Nolan did nothing in Baltimore but inherit a top NFL defense. Yeah, he has tweaked it some, but the majority of the players and schemes are still there from Lewis. Not saying he's a bad coach, but while he deserves credit for keeping them up there, he wasn't the one that got them there. To reference our arch-rivals, he is to Marvin Lewis as Barry Switzer was to Jimmy Johnson....he won with the same talent in place.
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