It was a great moment in a great win. And it was a far cry from the text messages and calls from his family that Orr was fielding just weeks ago.

The Ravens’ defensive turnaround this season has been impressive, as they went from a unit ranked at the bottom of the league in pass defense by a wide margin to the league’s best defense since Week 11.

As the man in charge, Orr took the vast majority of the heat from outside the Under Armour Performance Center. Now the first-year coordinator has come out the other side.

“Personally, it was tough just because of the family,” Orr said. “My family, they see stuff and everything, so I’m not going sit here and act like I’m naive, or I don’t hear that stuff. My family are the ones really affected by it, but I tell them all the time, it’s nothing new. Adversity’s always going to hit. If I’m going to preach it, I got to live it.”

There was a fiery team meeting after the Ravens’ 35-34 Week 10 win against the Bengals, in which Baltimore surrendered 264 receiving yards and three touchdowns to Ja’Marr Chase.

Orr and the Ravens’ coaching staff made tough personnel changes at safety and inside linebacker to help solidify the middle of the defense. Those changes have paid off, and Orr said simplifying the verbiage and checks has also helped.

Inside linebacker and defensive leader Roquan Smith said, through it all, Orr was the same coach. He didn’t crack.

“He kept his composure,” Smith said. “He was the same guy day in and day out, and he didn’t change at all. I respect that individual, that despite going through adversity, he still had a smile, still had the same energy every single day.”

Now the Ravens are enjoying the rewards but not resting on them. Last week’s defensive shutout emphasized just how far Baltimore’s defense has come, but they have to keep it rolling against the Browns and into the playoffs for it to ultimately pay off.

“You always appreciate when the work starts to show,” Orr said. “I think for us and me personally, and for us here in this organization, it just makes you even hungrier.”