The architect of the NFL’s top offense is reportedly sticking around Baltimore a little longer.

The Ravens and their offensive coordinator Todd Monken are reportedly finalizing a contract extension, ESPN reported.

The deal comes after Monken directed Baltimore to the league’s No. 1 offense for the first time and helped pave the way for quarterback Lamar Jackson’s best statistical season. The Ravens were also the first team in league history to throw for at least 4,000 yards and run for at least 3,000 in the same season and ranked first in the league in passing and rushing efficiency, according to For the Numbers, en route to racking up the third-most total yards in history in a single season.

That Baltimore will keep Monken, who will turn 59 next month, is significant for a team that expects to contend for a championship every year and is the first step toward what the organization hopes will be its first Super Bowl appearance since 2013.

In Monken’s two seasons, the Ravens have averaged the second-most yards (397.6) and are second in scoring (29.4 points per game) in the league during that span. This season, Baltimore was No. 1 in yards per game (424.9) and yards per play (6.8) and third in points per game (30.1).

During last week’s season-ending news conference, coach John Harbaugh lauded Monken’s work the past two seasons.

“He’s an old-school football coach with kind of a new-school and creative mind,” Harbaugh said. “I really am excited about 3.0, that iteration of this offense going forward, because we found ourselves through the last offseason and into this season, in terms of how we want to organize the offense and tie it all together and use the different platforms that you can use.”

No one has thrived more than Jackson, of course.

This past season he became the first player in history to throw for at least 4,000 yards and rush for at least 900 in the same season. He also set a franchise record for touchdown passes (41) in a season against just four interceptions, was named an All-Pro for the third time and is the favorite to be named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player for a third time after winning the award last season.

Jackson helped propel the Ravens to a 12-5 record during the regular season, a second straight AFC North title, and a divisional-round appearance in the playoffs before falling to the Buffalo Bills. Last season, Baltimore reached the AFC championship game before losing to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Monken, who came to Baltimore after three seasons as the offensive coordinator at Georgia and back-to-back national championships, has also drawn NFL head coaching interest each of the past two years.

Last year, he interviewed with the Los Angeles Chargers and Carolina Panthers. This year, he interviewed with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Chicago Bears.

Though Monken has never been a head coach in the NFL — his lone head coaching job was at Southern Mississippi from 2013 to 2015 — Harbaugh believes he’s more than capable.

“Todd is one of those guys that can apply his experience, along with the fact that he’s always thinking ahead,” Harbaugh said. “He’s always trying to come up with the next idea, and then he’s also very much [a] collaborator. … To me, sometimes a young coach does a good job of that, sometimes an experienced guy understands the value of that and is able to utilize those people really well around him. It’s the guys that last. Those are the guys that kind of prove themselves over time I think, and Todd is one those guys.”

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