Let’s look at a simple graph today. The X-Axis shows the salary cap dollars each team spent on its offense in 2019, per Over The Cap. The Y-Axis shows how good each offense was in 2019, based on PFR’s Expected Points Added model.

The Packers spent the most money on offense this season, at $111M salary cap dollars. Green Bay finished 10th in EPA.

The Ravens led the way in EPA and did so despite spending just $53M on offense. Quarterback Lamar Jackson has a cap hit of just $2.2M, while G Marshal Yanda ($9.125M) is the team’s most expensive offensive player. In fact, only three offensive players on Baltimore have a cap hit of over five million: Yanda, LT Ronnie Stanley ($6.5M) and WR Willie Snead ($5.6M). Although it’s probably worth noting that Joe Flacco has a dead cap hit of $16.0M in 2019, but dead money is not included in the graph below.

The final 8 teams are in red circles:

The Ravens offensive production here is truly remarkable given the small amount of salary cap dollars the team has spent (ignoring Flacco, of course). Baltimore has drafted really well, but it also really helps when you have the best player in the NFL for almost nothing.