After three seasons together with the Baltimore Ravens, Todd Monken and Lamar Jackson will be on different sidelines in 2026.

Not only did Monken land a head-coaching gig, he joined Baltimore’s AFC North rival, the Cleveland Browns.

Now, Monken will be squaring off against his former quarterback twice a year for the foreseeable future.

Despite now being foes, Jackson reached out to Monken to congratulate him for landing the new job when it happened back in January.

Monken jokingly responded with a hilarious text that included an F-bomb, according to Brian Wacker of The Baltimore Sun.

“Then I said, ‘Go f–k yourself. We are going to blitz you every third down,'” Monken revealed.

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Monken’s three-year tenure in Baltimore was going to end no matter what.

That’s because Baltimore decided to part ways with long-time head coach John Harbaugh, who also landed on his feet as the head coach of the New York Giants.

Monken was slated to follow Harbaugh to New York before he was hired by Cleveland.

“It tells you how fickle, just in general, life is,” Monken said. “From the year before, if you’d have told me that we’d have been fired after the year we had offensively… I’ll give it this, coaches, for the most part the players, never quit.”

A tough road ahead for Todd Monken

Todd Monken takes over a Browns team that is in the midst of what figures to be a lengthy rebuild.

Monken’s tenure has already been eventful after the Browns traded Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams in a blockbuster deal earler this month.

Cleveland has work to do all over its roster, including at quarterback, where the Browns don’t have a locked-in long-term solution under center for Monken’s offense.

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The Browns have a competition going between Deshaun Watson and Shedeur Sanders, but only Sanders offers a possible long-term answer for Cleveland.

If he proves not to be, the Browns will have an opportunity to get their guy in 2027, when the NFL Draft is expected to be loaded at the position.

Lamar Jackson’s murky future

The Baltimore Ravens were hoping to get a long-term contract extension done with Jackson this offseason in order to lower his 2026 cap hit.

The two sides did not get it done and instead opted for a restructure that kicks the can down the road to 2027, when Jackson’s cap hit will be nearly $85 million in what is the final year of his current contract.

Jackson will also be in the final year of his contract next year, so that only adds to the suspense.