Things can and do change quickly in the National Football League. In one season a team can rise from divisional cellar dwellers to Super Bowl Champions. You only need to look at the 2017 Philadelphia Eagles for proof.
But to make such drastic improvements, it takes vision. It takes a plan – certainly a better plan than the one the Ravens have employed since winning Super Bowl 47.
The Ravens have been criticized for their strict adherence to continuity – continuity that from the outside looking in, today, looks more like complacency.