THERE IS A HOT TOPIC ABOUT HOW RAVENS FANS ARE WHINING ABOUT LETTING MIKE MACDONALD LEAVE AND TAKE THE HEAD COACHING JOB FOR THE SEAHAWKS BEFORE THE 2024 SEASON. THEY SHOULD HAVE KEPT MIKE MACDONALD IN THE FOLD. INSTEAD, THERE STUCK WATCHING MACDONALD AND THE SEAHAWKS CHASING THE NO. 1 SEED IN THE NFC AFTER THEIR CRAZY COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN AGAINST THE RAMS ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LAST WEEK WHERE THEY BARELY WON 38-37 IN OT AGAINST THE RAMS IN POTENTIALLY THE GAME OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE WHILE THE RAVENS PLAYOFF HOPES ARE ON LIFE SUPPORT AT 7-8 WITH 2 GAMES REMAINING IN THE SEASON. INSTEAD OF WHINING, THE RAVENS SHOULD MAKE A PLAY FOR CHARGERS DC AND FORMER RAVENS ASSISTANT JESSE MINTER WHO IS ARGUABLY THE TOP HEAD COACHING CANDIDATE IN THE NEXT CYCLE. MINTER SERVED AS THE RAVENS DEFENSIVE ASSISTANT COACH UNDER JOHN HARBAUGH FROM 2017 TO 2020 AND IS CURRENTLY AN ASSISTANT COACH UNDER JIM HARBAUGH. HE WAS ALSO THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR JIM HARBAUGH AT MICHIGAN IN 2023 ON THEIR WAY TO WINNING THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. IF HARBAUGH WERE TO LOSE HIS JOB THIS YEAR, A BIG PART OF IT WILL BE THEIR DEFENSIVE FAILURES DESPITE HAVING THE WEALTH OF TALENT LIKE SAFETY KYLE HAMILTON AND INSIDE LINEBACKER ROQUAN SMITH. THE RAVENS HAVE STRUGGLED TO PUT TOGETHER A COMPETENT DEFENSIVE FRONT MOST NOTABLY AT THE EDGE RUSHER POSITION. THE RAVENS RANK 27TH IN THE NFL IN TEAM DEFENSE AFTER FINISHING TOP 10 IN THE NFL IN THAT CATEGORY IN THE LAST 3 SEASONS (2022-2024). THE ODDS ARE VERY STACKED AGAINST THE RAVENS TO MAKE THE AFC PLAYOFFS AFTER THEIR 28-24 HOME LOSS TO THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS. “THE RAVENS NOW HAVE JUST ONE WAY TO MAKE IT INTO THE POSTSEASON,” USA TODAY'S AYTRON OSTLY WROTE ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 23. “THE PATH IS AS FOLLOWS: RAVENS WIN FINAL TWO GAMES AND STEELERS LOSE TO CLEVELAND BROWNS IN WEEK 17. HAD THE RAVENS BEATEN THE PATRIOTS, THEY WOULD HAVE REMAINED IN CONTROL OF THEIR OWN DESTINY, AS WINNING OUT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO OVERTAKE THE STEELERS IN THE TIGHT DIVISIONAL RACE.” THE RAVENS ARE ON THE ROAD FOR THE FINAL 2 REGULAR SEASON GAMES AT THE GREEN BAY PACKERS WEEK 17 AND AT THE STEELERS WEEK 18. EVEN WORSE NEWS FOR THE RAVENS? THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THEY DON'T HAVE 2-TIME MVP QUARTERBACK LAMAR JACKSON FOR EITHER GAME LEFT AFTER HE LEFT IN THE LOSS TO THE PATRIOTS WITH A BACK CONCUSSION IN THE 2ND HALF.

HERE IS THE ARTICLE ON THE RAVENS POTENTIALLY DUMPING JOHN HARBAUGH:

https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/baltimore-ravens/fire-john-harbaugh-hire-jesse-minter/