Hamilton Earns Praise for Leadership Skills
When asking a question to Hamilton in the postgame press conference, a reporter noted that the All-Pro safety was one of the few remaining healthy starters on defense, to which Hamilton used the podium to “knock wood.”
The Baltimore Banner’s Kyle Goon said that if Hamilton were to end up being the last man standing on the unit, it couldn’t be in better hands.
“With injuries to Nnamdi Madubuike, Roquan Smith, Marlon Humphrey and a whole host of others, the Ravens’ defense might just be too broken to fix this year. And yet, if there is one guy in the locker room you’d want trying to tackle a problem that may be too big to solve, it’s Hamilton,” Goon wrote.
Goon noted that Hamilton’s undeniable talent is matched by his leadership skills.
“We may be watching the Ravens’ 2025 campaign implode. But I also believe we are watching Hamilton, who has established himself as one of the league’s best defensive backs, mature in real time — which reflects positively for the Ravens’ chances to win Super Bowls beyond this season,” Goon wrote. “His leadership has been apparent when the Ravens have been at the top of the heap. Now that they’ve stumbled, his leadership is apparent as well.”
Goon praised Hamilton for his accountability, which included apologizing for comments he made earlier in the week that rubbed some Ravens fans the wrong way.
“I feel like earlier in the week I used a poor choice of words just saying Ravens fans were spoiled. I retract that,” Hamilton said. “I meant that in a sense that Ravens fans have been accustomed to great defense, great teams. There haven’t been a lot of teams in Ravens history since ’96 that have underachieved to the point where fans felt disappointed in the season as a whole. And I felt like as of right now in Week 4, obviously, a long way to go in this season, but we’re disappointed and I’m sure the fans are disappointed too.”
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