Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Baltimore Ravens 2023 Fantasy Football Projections

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Below you will find our 2023 fantasy football projections for the Baltimore Ravens.

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QUARTERBACKS

PlayerAtt.Comp.YardsTDINTRushYardsTDPoints
Lamar Jackson512.1326.53748.627.6511.52116.2685.65.23337.44
Tyler Huntley56.937.3344.21.761.3920.793.20.6231.07

Lamar Jackson: There is only one quarterback in NFL history with 25-plus passing touchdowns and 1,000-plus rushing yards in the same season, and that quarterback (Jackson) has done it twice. Of course, the biggest concern with Jackson is durability and the fact that he has missed five games in each of the past two seasons. With the Ravens bolstering their receiving corps by signing Odell Beckham Jr. and drafting Zay Flowers in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft and hiring Todd Monken to run the offense, the dual-threat quarterback has legitimate QB1 (overall) upside if he's able to stay healthy for a full season.

RUNNING BACKS

PlayerAtt.YardsTDRec.YardsTDPoints
J.K. Dobbins193.6919.65.8129.62191.3171.32
Gus Edwards125.7584.53.468.259.30.491.64
Justice Hill20.794.20.479.365.50.325.24
Patrick Ricard6.516.30.210.473.70.920.8
Keaton Mitchell19.485.40.474.534.80.218.29

J.K. Dobbins: Dobbins has averaged a phenomenal 5.9 yards per carry, but he has played a total of 23 games through three seasons. (On a positive note, he's an extra year removed from a torn ACL that forced him to miss the entire 2021 season.) While Lamar Jackson's elite rushing threat can put tremendous strain on opposing defenses, the flip side is fewer targets and checkdowns to running backs as Dobbins has averaged only 1.39 targets and 1.09 receptions per game over his career.

Gus Edwards: The Ravens won't be as run-heavy as they have historically been, but Edwards has averaged 5.2 yards per carry on his 501 carries since entering the league in 2018. Especially if Dobbins were to miss any time, Edwards would have quite a bit of upside and immediately become an RB2.

WIDE RECEIVERS

PlayerRec.YardsTDRushYardsTDPoints
Odell Beckham50.8656.94.53.6180.14120.73
Zay Flowers51.3634.44.42.8140.11117.55
Rashod Bateman48.26164000109.7
Nelson Agholor16.4208.71.500038.07
Devin Duvernay7.885.90.65.236.40.2621.29
James Proche2.526.60.20005.11

Odell Beckham: Beckham Jr. started his career with three consecutive seasons of at least 90/1,300/10 and 1,000-plus yards in five of his first six seasons. That said, OBJ has a total of 856 receiving yards over the past three years, which includes none in 2022 as he recovered from his knee injury. Even if he leads Baltimore's receivers in fantasy production, the range between the team's WR1 and WR3 could be very narrow, as I project.

Zay Flowers: Flowers was ultra-productive for the Boston College Eagles despite poor quarterback play and opposing defenses knowing he was "the" guy. He gives the offense a shot in the arm, although there may not be enough targets to go around for him (or any of the top wide receivers) to make a consistent weekly fantasy impact this year if all of the team's top weapons are healthy.

Rashod Bateman: Bateman has appeared in 18 (of 34 possible) career games, and he has posted a receiving line so far of 61/800/3. If he scored the fantasy equivalent of that line last season, he would have finished as fantasy's WR43 in half-PPR scoring. Add in more competition (Beckham and Flowers) and the likelihood of a Bateman breakout in 2023 is relatively low. In fact, I prefer Beckham and Flowers over Bateman.

TIGHT ENDS

PlayerRec.YardsTDRushYardsTDPoints
Mark Andrews83.7951.67.52.18.40.06183.21
Isaiah Likely33.3368.42.900070.89
Charlie Kolar7.892.10.700017.31

Mark Andrews: Andrews missed a couple of games in 2022, and his year-over-year production declined to 73/847/5. Even so, Andrews scored the fourth-most half-PPR fantasy points (third on a PPG basis). The additions at wide receiver creates greater competition for targets, but he remains the clear top fantasy option in Baltimore's passing game.

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