How will Zach Orr adapt to a new job and new personnel?
Baltimore’s defensive coaches and players performed at an elite level last season. The Ravens had one of the top defenses in the league, and that group wasn’t the reason they came up short in the AFC championship loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. The defections began just days after that defeat. Defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald became the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks. Key assistants Anthony Weaver and Dennard Wilson left for promotions elsewhere.
Orr, a 32-year-old whose playing career ended prematurely because of a neck condition and who formerly was the team’s inside linebackers coach, was a relatively surprising choice to succeed Macdonald.