The Baltimore Ravens have fielded productive offenses for years. Derrick Henry’s rushing dominance and Lamar Jackson’s dual-threat ability made them a nightmare on the ground. But through three weeks of the 2026 season, something feels different.

This Ravens offense is the most balanced it has looked in recent memory, and offensive coordinator Declan Doyle deserves a tremendous amount of credit for that transformation. He has had an incredible impact, especially considering he is still just 30 years old.

Doyle has unlocked a new level of balance

On paper, Baltimore’s rushing attack has been elite for a while now. Henry remains a force, and Justice Hill ran the ball well this past week. Jackson continues to be Jackson. None of that is new. What is new is how dangerous this passing game looks alongside the ground attack.

Wide receiver Zay Flowers has been fantastic in two of the first three weeks despite dealing with a nagging injury in Week 2. He has a new cast of characters around him at tight end, too.

Mark Andrews is still in the fold, but rookie Matthew Hibner out of SMU has been a revelation early in his career. The combination of all those pieces has created an offense that doesn’t lean on one dimension the way previous Ravens iterations did.

Doyle is the driving force behind that shift. The scheme appears more balanced than anything Baltimore has deployed during the Henry-Jackson era, and the early returns suggest there is real sustainability to it.

The next great coaching tree

For years, the NFL’s head coaching carousel revolved around the Kyle Shanahan–Sean McVay tree. Every franchise wanted a piece of that offensive lineage. The next wave could very well be the Ben Johnson (Chicago Bears head coach) tree, and Doyle might be the first branch to prove the concept works.

If Doyle continues to develop this offense at the rate he has through three weeks, he will be one of the hottest names in the league when coaching searches heat up. That is a ripple effect worth watching as the season progresses.

Flowers looks faster than ever

Through three weeks, Flowers has looked like a different player. Even in a game where the Ravens ran it 26 times with Henry, and even on a questionable field where Baltimore limited Flowers’ workload with a pitch count, he still finished as the team’s top targeted player. He hauled in five catches on six targets for 84 yards and was the reason the Ravens got into field goal range.

The speed and quickness stand out above everything else. Every route Flowers runs, he looks significantly faster than the linebacker sitting in coverage over the middle of the field trying to track him down.

There is a legitimate argument that Flowers has not looked this explosive since his college days, and that speaks to both his development and the scheme Doyle has built around him. If this version of Flowers is sustainable, he could establish himself as one of the most dangerous receivers in football.

The early intel on this Ravens offense is clear: Declan Doyle is very real as an offensive coordinator, and the balanced attack he has constructed gives Baltimore a ceiling it hasn’t had in years. Baltimore may owe a thank you to Detroit and Chicago, where the Ben Johnson tree has taken roots.