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Ellicottraven said:
I just believe whoever the Ravens hire will be the best option available to us. Then again, I remember how badly Bisciotti wanted to hire Jason Garrett from the Cowboys before settling on Harbaugh, and that gives me some pause...
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18 years with a good head coach such as John Harbaugh gives a owner a good idea what he's looking for in the next head coach . What Biscotti was as the owner in 2008 is likely isn't the same now in 2026. Whatever decision he makes will likely be sound and a good decision. He has learned that you can't always go with the flashiest coach to win and maybe this time his head coach pick will be flashy but that head coach has to be special beyond scheme and systems that we all get googly eyes for
 
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JoeyFlex5 said:
I strongly believe that every single defender showing weakness over the past 2 years can be attributed to Orr’s scheme.
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While yes, I give them credit for looking more respectable in the 2nd half of each of these seasons, it's so damn perplexing that how GOD AWFUL they looked to start the season.
 
Seeing that John Harbaugh is being linked to Green Bay following the Packers loss on Saturday Night. To go from Matt LaFleur blowing a 21-3 lead in the playoffs against the Bears to potentially the king of blowing 4th quarter leads would sure be something for Green Bay. @Ice Bowl
 
Davis Webb is intriguing . I think if the focus really is to empower Lamar then he might be the answer. He's a former NFL quarterback and as soon as he retired in 2022 to move his career to coaching he was hired as a quarterback coach by the broncos in 2023 then became their passing coordinator in 2025. He's was mostly a back up quarterback in his career but we have seen former back quarterbacks like Kellen Moore excel as coaches in the NFl. Since he was a former quarterback he knows and understand the position which gives more relatability to Lamar Jackson. He also been regarded as being very smart and a hard worker. I don't know if he's a head coach worthy or ready for the job but he also isn't new to it given that his dad is or was a head coach in high school which means he's likely been mentor on what the position includes even though a high school coach is likely different from an NFL head coach.
 
QtR Nevermore said:
I'm not sure why you think so. Every team would use Hamilton and Roquan very similarly to the Ravens.

You could argue that Jones as a bigger D Lineman, better against the run than the pass , is more suited to a 3/4, but every team would happily have him as part of their rotation. Maybe some teams would want him to focus more on developing the penetrating pass rushing ability has flashed on occasion but frankkly, good, I wish the Ravens would too.
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I don't disagree, but I'll add the caveat to the bolded part that we wouldn't have to do what we've done with Hamilton and he would be in his more natural (re. not versatile) position of Safety if they had kept Queen or replaced him with someone functional in the LB position. If you're gonna run a 4-2-5 hybrid on DEF, just because Hamilton is the most versatile doesn't mean he should be the guy filling the hybrid extra LB all the time. Coach up another S OR draft/FA a guy that can fill that roll so that most of the time, despite his excellent versatility, Hamilton can stay where he is at his best.

This is where @rossihunter2 doesn't get what I'm saying about versatility. I love versatility. I don't love when your versatility has you filling roles that take you out of your strong suit. Draft or sign a FA that can be an every day 2 with Roquan in that 4-2-5 hybrid. Hamilton will be even more effective when they can mask that 3 in the LB's and it doesn't even have to be Hamilton.
 
Of course, having him as a left-hander for too long isn't good in the long run, due to injury risks and not having the necessary physique. It's good to have him there to fill in, but not full-time.

That's why I find it strange that Orr isn't using Simpson; he was the closest thing to a queen we had.
I also don't particularly like S full-time; I feel we wouldn't be using its full potential
 
allblackraven said:
They also have the best DL coach in the league.

I so wished the Ravens brought Dunbar in from Alabama back in '17 / '18. I did not like our D front under Cullen. That was a year or two after Clarence Brooks passed.
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at least when we had Weaver we had a good DL coach
he's not been a great DC and i (and i assume most others) wouldn't be keen on him as HC but he was an excellent DL coach

but it certainly took time to find someone who could adequately replace clarence brooks

just as it's taking time to find someone to adequately replace Joe D as the OL coach
 
Simba said:
Add Shula and Scheelhaase to the interview list
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notably not mike lafleur though which is interesting
at least not as far as albert breer says (possible that scheelhaase is a davis webb-esque interview where he's both a HC and OC candidate)
 
drjohnnyfever said:
I don't disagree, but I'll add the caveat to the bolded part that we wouldn't have to do what we've done with Hamilton and he would be in his more natural (re. not versatile) position of Safety if they had kept Queen or replaced him with someone functional in the LB position. If you're gonna run a 4-2-5 hybrid on DEF, just because Hamilton is the most versatile doesn't mean he should be the guy filling the hybrid extra LB all the time. Coach up another S OR draft/FA a guy that can fill that roll so that most of the time, despite his excellent versatility, Hamilton can stay where he is at his best.

This is where @rossihunter2 doesn't get what I'm saying about versatility. I love versatility. I don't love when your versatility has you filling roles that take you out of your strong suit. Draft or sign a FA that can be an every day 2 with Roquan in that 4-2-5 hybrid. Hamilton will be even more effective when they can mask that 3 in the LB's and it doesn't even have to be Hamilton.
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wtf are you talking about

hamilton played all over the alignment on any given down in any given formation

and to be clear, when im talking about 4-2-5 base im talking about nickel and im talking about hamilton as the nickel defender (slot) not as a 2nd LB... if he were the 2nd LB we'd be talking about dime packages - he occasionally served as the dimebacker in dime packages but that's not the same as playing WLB in base or nickel

what would you say is hamilton's strong suit, if you're not happy with him being a box defender?
 
rossihunter2 said:
wtf are you talking about

hamilton played all over the alignment on any given down in any given formation

and to be clear, when im talking about 4-2-5 base im talking about nickel and im talking about hamilton as the nickel defender (slot) not as a 2nd LB... if he were the 2nd LB we'd be talking about dime packages - he occasionally served as the dimebacker in dime packages but that's not the same as playing WLB in base or nickel

what would you say is hamilton's strong suit, if you're not happy with him being a box defender?
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Just because he can play in the middle, doesn't mean he should. He's better in the back.

edit--- his versatility demands in our DEF that he be out of his primary, most impactful position.
 
drjohnnyfever said:
Just because he can play in the middle, doesn't mean he should. He's better in the back.

edit--- his versatility demands in our DEF that he be out of his primary, most impactful position.
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you could not be more wrong

hamilton is good enough that he can play as a deep safety but his best and most impactful position is to be close to the LoS where he can be more multiple and involved in disguising coverage, where he can move around to manipulate matchups, where you can have him man-covering both slot WRs and TEs and also be in position to absolutely destroy screens and other quick run-adjacent passing plays

you lose all of that skillset by having him just sit deep and play as a single-high or split safety - which he still gets to do within the scheme anyway

if you just want someone to sit in the deep middle or sit in a cover 2 for 60 plays a game, you dont need to spend 1st round picks on those guys
 
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