The Baltimore Ravens found their stride on defense over the course of the 2022 season. They ended up as one of the best defensive units in all of football, with a major reason for their turnaround from early season struggles was due to defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald, who did a tremendous job turning the group around.
During his end-of-season media availability, Baltimore safety Kyle Hamilton discussed the first-year defensive coordinator and his growth throughout the year. He talked about how Macdonald makes sure everyone has an understanding of everything that’s going on, while also being confident and smart.
[Defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald] is a very cerebral guy – smart, meticulous, calculated, and you can tell just from the gameplans. He makes sure everybody has a great understanding of what we’re doing, why we’re doing it, how we’re going to do it, and top to bottom, the back end to the front four, to whoever may come on the field, if somebody goes down, if somebody goes in, everybody is prepared, and he does a great job of getting his staff ready to prepare us for any situation that we may have. So, he’s a younger guy in this league, and he’s just still very confident and very smart in the way that he does things. So, he’s got a great future, as well, and so, it’s going to set us up for success.”
Macdonald’s first year as an NFL defensive coordinator was a major success. If he has a few more years like he did in 2022, he could become a very hot commodity for a head coaching job down the line.
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