For most of the past five-plus years, the Baltimore Ravens had constructed their defense from back to front, investing heavily in their secondary and especially at cornerback.
They had one of the league’s top tandems in three-time Pro Bowlers Marlon Humphrey and Marcus Peters. Then, an injury-riddled 2021 season and a down year by Peters in 2022 resulted in the ninth-year veteran not being brought back this past offseason.
Prior to that, some of their top free agent acquisitions and biggest contracts handed out were to the likes of Jimmy Smith, Eric Weddle, Brandon Carr, Tavon Young, and Tony Jefferson.