BALTIMORE — In the football coaching firmament, there are wizards — Mouse Davis with his run-and-shoot offense, Hal Mumme and Mike Leach with the “Air Raid” — celebrated more for their schematic innovations than for the games they won. Then, there are adapters: coaches who do not invent the tools but know precisely which one to pull out of the bag in a given situation.
Todd Monken, the Ravens’ new offensive coordinator, is an adapter.
Give him a fleet of gifted wide receivers — Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Adam Humphries on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — and he’ll throw the ball all over creation. Hand him a pair of star tight ends and a versatile backfield like he had last season at Georgia and you won’t know which way he’s going to beat you.
