EXCLUSIVE: Top NFL Defensive Minds REVEALED | Is Your Team's Coordinator ELITE?

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🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

NFL defensive play callers take center stage as experts Joe Marino and Kyle Crabbs rank and analyze the top coordinators heading into the 2025 season. From Super Bowl champions Steve Spagnuolo and Vic Fangio to rising stars like Mike Macdonald, the duo breaks down the strengths and potential of each coach. They explore intriguing storylines, including Ejiro Evero's challenges in Carolina, Jeff Hafley's transition to Green Bay, and the impact of the Baltimore Ravens' coaching tree. The hosts also discuss veteran coordinators in new roles, such as Jim Schwartz in Cleveland and Teryl Austin in Pittsburgh. Tune in for expert insights on how these defensive masterminds could shape their teams' fortunes in the upcoming NFL season.

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0:00.0	We're tearing the defensive play callers in the NFL entering 2025 today on the Locked on NFL scouting podcast.
0:13.0	You are locked on NFL scouting with the draft dudes, your daily podcast for NFL and college football scouting, part of the
0:22.6	Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:27.9	What's better than this?
0:29.5	It's guys, being dudes here on the Lockdown NFL scouting podcast.
0:34.1	We're the Draft dudes.
0:35.4	I'm Joe Marino from Lockdown Bills.
0:36.9	He's Kyle Crabbs from Lockdown Bills. He's Kyle Crabs from
0:37.7	Locked on Dolphins. And we are your NFL experts here with you daily to talk team
0:41.8	building across the league on the locked on NFL scouting podcast with the draft dudes.
0:46.3	Part of the Lockdown podcast network, your team every day. One issue, a big thank you.
0:50.9	Shout out and welcome to our everydayers. Those of you who never miss a single episode,
0:55.8	we appreciate y'all being here very, very much.
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1:07.3	Joe, happy Thursday to you here on the program.
1:11.3	Do a defense play callers today.
1:14.6	Last show of the week for us.
1:18.4	July is vacation windows.
1:20.7	So there's some travel going on.
1:22.7	So we're doing four this week and then what next week's hot takes, yeah bold bets that my a fc bold bets are
1:31.8	already loaded in the hopper man are they to go and they're they're they're pretty bold man
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