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The Baltimore Ravens’ defense led the league in several key stats last season, but in order to maintain that success in 2024, they’ll be counting on new defensive coordinator Zach Orr to step in without missing a beat.

Orr, one of the youngest coordinators in the league at just 32 years old, takes over for the departed Mike Macdonald, who left to become head coach of the Seattle Seahawks.

Fans and pundits alike seem very optimistic about the Orr hire, with some even predicting greater things to come.

On his Bootleg Football podcast, prominent NFL YouTuber Brett Kollman said that he believes Orr could quickly rise up the coaching ranks, even comparing him to Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans.

“I think Zach Orr is next up. He’s been on that staff, he played in this system, he was there ever since Macdonald and Jesse Minter were young assistants,” Kollmann said.

“Some people have thrown around that he might be the next DeMeco.

[I] wouldn’t be surprised because the Ravens do tend to produce very good coaches.

Zach Orr is going to be a great ‘D.C.,’ I truly believe that.

If there was ever any young replacement in-house that was going to do a good job, I think it’s him.”

Looking at the career paths of Orr and Ryans, they’re actually quite similar.

Both played linebacker, though Orr’s career was sadly cut short due to a rare spinal condition, and both went into coaching very soon after their retirement.

They then worked their way up from analysts, or a quality control coach in Ryans’ case, to position coaches and eventually defensive coordinators.