War metaphors when discussing the game of football leave many uneasy. But if there is a phrase that is suitable to what a team undergoes during an NFL calendar year, it is this one: The season is a war of attrition. Players suffer injuries on a weekly basis, and that will test the roster construction of even the best franchises.
What teams are best built to weather such storms? Here are the 11 deepest rosters in the league, along with a few teams that just missed the cut.
1. Baltimore Ravens
Sure, the 2019 season did not end the way the Baltimore Ravens wanted it to. After winning the AFC North, securing the first overall seed in the conference and a first-round bye, the Ravens fell at home to the Tennessee Titans in the Divisional Round. Despite a 14-2 record and the presence of NFL MVP Lamar Jackson on the roster, they were relegated to watching the Super Bowl from their couches, like so many of us.
However, they remain an extremely deep roster and the moves the organization made this offseason only added to their depth. They addressed needs on both sides of the football, adding to the wide receiver room with Devin Duvernay and James Proche, giving them two solid slot options. They added to the front seven, drafting a pair of linebackers in Patrick Queen and Malik Harrison, and they also added up front, bringing in Calais Campbell and Derek Wolfe in free agency and then Justin Madubuike in the draft. This is an extremely solid, and deep, roster as the Ravens look to avenge their 2019 finish.