Texans defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver joins the Ravens
It’s true. You can go to your other home again.
Houston Texans defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver will be leaving the AFC South club and joining the Baltimore Ravens as their run game coordinator and defensive line coach, according to Dianna Russini of ESPN.
Before Weaver played for the Texans from 2006-08, he was with the Ravens from 2002-05. Baltimore drafted Weaver in the second round from Notre Dame, and he produced 144 combined tackles, 14.5 sacks, 14 pass breakups, an interception, five forced fumbles, and four fumble recoveries in his 57 career games with the Ravens, 54 of which he started.
Weaver had been with the Texans’ coaching staff since 2016 as the defensive line coach. In 2020, he doubled up as the defensive coordinator with incumbent Romeo Crennel taking the title of associate head coach.
The 40-year-old considers the Ravens to be one of the foundational franchises to who he is as a coach, especially former defensive coordinator Rex Ryan, who was the defensive line coach in Baltimore from 1999-2004 and then the defensive coordinator from 2005-08.
“Rex was obviously a huge influence on my career both as a player and now as a coach,” Weaver told the Houston media on May 13. “As a very young player, he always prompted us to learn the big picture and learn all of the stuff that was happening around us, just because he thought that would enable us to make some more plays. That’s something that I try to continue to convey to the players I have now. That obviously helped me in terms of once I got into coaching professionally, I was probably ahead of most players that jump into the coaching carousel.”
Weaver is back in Baltimore where it all began. For the Texans, they will need to hire a new defensive coordinator, a move that should transpire after they find their next full-time coach.
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