 Now we at the point of the offseason which is everybody's favorite because so many lists come out top 5 this top 10 that who's The best at this who's the worst at that and you know Ravens fans You know how we get we take things very very personal and we like a man the Ravens they too low on this list Hey, they need to be at least here on this list We never complained about them being too high anywhere, but we always will call out a this What is this person do they know what they talking about? They probably don't and this was probably no different My guy hit me up on Instagram. I got Freddy hit me up on Instagram, and he said they just keep disrespecting us And I was like, well, let me see what my guy talking about Let me see what he talking about and what he sent me was a list an ESPN on the Instagram They listed the top 10, but it's obviously a list of 32 and what the list is which QB has the best supporting cast ESPN's bill Barnwell ranks all 32 teams based on their wide receivers running backs and tight ends Okay, best supporting cast Cuz Ravens they done did some things so shout out to Eric the constant. Thank you again But let's just go through the top 10 number one was the 49ers and the 49ers where it's gonna be Brock Party where there's gonna be trade lands where they're gonna be Sam Don't know whoever gonna be enough to get that they signed him a lot of times But whoever's gonna be they have Christopher Calfrey and running back George Kittle tight end Depot Samuel Brandon Ayuk and Kyle use check at full back slash tight end slash H back slash whatever you want Whatever role you want to give you know Kyle use check could do it all but anyway, let me see when Baltimore too I mean we Baltimore that's what they know how to breathe full backs even though Don't nobody really use full backs like that. Well, Baltimore. They good at breeding full backs anyway Not the competition for another day. So San Francisco 49ers were number one number two Cincinnati Bengals Higgins Tyler Boyd earth Smith junior Joe Mixon not mad at it No, cuz Joe Burrow he like set right now number three the Eagles AJ Brown Devante Smith Dallas Goddard the Andre Swift who they traded for I believe and Rashad penny. So Okay, that's that's a nice little group right there, too Number four to Seattle Seahawks DK Metcalf Tyler Lockett Jackson Smith and Jigba who we ain't seeing play down in the NFL yet, but it's nice the mortar Marrior Kenneth Walker junior running back and no fan of Titan number five the Los Angeles Chargers Austin Eckler Kenan Allen Mike Williams Quentin Johnson Gerald Everett six to Minnesota Vikings Justin Jefferson Jordan Addison KJ Osborne TJ Hawkins and Alexander Madison number seven of Dallas Cowboys CD Lam who's about to get paid Michael Gallup Brandon Cooks Tony Pollard dudes Vaughn number eight the Dolphins Tyreek Hill Jaylen Waddle Jeff Wilson Junior Rahim master Devon Okay, I'm not sure who he is. I don't I don't know anything about him. I'm naive to him But the dolphin I would actually probably put the dolphins a little bit higher, but that's just me number nine. Oh the Jaguars the Jaguars Travis Etian junior Calvin Ridley who just got back which is nice for him Christian Kirk Zay Jones and Evan Ingram Okay, they okay Okay, now now starting to see love it way feel like the ratings are disrespected the number 10 the Atlanta Falcons Vijon Robinson Tyler Algier another running back another running back Cordell Patterson So they listed three running backs for the Falcons three running backs Why receive a Drake London and tight end Kyle Pitts? Okay, now initially when he was like, oh, yeah Ravens got disrespected. I start going through the beginning of the list I'm like no, they didn't but once I got to like Number eight even though number eight was the dolphins, but I feel like the dolphins should be high I don't feel like they should be as low as eight, but definitely Uh, I feel like you could throw the Ravens in here like for sure But let's see Bill Barnwell's reasoning why and how he put these lists together He said it's time for one of my favorite annual off-season features I've taken a closer look at the playmakers for each NFL 32 teams and ranked them worst to first for what they Could do in the 2023 campaign all else being equal I say could and not will of course because this is a thought exercise I'm not trying to project which team will have the best offense this season instead I'm trying to separate out teams playmakers is running backs while receiving tight ends exclusively to estimate how they will perform outside of their current offense Okay, that's something to consider right there, too. I didn't even think about that He said in other words if we gave every team an average quarterback Offensive line and playcaller and had them play at an average pace which would have the league's best offense. That is very interesting Let's continue. He said this is a long article So I won't belabor the point what I need to do before we start though is go through the rules I used as I formulated these rankings So he said this is only about on field performance for the 2023 Season he also said injury history and suspensions matter and wide receivers are weighted more heavily than running backs or tight ends and Focuses on elite players in a team's top five contributors Efficiency matters and then also one more thing just to remind you again This does not include quarterbacks doesn't include quarterbacks because like he said He's acting as if the team had an average quarterback an average offensive line average coaching and all that So it does not include their current situation. It talks about how he feels they will be in any situation So Obviously the Ravens were not in the top 10 But they did make the top 15 as a matter of fact, they made number 15 and let's see exactly why he ranked them where he ranked them So number 15 the Baltimore Ravens their 2022 ranks. So last year they were they were ranked 25. I Could I could see why and then but the previous year they were ranked number 14. So it's like, huh? They were ranked that high in 2021 now if it's me like looking at it I'll probably rank this group higher than I would have ranked 2021 But let's see why he said welcome to the most difficult set of playmakers to rank on this list right then in that boom Okay, I get it that opening statement is perfect for the Baltimore Ravens because again take out a little more Jackson Because it's not including quarterbacks Mark Andrews. You know who he is. You know what he can do You know what he's capable of he's been doing it every season great But then you go to wide receivers go to Odell Beckham, Jr. It gets tricky there already because we know what he's capable of we know what he's done But he didn't play last year and then there's been a bit of the injury history over time Shaw Bateman said not the same thing, but we've seen him play and when he plays He can play he can ball but there's just been the injury history and there's a lot of the unknown But when he's on the field he could play Then you go to the running backs you think about JK Dobbins Gus Edwards when they play them boys can play But there's an injury history, especially with JK Dobbins, especially with him expecting to be the lead back Even though it's gonna be backed by committee He's gonna be sharing carries with Gus Edwards justice. He'll maybe even keep Mitchell. We'll see but There's just a lot of unknown there So I could get based off of that alone why he would make that a perfect opening statement About the Baltimore Ravens that they're the most difficult set of playmakers to rank on this list But let's continue. He said on paper the Ravens have a team that should be come that should comfortably be in the top 10 That's what I said I feel like they should definitely be in the top 10 based off of the people who they got in the top 10 But he said JK Dobbins has averaged just under six yards per carry as a pro Rashad Bateman ranked six in the NFL and yards per out run over the first eight weeks of 2022 Odell Beckham dream was last seen putting together a 288 yard stretch over three and a half games as the Rams won the Super Bowl Zay flowers was a force at Boston College and might be the best wide out in the 2023 draft class Mark Andrews has ranked in the top five among tight ends and fantasy points in each of the past four seasons And yet outside of Andrews. Can we count on any of those players? Yes, that's a valid point That's a valid point and it doesn't sound good to hear but it's a valid point because It's true. It's the injuries big. That's the biggest thing I said, I was missed all the 2021 in the chunks of 2022 recovering from an E injury He has played more than 50% of the off offensive snaps in a game just eight times over three seasons back up Gus Edwards missed all the 2021 and eight games a year ago Beckham didn't plan 2022 while recovering from a 20 ACL While Bateman was sidelined by Liz Frank injury and needed a quarter-zone shot during OTA's this depth Looks great on paper, but what are the chances the Ravens get anything close to four seasons from everyone involved? See that would that would be great if they could that that'd be a may obviously We know that that'd be amazing if they could get four seasons from everybody But he continued flowers looms as a potential beneficiary if the guys in front of him can't stay healthy While college health isn't always indicative of what will happen at the pro level see Frank going Paris Campbell Flowers had no trouble staying on the field catching 200 passes over four seasons simply being available I give him the inside track to snap some Baltimore is in two wide-out sets. I would get that we get that because Yeah, again, we know the history. We know the history of bait and Beckham And hopefully history does not repeat itself and they can be full go because if they are for go Hands they flow it just everybody man Everybody that cuz that's been Baltimore Ravens biggest enemy health man. It's been health But y'all know that already anyway I said the Ravens have better depth than most at receiver Nelson Aguilera's Miss Cass has a starter with the Patriots But he's in above average fourth wide-out Especially if the Ravens return him to field stretcher roll to the field stretcher roll in which he excelled with the Raiders And yeah, it is nice to have him as a depth guy. That's a beautiful thing when you really think about it I know when they first signed him this offseason was looking a little scary. I know I was scared I was like, oh boy, I know these Ravens and is that gonna be the move at wide receiver But they followed it up with some nice moves to as well in addition to that It says Isaiah likely was impressive as a receiving Titan in his rookie campaign earning targets at the league six highest rate among goals at the position with 100 or more routes He will afford the team more flexibility in resting Andrews when new offensive coordinator Todd munkin chooses to go with a single tight end Yes, that is very true because it's depth quality depth Don't forget Charlie Cola too. He ain't see get to see much from him last year But I know a lot of people real high on Charlie Cola, but with Isaiah likely Mark Andrews and the order depth at wide receiver. It just Depth it gives the Ravens quality depth. So it's not done And I mean they've been doing a lot of stuff by committee As far as wide receivers, they have really haven't been having that guy at wide receivers They've been having a lot of those guys But the way that they set this thing up this year Hopefully this list we can look at this list after this year is over and be like 15 man Should have do that list in the garbage a long time ago But hopefully the Ravens can show why they can really be certainly a top 10 unit on this list But I'm even thinking top five, baby