I can’t speak to this with 100 percent certainty, but it appears to me that this current crop of coaches is taking more of a hands-on approach with the players than the previous regime.

All three days of the rookie minicamp in Owings Mills have featured coach John Harbaugh getting in the trenches to instruct safety Haruki Nakamura or defensive lineman Lorenzo Williams on the proper method of punt protection.

Quarterbacks coach Hue Jackson has been simulating a pass rush that quarterbacks Joe Flacco and Brad Roach have to evade. And wide receivers coach Jim Hostler and special teams coordinator Jerry Rosburg have filled in at cornerback and nickel back, respectively, when the offense uses a three-receiver set.

“Andy Reid was hands-on with the offense,” Harbaugh said of the Philadelphia Eagles head coach and his former boss. “I think football coaches like to coach. We’ve got a great staff, and they’ve been gracious to let me step in and coach ball every now and then. So I appreciate it.”