The Ravens have reportedly added experience and a familiar face to their defensive meeting rooms, as Dean Pees has joined first-year Defensive Coordinator Zach Orr's staff as a senior advisor.
Pees, 75, was most recently the Atlanta Falcons' defensive coordinator from 2021-2022. He was the Tennessee Titans' coordinator before that (2018-2019) after his eight-year tenure in Baltimore, which included a win in Super Bowl XLVII.
He coached Orr during his three-year career as a linebacker. Orr told The Athletic’s Jeff Zrebiec that he's remained in contact with Pees this season.
"I said, 'Hey, it would be good if you wanted to come up here and be an advisor, be another set of eyes, just be a help to us,'" Orr said. "Ultimately, all I care about is us performing the best we can to help us win.
"If you get a guy I'm real close with and a guy who knows the culture and is a great football mind, and he's down for it, to me, it's a no brainer."
The Ravens currently rank 19th in total defense – No. 1 in rush defense (60.4) and 31st in pass defense (280.2). Baltimore is coming off a game in which it surrendered 38 points to the Cincinnati Bengals and 392 passing yards and five touchdowns to Joe Burrow.
