Two AFC North rivals are buried in a ranking of NFL's worst QB rooms

The quarterback position is the most important in football. Honestly, you could make a compelling argument that no position in professional sports carries more weight. Great teams can survive flaws elsewhere. Weak offensive lines can be patched. Defensive issues can be schemed around. Special teams can occasionally be masked. Quarterback uncertainty, however, tends to expose everything.

That's why the Baltimore Ravens should feel awfully good about where they stand right now. While much of the AFC North wrestles with uncertainty, desperation, or outright quarterback chaos, Baltimore continues enjoying the luxury of employing Lamar Jackson.

He ranks among the best quarterbacks in football, while also maintaining competent insurance behind him if disaster strikes. You'll find no argument there. That advantage feels even larger after CBS Sports recently ranked the NFL’s worst quarterback rooms entering the 2026 season.

Two Ravens potentially face nightmare scenarios at quarterback

Garrett Podell’s rankings featured two AFC North rivals inside the top three. The Cleveland Browns claimed the top spot, which honestly feels less like analysis and more like a straightforward public service announcement. Cleveland’s quarterback room currently resembles football-themed reality television.

Deshaun Watson remains an expensive uncertainty recovering from multiple Achilles injuries. Shedeur Sanders remains wildly polarizing but unproven as a starter. Dillon Gabriel has yet to prove much. may be the most athletic of the bunch, but some observers already seem more interested in imagining him at wide receiver. That's not ideal. The may seem like a worse collection in theory, but they land third on this list.