32 Paragraphs About 32 Teams: A Thinking Fan’s Guide To The NFL Season

The following is excerpted from the team chapters of the always-excellent Football Outsiders Almanac. Buy it here as a PDF, or here in print. AFC North Baltimore Ravens: It’s entirely possible that Lamar Jackson’s biggest contribution to the 2018 Ravens is as a motivational tool for Flacco. Since memorably winning the Super Bowl and parlaying his spectacular playoff run into a monster contract, the 33-year-old Flacco has seldom lived up to his paycheck (which simultaneously has hampered roster construction). He was brutal in 2017, finishing 32nd in DYAR, just behind Tom Savage and just ahead of Trevor Siemian, horrifying company given Delaware Joe’s enormous cap hit. Yes, a lack of viable targets hurt Flacco’s cause, as did a preseason back injury and lingering effects from his torn ACL suffered in 2016. But clearly GM Ozzie Newsome and the Ravens brain trust have seen enough. (Robert Weintraub) Cincinnati Bengals: It’s not that the Bengals are bad. Indeed, that is the problem with head coach Marvin Lewis and QB Andy Dalton; if they have proven anything in their years together it’s that they are just good enough to remain stuck in the NFL’s Middle Earth. Most Bengals fans would welcome being outright… Read full this story

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