Anthony Weaver is no stranger to instilling a cutthroat mindset.
He did it in Miami, where he was the Dolphins’ defensive coordinator for the past two seasons and made headlines for his honest assessment at a press conference.
“I’m old school – I may sit up here, I’m a nice guy, I smile, I do all those things – but all of our problems that we need to solve can be solved through violence,” Weaver said. “Defensive football, at some point you draw a line in the sand, and you say, ‘I’m going to set the edge. I’m going to stick my helmet under this guy’s chin and I’m going to set the edge.'”
Weaver is now returning to Baltimore with that same mentality, only this time as the Ravens’ defensive coordinator.
Ahead of his introductory press conference on Wednesday, Weaver sat down with “The Lounge” podcast. He said, “It means everything” to return to Baltimore after spending four seasons as a defensive lineman and three seasons as a coach with the Ravens.
Weaver also described what he wants the Ravens defense to look like this fall.
“I want out guys, when they finish the game, to [give] 60 minutes of hell,” Weaver said. “When you play us, you’re going to know you left a fight. We’re going to try and hit everything, fly around, play connected, play together, and just do all we can to make sure that you play a game that was 60 minutes of hell.”