Sports Illustrated\u2019s Conor Orr<\/a> has a different take.<\/p>\nOrr acknowledged that the Ravens had “an excellent draft,” but still put them at No. 7 in his post-draft power rankings, down two spots from where they were in his post-free agency rankings.<\/p>\n
“This defense will be able to evolve with the addition of another rangy safety (Malaki Starks) and high-upside edge (Mike Green),” Orr wrote. “However, the team took a new kicker before addressing any skill positions on the offensive side of the ball. Does the offense have the tools to evolve, too?”<\/p>\n
I believe the answer to Orr’s question is yes.<\/p>\n
While the Ravens only added one offensive skill position player in the draft (Colorado wide receiver LaJohntay Wester in the sixth round), all the key players from last season’s No. 1 offense in yards are back in Todd Monken’s third season as offensive coordinator.<\/p>\n
Baltimore has an elite quarterback in Lamar Jackson; an outstanding running back room featuring Derrick Henry, Justice Hill, and Keaton Mitchell; a talented wide receiver corps led by Zay Flowers, Rashod Bateman, and Hopkins; and arguably the league’s top tight end trio in Mark Andrews, Isaiah Likely, and Charlie Kolar.<\/p>\n
The Ravens also drafted three offensive linemen, including third-rounder Emery Jones Jr., to bolster a group led by Stanley, center Tyler Linderbaum, and right tackle Roger Rosengarten. Starting right guard Daniel Faalele, a Pro Bowl alternate last season, also returns, as does Andrew Voorhees, who began last season as the starting left guard before suffering an injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sports Illustrated Writer Questions Ravens’ Draft Strategy, Drops Them to No. 7 in Power Rankings While the prevailing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[39,40,80,784,19,7,781,786,888,6,782],"class_list":{"0":"post-18105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-2025-draft","9":"tag-2025-draft-news","10":"tag-2025-nfl-draft","11":"tag-2025-nfl-draft-news","12":"tag-draft","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-general","15":"tag-homepage-centerpiece","16":"tag-late-for-work","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-offseason"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114438722764132592","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}