{"id":725641,"date":"2026-02-03T06:47:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/725641\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T06:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:47:25","slug":"ravens-get-high-grade-for-crown-jewel-hire-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/725641\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens get high grade for ‘crown jewel’ hire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ravens get high grade for ‘crown jewel’ hire<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When the Baltimore Ravens<\/a> moved on from John Harbaugh after nearly two decades in the big chair, attention turned to who the franchise would select to replace him.<\/p>\n

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Some thought a young, offensive mind like Kliff Kingsbury would get the most out of Lamar Jackson, while others thought a defensive coach, because, well, it’s Baltimore.<\/p>\n

And the franchise landed on stud defensive coordinator Jesse Minter of the Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>, who will also call the defensive plays.<\/p>\n

The move has been met with applause, and for Sports Illustrated’s Conor Orr, he’s given the hire an A+ grade.<\/p>\n

“By all accounts, Jesse Minter was the crown jewel of this year\u2019s class and the only candidate to have been requested by every single team with an opening,” Orr wrote<\/a>. “Baltimore clearly had eyes on Minter when the team decided to part ways with John Harbaugh and landed a coach who smashed a home run with his offensive coordinator hire, the Bears<\/a>\u2019 Declan Doyle, who has been on the fast track for years and spent an instrumental season under Ben Johnson in Chicago.”<\/p>\n

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Ravens must fix Lamar issue<\/p>\n

No, I’m not talking about his missing a day of practice most weeks; I’m talking about his contract.<\/p>\n

Set to have a monster $74.5 million cap hit, that isn’t feasible to enter the year with, as it would cripple the Ravens’ ability to bring in more talent in the search for a Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

So, for Minter and the Ravens front office, getting Jackson’s contract done before free agency opens on March 11 is an urgent priority.<\/p>\n

If they have any hopes of rebounding from the disaster that was the 2025 season, they need cap space to do it.<\/p>\n

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And the only way they will is if they extend Jackson and lower his cap number.<\/p>\n

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