RENTON, Wash. -- Over the first half of 2023, Dre'Mont Jones was almost exclusively a defensive tackle, lining up inside on the vast majority of his snaps.
Over the second half, he was predominantly a defensive end.
And by the time his first season with the Seattle Seahawks was in the books, Jones was something of an enigma, a highly talented player whose impact didn't quite match up with the hype that accompanied his arrival as one of the biggest free agent acquisitions in franchise history.
Enter Mike Macdonald.
The Seahawks' new head coach isn't installing a copy-and-paste version of the scheme he coordinated in Baltimore over the last two seasons, but he is bringing with him elements that made the Ravens' defense perhaps the toughest in the NFL to solve.