### **ESPN Pundits Rank Ravens Offense No. 1, Praise Todd Monken**
The Ravens had one of the most explosive and efficient offenses in the league last season, finishing first in yards and third in points. ESPN's Mina Kimes and Ben Solak expect the unit to pick up where it left off.
Kimes and Solak ranked the top 10 offenses for 2025 on "The Mina Kimes Show," and both put the Ravens at No. 1.
Kimes said the pick-your-poison aspect of the Ravens offense is what sets it apart.
"The way defenses have to make impossible decisions against this group as a whole is really captured in the data – the amount of times they face single-high coverage, stacked boxes – and is going to be consistent because Lamar Jackson is still there, Derrick Henry is still there," Kimes said. "I think this is a really good offensive line. I really like these pass-catchers and how they blend together, especially in this offense.
"But it's that math that they make you do that is just going to stay the same. And then on top of the math, they have a quarterback who is just capable of punishing you every time, not only intermittently, but consistently. That's where we got with Lamar Jackson. He is deadly accurate now, he does not throw interceptions, he does not take sacks."
Kimes added that Offensive Coordinator Todd Monken is another reason why she has the Ravens as the No. 1 offense.
"Todd Monken was incredible last year," Kimes said. "The offense is evolving. It is not what it was one year ago \[or\] two years ago. I feel like I suddenly have a strong degree of confidence in Todd Monken playing at a level commensurate with what he has to work with."
Solak also praised Monken for making the most of the incredible talent he has to work with.
"I think a lot of lesser offensive coordinators would struggle with trying to juggle just how many guys there are on this team you want to use and the specific ways in which you want to use them," Solak said. "These aren't plug-and-chug players. If you watch the Ravens offense and then you watch other good offenses, the Ravens will run concepts a little bit deeper because they know that Lamar can extend the play for a little bit longer. They'll run traps and whams out of pistol the way that other teams don't because they want Derrick Henry to be going vertically, they don't want him to be on those zone tracks.
"It's just little stuff where I understand exactly who I have as my players, and I'm not going to do nonsense that doesn't maximize them. There's no fat. It's a very trim offense despite that there are so many mouths to feed. That's a hard needle to thread."