The Baltimore Ravens might have a whole new coaching staff by next season if this continues. The Ravens have lost three more young coaches this offseason as the Detroit Lions have hired Brian Duker, and the Jacksonville Jaguars have hired Zachary Orr and Sterling Lucas away from Baltimore, according to Jeff Zrebiec of the Athletic.
The Jacksonville Jaguars have clearly been looking at the Ravens’ staff, hiring away three of the seven coaches that have left Baltimore this offseason. Orr and Lucas will join former Ravens defensive line coach Joe Cullen, who was hired to be the Jaguars’ new defensive coordinator. Orr and Duker had been defensive coaching analysts while Lucas was the team’s defensive assistant.
Puzzlingly, while teams have poached six of Baltimore’s defensive coaches away, defensive coordinator Don Martindale hasn’t gotten an interview for a head coaching position this offseason. While Martindale was in the running for the Giants’ head coaching job last season, New York decided to go in a different direction, hiring Joe Judge. But with the Ravens’ defense once again performing well this season — finishing second in points allowed and seventh in yards allowed — despite an injury- and COVID-19-ravaged depth chart, it’s shocking Martindale wasn’t interviewed at all while so many of his assistant coaches have been hired away.
For a team that has preached about coaching continuity under coach John Harbaugh, there has been a massive amount of turnover this offseason. He’ll have a tough task of finding even more replacements for his staff while the team prepares for free agency and the 2021 NFL draft.
