When new Ravens head coach Jesse Minter took the podium nearly two weeks ago to make his first address to the media, he talked about handling rejection in the past. He used to have a chip on his shoulder when colleges rejected him for his first coaching job. Not anymore.
“My mindset has shifted a bit in the last five or six years, away from proving people wrong, and more to proving people right,” Minter said. “I’ve become more of an optimist, positive thinker.”
Inheriting a Ravens roster that was 2025 preseason favorites to win the Super Bowl, but which instead fell to 8-9, is all about proving people right — only a year after the fact.