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NFL roundup: Trestman lands with Ravens as OC

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The Baltimore Ravens moved quickly to hire a replacement for the departed Gary Kubiak, announcing Tuesday that former Chicago Bears head coach Marc Trestman will become the new offensive coordinator.

Kubiak left Baltimore to take the head coaching job with the Denver Broncos. Trestman was fired by the Bears at the end of the 2014 season after two years in Chicago and a 13-19 record.

After the Bears let him go, Trestman attracted interest from multiple teams around the league before he caught on with the Ravens.

—A second-quarter interception by Indianapolis Colts inside linebacker D’Qwell Jackson started the ball rolling into the investigation of the New England Patriots possibly intentionally deflating footballs.

According to Newsday, Jackson’s pick in the second quarter, with the Colts trailing 17-7, wound up in the hands of the Colts’ equipment staff.

“We’re hoping to wrap that up in the next two or three days,” NFL vice president of football operations Troy Vincent told ProFootballTalk Live on Tuesday. “The team is in place in New England now interviewing staff members.”

Vincent didn’t indicate when the results of the investigation would be announced.

—The Oakland Raiders confirmed earlier reports that Bill Musgrave will be the team’s offensive coordinator under new coach Jack Del Rio.

The 47-year-old Musgrave, who spent the 2014 season as the Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterbacks coach, previously worked with Del Rio as his offensive coordinator with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2003 and 2004.

The Raiders ranked 31st in the NFL in scoring during the 2014 season at 15.8 points per game and last in the league in total yards, yards per game and rushing yards per game while finishing with a 3-13 record.

—Former Buffalo Bills head coach Doug Marrone joins the Jacksonville Jaguars as assistant head coach for offense and offensive line coach and former Oakland Raiders assistant Greg Olson is the new offensive coordinator.

Marrone, who resigned as Bills coach on Dec. 31, interviewed for multiple openings to remain a head coach in the NFL. He went 15-17 in two seasons with the Bills before opting out of his contract, using a clause to be released from his deal in the event of a change in ownership. The deal guaranteed his $4 million salary in 2015.

Olson returns to the Jaguars after serving as their assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach in 2012. He replaces Jedd Fisch, who was let go after Jacksonville’s offense struggled the past two seasons, finishing last in the NFL in scoring. The 51-year-old Olson previously served as Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator from 2008 to 2011.

—John Fox promised the Chicago Bears would build a winning defense, and his first major hire with the team could be a step in that direction. The new Bears head coach interviewed Vic Fangio on Saturday and the two sides closed the deal on Tuesday to make him the team’s defensive coordinator.

Fangio was released from his contract with the San Francisco 49ers after the defensive line coach Jim Tomsula was promoted to replace Jim Harbaugh. Fangio’s 3-4 defense finished in the top 10 in points allowed and total yards each of his four seasons with the 49ers.

—Former St. Louis Rams head coach Mike Martz is a candidate for the Cleveland Browns’ offensive coordinator job.

The Browns exhaustive search for Kyle Shanahan’s replacement could include more than a dozen candidates. Martz has been out of the NFL since 2011 when he was play-caller of the Chicago Bears.

A primary focus of the Browns’ search is finding a coach who has had success with young quarterbacks. Johnny Manziel, a first-round pick in 2014, is expected to compete for the starting job in 2015. The Browns have a decision to make on Brian Hoyer, who is a free agent, and would need to find a veteran if they allow Hoyer to test the open market.

—Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers bowed out of the Pro Bowl with a calf injury, and was replaced by Andy Dalton of the Cincinnati Bengals.

Dalton will appear in his second Pro Bowl. He also was named after the 2011 season. Rodgers is not the only marquee quarterback unavailable for the game. Peyton Manning (Broncos), Philip Rivers (Chargers), Tom Brady (Patriots), Russell Wilson (Seahawks) are also out of Sunday’s game. Dalton was a seventh alternate in Pro Bowl voting.

The addition of Dalton gives the Bengals four players in the Pro Bowl. Wide receiver A.J. Green and punter Kevin Huber were voted in and defensive tackle Geno Atkins was added as an alternate.

—The Philadelphia Eagles hold the 20th pick in the 2015 NFL Draft but might be willing to move up for an opportunity to select Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota, according to a NJ.com report Tuesday.

Mariota, the 2014 Heisman Trophy winner who led the Ducks to the national championship game earlier this month, is expected to be drafted within the top five picks on April 30 and possibly No. 1 overall. Eagles coach Chip Kelly recruited Mariota to Oregon and was his coach for two years in college before moving to the NFL. Kelly has long had an affinity for the young quarterback, even going as far as to compare him with Peyton Manning.

Mariota has hinted that he wouldn’t mind a reunion. Last week, the redshirt junior gave up his final season of eligibility at Oregon to enter the NFL Draft.

—Bill Vinovich was named the referee on the seven-man crew assigned to work Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1 when the Seattle Seahawks face the New England Patriots at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

Joining Vinovich are Bill Schuster as the umpire, Dana McKenzie as head linesman, Mark Perlman as line judge, Bob Waggoner as field judge, Tom Hill as side judge and Terrence Miles as back judge. Mike Wimmer will be the replay official, assisted by Terry Poulos.

The group has 86 years of experience and 59 playoff games as NFL officials.

—Former NFL tight end Jerramy Stevens was arrested for driving under the influence in Los Angeles on Monday morning, according to TMZ. His wife, USA soccer goalie Hope Solo, was in the car as well and reportedly used her cell phone to record officers during the traffic stop.

Stevens’ bail was set at $5,000, according to the report.

The 35-year-old played nine NFL seasons and has a history of run-ins with the law, including a 2012 assault charge stemming from an alleged incident with Solo, although the case was ultimately dropped for a lack of evidence. Solo recently had her own domestic violence charge stemming from an incident with her nephew and sister dropped.

—The NFL is making several rule changes for the Pro Bowl that will directly impact the kickers.

Goal posts will be 14 feet wide instead of the traditional 18.6 feet and extra-point attempts will be moved back from the 10-yard line to the 15, NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent said Tuesday. The league experimented with moving point-after tries back to the 15-yard line during the first two preseason game in 2014.

Another rule change for the Pro Bowl includes the number of timeouts. Each team will have two per quarter rather than three per half, but if a team uses only one timeout in the first or third quarters, it will have three remaining in the second and fourth quarters.

—New Denver Broncos coach Gary Kubiak added veteran special teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis to his staff.

DeCamillis will enter his 27th NFL season, including 22 as a special teams coach. He spent the past two seasons with the Chicago Bears but returns to Denver, where he began his NFL career in 1988. He spent two years in football administration before becoming a defensive quality control coach for the Broncos from 1990-91.

Kubiak was the Broncos’ backup quarterback from 1983-91, so he has a history with DeCamillis, whose units allowed a league-low 18.3 yards per kick return for the Bears this season while producing one kickoff and one punt return for touchdowns and creating three turnovers.

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