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#2 Baltimore Ravens
The long-ago era of Ray Lewis is gone, the defence that turned heads sideways. They still do have one of the best defensive players in football in CJ Mosely. The defence again is loaded with studs that are ready to do damage, and the question lies in the offence.
Is Joe Flacco ready to be rejuvenated to win? Is the offensive weapons there for Flacco to take the Ravens to the next level.
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Strengths
The strength of this Ravens team is the defence. Led by linebacker CJ Mosely and outside edge rushers Za'Darius Smith and Terrell Suggs. This trio will cause havoc for its offensive opponents. Helping this trio will be the front, led by Michael Pierce and company. This front six should be able to handle most offensive lines and running backs.
The front six allows their team to have a chance to win every week. The Ravens secondary stacks up with some of the best in the league. Eric Weddle and Tony Jefferson solidify the safety position.
The cornerbacks led by the likes of Jimmy Smith, Brandon Carr, Marlon Humphrey, and Tavon Young; it might make the quarterbacks rethink their strategy to throw against this secondary. Then finally you have the best kicker in football, or some will say the best fantasy football kicker in the NFL.
Justin Tucker is what we call a consistent kicker, who is automatic from every distance. Having Tucker is an asset that some teams hope to have in their kicker. When you have the best place kicker in football, it does help to have one of the best punters alongside him. Sam Koch has been with this team for 13 years.
He has played in every game in those 13 years. One of the best stats for Koch this past year was that he had 40 punts inside the 20 which is a career high for him.
Weakness
The offence is where the weakness lies for the Ravens. Joe Flacco has been average at best for the Ravens, his stats will concur with that. He should be pumped this year, as draft pick Lamar Jackson is right behind him in the shadows waiting for his opportunity.
Flacco does have one thing on his side of his average play is that he has weak offensive players around him. Their starting running back is Alex Collins, whom last year had a surprisingly good year.
This year Collins will be facing similar expectations. Collins hasn't shown consistency yet to rely on him being the number one running back for the Ravens. The thing for the Ravens is neither Javorius Allen and Kenneth Dixon have shown anything for them to take over Collins.
The receiving core at a whole which starts with the tight end position and the wide receiver bunch all this leaves a lot to be desired. When you look at these two positions, and you hear names like Michael Crabtree, Wille Sneed, and John Brown are there high expectations on them.
I wouldn't believe this is a highly talented receiving corps. Young promising receivers like Breshad Perriman and Chris Moore haven't lived up to anything. The tight end position has the likes of Maxx Williams, Mark Andrews, and potential starter Hayden Hurst.
Yes, those names don't sound that hype either. So can they blame Flacco again if he doesn't have a good year? Maybe?
Players To Watch: Orlando Brown (RT), John Brown (WR), Hayden Hurst (TE), and Joe Flacco (QB)
