"If we want to get the best secondary in here, I'm down for it," Webb said. "We put the team first here. When I came back, we put the team first. I can bounce around and be there if somebody goes down."

Webb has a Super Bowl XLVII ring, but he didn't play in the game after tearing his ACL midway through the season. He still thirsts to experience that in purple and black.

"We all have that same goal," Webb said. "With T.J. coming here and Weddle coming here, they haven't won Super Bowls. I haven't played in a Super Bowl. The way we win a Super Bowl is to have the best players."

Another reason why Webb wanted to come back is to continue his role as a defensive leader.

He has long been a respected and trusted voice in the locker room, and took young players such as Tavon Young and Maurice Canady under his wing last year – just like safety Ed Reed mentored Webb when he was a young pup. Now Webb is looking forward to working with rookie first-round*cornerback *Marlon Humphrey and sixth-round safety Chuck Clark.

"I want to finish what I was doing with those guys last year. They're going to be great players coming through here," Webb said of Young and Canady.

"I can be the leader. I feel like that was a responsibility for me. It was left on me from some of the older guys to continue our tradition and the way we do things."

Webb said the thought of retiring to spend more time with his family crossed his mind after the Ravens released him. But it was a fleeting thought, and he said he would have signed elsewhere had the Ravens not come with an offer.