When Leslie Frazier arrived in Baltimore this offseason to take over as the new secondary coach, he first went to work learning the defense.
As he pored over the scheme and got a grasp on the terminology, Frazier had some flashbacks to his playing days with the Chicago Bears. Frazier was a starting cornerback for the 1985 Bears – a team that won Super Bowl XX and is widely considered one of the best defenses of all time – and he was coached by legendary Defensive Coordinator Buddy Ryan.
When Frazier studied the Ravens defense, he could see Ryan’s fingerprint had made its way to Baltimore.