I think a strong argument can be made that no team has more consistently had solid, or even great, defenses over the course of the past 25 years than have the Baltimore Ravens. They have had so much success on that side of the ball that they have also lost a succession of coordinators to promotions to head coaching jobs, such as Rex Ryan and Chuck Pagano.
Will Don ‘Wink’ Martindale be the latest to walk for a promotion in 2021? Following two seasons as defensive coordinator in which he fielded a top-five unit, he was interviewed for some of the vacant head coaching positions this offseason, and is believed to be an early favorite for the inevitable new cycle of hires next year.