After finishing with the NFL’s top defense last season, the Baltimore Ravens were still expected to field one of the league’s best defenses in 2024 despite a massive brain drain from the coaching staff and the loss of some key starters in free agency during the offseason.
Heading into the regular season, the secondary was being billed as the deepest and most talented in the league with the potential to be elite but they were anything but through the first 10 games of the season. Due to a litany of blown coverages, missed assignments and miscommunications, they ranked dead-last in pass defense, allowing an average of nearly 300 yards per game and gave up the most plays of 20-plus yards over that span.