Bill Barnwell over at ESPN performed his annual summer tradition this week, embarking on the task of ranking all 32 NFL teams’ skill position groups — that being the wide receivers, running backs and tight ends on each roster. He seemed rather bullish on Atlanta’s unit, ranking Arthur Smith’s playmakers as the 10th best unit in the league.
Before giving those exact rankings, Barnwell explained his reasoning in the introduction of the article:
I’m trying to separate out a team’s playmakers — its running backs, wide receivers and tight ends exclusively — to estimate how they would perform outside of their current offense.