Coaching changes reflect Ravens not wanting 2024 defensive problems to resurface
After facing issues in the secondary and at inside linebacker in 2024, Baltimore has revamped its defensive coaching staff.
After facing issues in the secondary and at inside linebacker in 2024, Baltimore has revamped its defensive coaching staff.
Our Woodlawn and Maryland defending champion Sam Kouvaris, who made a life as a Jacksonville sports television legend, returns home to report with Nestor the pains of Jaguars life and the pleasure of his 30th year on the Pro Football Hall of Fame committee examining Marshal Yanda, Terrell Suggs and Steve Smith Sr. for Canton glory.
After 34 years of coaching in the NFL, when it comes to learning football we turn to old friends like former Ravens coach and 49ers head coach Mike Nolan to help us better understand the game. Time well spent here discussing defensing Lamar Jackson, the power of great ownership and the abilities of coaches to put the best players in a position to make impact.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the second wave of reporting from The Baltimore Banner as three more women have forward with credible stories regarding what is now a Justin Tucker massage scandal – and when and the how Baltimore Ravens will react. And, perhaps more importantly, did anyone in Owings Mills know about this over the last decade while he was on the field kicking field goals?
We gave him a chance to announce his retirement but Joe Flacco says he is not done throwing the football. The well-traveled Super Bowl MVP comes home to Baltimore to talk about Father Time, kids in his house and the locker room, the family life in Indianapolis, great offense, bad analytics and hitting the quarterback. And the answer he gives as to why he went to the podium in Pittsburgh after throwing the Polamalu interception in the 2009 AFC Championship Game is as “elite” as he was in January 2013. Twelve years later, let Joe tell ya what he knows about real life and playing ‘ball…