The Baltimore Ravens first hired Tee Martin to be their wide receivers coach before the 2021 season. As a former quarterback, not being able to work with the quarterbacks must’ve been odd for Martin, but not unnatural as he was the wide receivers coach for multiple college programs before he was hired by the Ravens.
The Ravens made a lot of changes to their coaching staff during the 2023 offseason, one of which was re-assigning Martin’s role. He is now the quarterbacks coach of the team, and he was asked what the switch has been like and what type of impact he wants to have on the room.
"It's great being back at my natural position." Tee Martin on being in QB Coach role pic.twitter.com/lVATKkynbg
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) June 1, 2023
“First of all, it’s just great being back at my natural position. [It’s] a position I grew up playing throughout my career. I started [in coaching] coaching quarterbacks, so it’s like riding a bike. [I’m] just getting back on it, and the game has changed. You’re coaching a quarterback [Lamar Jackson] who’s different than a lot of different other quarterbacks. [It’s] very similar to how I played, but way better. The drills have been enhanced. The things that we’re doing with coach [offensive coordinator Todd] Monken’s system is a little different than what we have done here in the past, and so we just adjust. Everything was built around Lamar [Jackson]. I went back and [changed] a lot of the things I had done with players I had worked with in the past at the quarterback position. He’s so different and so unique that I just went back and revamped all the drills towards Lamar [Jackson]’s movement skills and things that we can do to improve him and continue what he has already built since he’s been here as a rookie – since his rookie year – to getting him to the next level, to the player he wants to be. That’s what it’s all about, improving his already great skill set.”
