3. Josh Grizzard (Buccaneers)
Earlier job: Buccaneers passing recreation coordinator (2024)
Prior offensive coordinator expertise: None
The Bucs are in secure palms. Grizzard was promoted from inside after top-of-the-line offensive seasons in Bucs franchise historical past. Per the Buccaneers group website, Grizzard orchestrated Tampa’s league-leading third-down offense, which had a 50.9 % conversion fee.
Tampa Bay eclipsed 500 factors for the second time ever, with quarterback Baker Mayfield throwing a career-high 41 touchdowns.
2. John Morton (Lions)
Earlier job: Broncos passing recreation coordinator (2023-24)
Prior offensive coordinator expertise: Three seasons (2009-10, 2017)
One other Sean Payton disciple, Morton was on the teaching employees of quite a few productive Saints offenses. In 2024, he was a part of a employees that guided Bo Nix to one of the crucial prolific seasons by a rookie quarterback in NFL historical past. His 3,775 passing yards have been the eighth-most by a rookie, and solely Justin Herbert had extra touchdowns (31) than Nix’s 29.
1. Klint Kubiak (Seahawks)
Earlier job: Saints offensive coordinator (2024)
Prior offensive coordinator expertise: Two seasons (2021, 2024)
The Saints offense cratered after scoring 91 factors within the first two weeks, to no fault of Kubiak. New Orleans handled quite a few accidents, together with heart Erik McCoy, large receivers Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed and quarterback Derek Carr.
Kubiak will get a redo with the Seahawks, whose expert playmakers ought to thrive in his motion-heavy scheme.
