The Ravens have completed an interview with Broncos Pass Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach for their head coach opening.
Here are five things to know about Webb:
Webb is a fast-rising coach.
Webb has been coaching for three years and is already getting NFL head coach interviews. That's a meteoric rise in the profession.
At 30 years old, Webb would tie Sean McVay as the youngest person to be hired as a head coach in the NFL's modern era.
McVay was an offensive coordinator for three years before the Los Angeles Rams hired him as their head coach in 2017. Three years later, McVay became the youngest head coach to reach the Super Bowl. Three years after that, he became the youngest head coach to win the Super Bowl. The Rams' "gamble" paid off.
Webb's first coaching job was as the Denver Broncos' quarterbacks coach in 2023. After two years in that role, Sean Payton promoted him to pass game coordinator.
Webb has helped young Bo Nix become one of the NFL's best young quarterbacks. In his second season, Nix has thrown for the eighth-most passing yards in the league (3,931), and Denver is the AFC's No. 1 seed heading into the playoffs.
Nix said Webb is "underrated."
"He's always prepared me extremely well, especially from the get-go," Nix said. "He played the position and knows what it's like to walk into a game. He prepares me on a very good level and we're always ready for the task at hand."
Webb ended his playing career to start coaching.
A 6-foot-5 quarterback, Webb was a third-round pick of the New York Giants in 2017, just one year before Lamar Jackson was drafted. He played six NFL seasons.
Webb bounced around as a player, going from the Giants to the Jets, then three years with the Buffalo Bills, where he made one appearance, and then back to the Giants.
In his final season in 2022, Webb made his first and only career start in a Week 18 regular-season finale when the Giants rested starter Daniel Jones. Webb threw one touchdown and ran for another in a 22-16 loss to the Eagles.
Webb could have continued to pursue a playing career, but he walked away to start coaching.
The Bills wanted him to be their quarterbacks coach while he was a player.
According to The Athletic, when Webb was with the Bills as the third-string quarterback behind Josh Allen, Buffalo's coaches were so impressed with Webb that they asked him to consider retiring to become their quarterbacks coach.
Webb opted to play one more season in the NFL (with the Giants), but it spoke volumes about how the Bills felt about his coaching future, knowledge of the game, and relationship with Allen.
Webb has soaked up knowledge from some of the best.
While Webb is young, he's soaked up a lot of football knowledge.
Webb's college career started at Texas Tech, where he played for Kliff Kingsbury for three seasons. Webb started as the backup to Baker Mayfield and ended as the backup to Patrick Mahomes.
In between (2014) was when he got his shot as a starter, but he suffered a season-ending ankle injury in his eighth game and was replaced by Mahomes.
Davis transferred to Cal and had his breakout season, throwing for 4,285 yards and 37 touchdowns. He finished his college career with an outlandish 137.1 quarterback rating.
In the NFL, Webb played with Eli Manning, Josh McCown (now the quarterbacks coach in Minnesota), rookie Sam Darnold, Allen, and others. He was mostly coached by Brian Daboll in New York.
One of the NFL's top offensive coaches, Sean Payton hired Webb to come work in Denver after getting strong recommendations from "a bunch of different coaches." Broncos General Manager George Paton said Webb “blew them away” during the interview process and that he is "poised beyond his years."
Webb has spent the past three years learning from Payton, Joe Lombardi, and John Morton, and he coached veteran Russell Wilson in his first year.
Webb comes from a coaching family.
Webb knew he wanted to go into coaching since he was a little boy.
Webb's father coached Texas high school football for more than three decades. As a kid, he drew his dad's team's plays on notecards.
Webb was basically a coach even when he was playing in the NFL, evidenced by the Bills' request to have him be their quarterbacks coach.
"Really hard worker, and he takes it seriously," Lombardi said in 2023, per DenverBroncos.com. "He's young, and he's just starting out as a coach. With his background, the coaches he's been with and the experience of being a quarterback where you're really responsible for knowing what everyone's doing, I think he has a really good base. He's good at building relationships with the guys that he coaches, so I certainly see a bright future for him in the coaching profession."
