High hopes for the Macdonald-Minter connection.
Macdonald and Ravens first-year Head Coach Jesse Minter are good friends dating back to their days together in Baltimore from 2017-2020.
They worked together to evolve the Ravens’ defensive scheme, which each coach took to their respective teams after leaving Baltimore.
Minter has followed the Macdonald path. He became Michigan’s defensive coordinator, made the leap to NFL defensive play-caller for two years, then became a head coach.
The hope is that Minter can continue that track.
“Mike and I kind of grew up together here with the Ravens. We think about football I think very similarly and what it takes to build a great team. So happy for him and his success there in Seattle,” Minter told FOX Baltimore’s Morgan Adsit after his introductory press conference.
“I do think that is a blueprint of showing that it can be done quickly when you get the buy-in from the players and from the people. I look forward to trying to not just match that and get in the Super Bowl in Year 2, [but] hopefully in Year 1.”