Play-caller
- Calls plays: Declan Doyle, OC — first-time play-caller (confirmed — baltimoreravens.com "Declan Doyle's Vision for the Ravens Offense" 2026-02-18; NFL.com, ESPN June 2026: "youngest play-caller in the NFL"). HC Minter calls the defense, not the offense.
- Tenure with team: year 1 (hired Feb 2026) · Prior relationship with QB1: none before the interview process (baltimoreravens.com, 2026-02-18)
Last 3 play-calling stops (skip non-calling years): Doyle has zero play-calling history — §9 first-time-caller protocol: mentor tree used as a weak prior, everything low-confidence.
| Stop (team, yrs) | PROE | Neutral pass% | Sec/play (neutral) | Motion% | PA% | 11 / 12 / 21% | Condensed% | RB tgt share | WR1 TS | Inside-10 pass% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI 2025 (OC, Ben Johnson called plays — mentor prior, low conf) | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | high, ramped post-bye (Sun-Times 2025-11-26) | "mid-30s" PA% (sportsmockery/Yahoo, 2025) | under-center 58.6% early downs, 4th (Sun-Times 2025-11-26) | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED |
| DEN 2023–24 (TE coach under Sean Payton — did not call) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NO 2018–21 (offensive asst. under Payton — did not call) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Read: Doyle is a Ben Johnson / Sean Payton tree product whose stated pillars are "physical, detailed, and explosive" — run game as the foundation, hunting explosive plays off it, no rigid run/pass split ("morph" by matchup) (baltimoreravens.com, 2026-02-18). Expect a Johnson-flavored install: under-center, heavy motion/shifts, PA-heavy explosive-hunting married to a Henry/Lamar run game — the closest thing to Greg Roman volume shape with Monken-era passing concepts layered in. §9 install drag applies: pace and motion likely below the mentor baseline early, drifting toward it by midseason; every 2025 designed-touch/scheme role is void until re-established. All tendencies low-confidence until real 2026 data exists.
Scheme family
- Run scheme: projected gap/duo-leaning with zone mixed — Doyle's stated run-game-first "move the line of scrimmage" identity plus a 1.14 mauler guard and Derrick Henry points downhill/duo (baltimoreravens.com 2026-02-18; draft profile 2026-04). Fits: big downhill backs (Henry ideal); RB profiles that fit: goal-line hammers, contact-balance grinders. Low confidence until 2026 film.
- Pass-game family: Johnson/Payton hybrid — under-center PA, heavy motion, explosive-hunting intermediate/deep shots off run action (Ben Johnson mentor prior; Sun-Times 2025-11-26). Implications: mid-to-high aDOT off PA, schemed slot/YAC touches for Flowers, condensed sets that help sub-190 receivers, TE red-zone equity healthy. First-year install = expect simpler early.
