The Ravens are a franchise that has begun to embrace the cutting edge of what many smart football minds believe to be the future of the sport and the league. They’ve done so in several different ways such as aggressive, analytically-driven play calling and injecting youth and speed into the offensive side of the ball - to name a few. However, maybe the largest indicator that Baltimore’s front office is trying to stay ahead is how they’ve constructed their defense – that is, from the outside in.
Gone are the days of Ozzie Newsome selecting 300-pound run-plugging defensive lineman or thumping middle linebackers early on in the draft.