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The PFF NFL Podcast

How the Ravens Fixed Their Defensive Struggles

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🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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PFF's Trevor Sikkema, and Dalton Wasserman break down how the Ravens were able to turn the tide on their early season defensive woes. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the PFF NFL show.

0:21.1

Dalman, Trevor Sycambe here with you guys to get into the nitty-gritty.

0:24.8

Down into the details.

0:26.4

The 2024 regular season is complete.

0:29.3

Now we're getting into the playoffs and we want to talk about some change that we saw throughout the 2024 season, specifically with the Baltimore Ravens.

0:36.7

And what has made their defense now something that can match their offense as something

0:41.6

with a Super Bowl caliber ceiling.

0:43.7

Dalton, it's always a lot of fun when we get the chance to go back and look at the

0:47.6

season as a whole.

0:48.6

And it's those teams that really evolve and get better that we can study going into the

0:54.0

playoffs and even moving

0:55.5

forward long after these playoffs for the Baltimore Ravens of things that this personnel,

1:00.6

these coaching decisions, these players do really well. And today I think that we've got a really

1:05.2

fun example because the Ravens have really taken a leap in what they've been able to do on

1:10.3

the defense's side of the ball.

1:11.3

For sure.

1:11.8

And every coach, they talk about wanting to play their best football down the stretch in December and January when it matters.

1:17.2

And I think the Ravens and John Harbaugh, they've done that, right?

1:19.7

And I think earlier in the year, we thought this past defense was going to be the kryptonite of this team,

1:24.1

no matter how good the offense was when you're playing Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, C.J. Stroud, all the great quarterbacks in the

1:31.1

AFC, your past defense better be up to snuff, right? I think we look at the Kansas City Chiefs,

1:35.7

not only is the gold standard with Mahomes and Kelsey on offense, but you look at the way their

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