The Ravens are sending kicker Justin Tucker and long snapper Morgan Cox to the Pro Bowl, indicative of a place-kicking operation that remains perhaps the best in the NFL. Overall, though, Ravens special teams left much to be desired in 2019 according to the annual ratings compiled by veteran NFL writer Rick Gosselin.
The Gosselin special teams rankings, widely regarded as the best evaluation of overall special teams play, ranks all 32 teams in 22 special-teams categories including such things as kick and punt returns, kick and punt coverage, takeaways, blocked kicks and penalties. The teams are then assigned points for each category, with 1 point for the best and 32 points for the worst.
The Ravens ranked 27th overall, a sharp departure for an organization that had ranked in the top six in the previous seven seasons. No other team had even been in the top 10 in each of those seasons. The Ravens finished first in the Gosselin rankings in 2015 and second in 2012. They were sixth last year.
