Continuity is crucial to maintaining a high level of success and continued evolution in sports, especially in the NFL. After finishing with the best record in the league and the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs in 2023, the Baltimore Ravens coaching staff was heavily poached from last offseason on defense in particular and they lost some key contributors and starters on that side of the ball in free agency as well.
This led to a major regression in the unit’s performance through the first 10 weeks of the 2024 season until personnel and schematic adjustments were made that led to an incredible turnaround.