Ravens Defensive Coordinator Dean Pees doesn’t like the term “box safety.”
“That is really an old-school term,” he said.
The Ravens have long said their safeties are interchangeable. But the fact of the matter is that, over the past several years, they’ve always had at least one bigger thumper on the back end.
There was Dawan Landry, Bernard Pollard, James Ihedigbo, Will Hill and Kendrick Lewis. Hill and Lewis were the two starters last year. There’s nothing wrong with an imposing hitter on the back end, but this year, the Ravens will have a different look.