{"id":141634,"date":"2023-05-21T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=141634"},"modified":"2023-05-20T10:18:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T14:18:09","slug":"top-5-nfl-offenses-2023-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/05\/21\/top-5-nfl-offenses-2023-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Super Bowl-Winning Coach Ranks Top Five NFL Offenses in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/coaches\/MartMi0.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Martz<\/a> is no stranger to great offenses. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/rams\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> of the early 2000s were known as &#8220;The Greatest Show on Turf&#8221; for their record-setting offense. Martz was the offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams in 1999, winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/boxscores\/200001300oti.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Super Bowl 34<\/a>. He then became the head coach of the Rams for five seasons, coaching the team to another Super Bowl appearance in 2002. Martz sat down with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the33rdteam.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 33rd Team<\/a> to rank his top five NFL offenses for the 2023 season.<\/p>\n<h2>The 33rd Team: Top 5 NFL Offenses for the 2023 Season<\/h2>\n<p>Martz had his top five NFL offenses listed as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>San Francisco 49ers<\/li>\n<li>Kansas City Chiefs<\/li>\n<li>Detroit Lions<\/li>\n<li>Philadelphia Eagles<\/li>\n<li>Buffalo Bills<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">who&#39;s missing? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gxq8AUTchw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Gxq8AUTchw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The 33rd Team (@The33rdTeamFB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The33rdTeamFB\/status\/1659303596112986116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The Obvious Top NFL Offenses in 2023<\/h3>\n<p>The two least surprising choices on this list are the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. The teams that finished 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/02\/12\/kansas-city-chiefs-win-super-bowl-57-patrick-mahomes\/\" target=\"_self\">facing off in the Super Bowl<\/a>. Both teams have MVP-caliber quarterbacks and should be on <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/05\/07\/super-bowl-odds-2024-nfl-draft\/\" target=\"_self\">any top-five list<\/a> going into the 2023 season. Surprisingly, neither team&#8217;s offense is ranked in the top two.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs offense did not miss a beat last season, despite trading away four-time First-Team All-Pro wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HillTy00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyreek Hill<\/a>. Their offense ranked first in yards and points. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MahoPa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Mahomes<\/a> also won the MVP and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/02\/12\/kansas-city-chiefs-win-super-bowl-57-patrick-mahomes\/\" target=\"_self\">Super Bowl MVP<\/a> awards. Kansas City&#8217;s offense was the best in the NFL last season and shows no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n<p>To begin 2022, the Philadelphia Eagles were not seen as a Super Bowl-caliber offense. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HurtJa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Hurts<\/a> and the Eagles silenced all the doubters. The Eagles ranked second in yards and points last season. Hurts subsequently finished second in the MVP voting. &#8216;Second&#8217; was the theme for the 2022 Eagles, as they also finished second overall, losing in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/02\/13\/greatest-performances-in-super-bowl-losses-ranked\/\" target=\"_self\">Super Bowl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Martz stated, &#8220;The Philadelphia Eagles are a system team on offense, and that\u2019s okay. They\u2019re a bit like Bill Walsh\u2019s 49ers teams. They do what they do every week, and they do it extremely well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles improved their offense by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/04\/29\/detroit-lions-trade-dandre-swift-to-philadelphia-eagles\/\" target=\"_self\">adding<\/a> running backs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SwifDA00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">D&#8217;Andre Swift<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PennRa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rashaad Penny<\/a>. If the Eagles finish 2023 ranked fourth in offense, like Martz predicts, it would be a disappointment.<\/p>\n<h3>Surprising Offenses on Martz&#8217;s List<\/h3>\n<p>The biggest surprise, by far, is ranking the San Francisco 49ers offense at number one. The 49ers deserve to be on a top-five offense list based on their skill position players alone. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/McCaCh01.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"yKMVIe\" role=\"heading\">Christian McCaffrey<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/K\/KittGe00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">George Kittle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AiyuBr00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Aiyuk<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SamuDe00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deebo Samuel<\/a> are all excellent players.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest question for the 49ers in 2023, however, is at the quarterback position. Unfortunately for San Francisco, quarterback is clearly the most important position in all of sports. It is unknown who will be the 49ers quarterback to begin the season. They will either start underwhelming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LancTr00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trey Lance<\/a> or last year&#8217;s Mr. Irrelevant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PurdBr00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brock Purdy<\/a>. With that considered, it is hard to believe they should be ranked as the top offense for 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The other surprise on the list is the Detroit Lions being ranked at three. The Lions finished 2022 ranked third in yards and fifth in points, so they certainly deserve their flowers. The Lions, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GoffJa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jared Goff<\/a>, at the helm have been electric of late.\u00a0As much praise as Goff deserves, offensive coordinator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/coaches\/JohnBe0.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Johnson<\/a> deserves even more credit. Johnson will be a hot candidate in the next head coaching cycle no doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Martz loves rookie <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/04\/28\/detroit-lions-jahmyr-gibbs-first-round-pick\/\" target=\"_self\">Jahmyr Gibbs<\/a> saying that Gibbs &#8220;is going to help&#8221; the Lions &#8220;immensely&#8221;. The team also added former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/bears\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Bears<\/a> running back <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/03\/14\/david-montgomery-signs-contract-with-detroit-lions\/\" target=\"_self\">David Montgomery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions are not a surprising inclusion, it is only surprising that they ranked ahead of the Eagles, Bills, and Bengals. The Bills ranked fourth in yards and points in 2022 and have MVP candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AlleJo02.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Allen<\/a> at quarterback. The Bengals had a down season in 2022 in terms of yards and points. However, they still have Ja&#8217;Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, and MVP candidate Joe Burrow. The Eagles finished second in offense last season and improved their team in the offseason. The Lions have an exciting offense, but going into the 2023 season third is just too high.<\/p>\n<h3>Who Did Martz Leave Out?<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/bengals\/\" target=\"_self\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> are the obvious team excluded from Martz&#8217;s list of the top NFL offenses entering 2023. The Bengals are coming off their second straight AFC championship appearance, and are bringing their entire offense back. As of now, the Bengals <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/04\/08\/5-players-that-could-replace-joe-mixon\/\" target=\"_self\">still have<\/a> productive running back <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/04\/08\/5-players-that-could-replace-joe-mixon\/\" target=\"_self\">Joe Mixon<\/a> on their roster. They also have two stud wide receivers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/ChasJa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chase<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HiggTe00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Higgins<\/a>. And do not forget about their extraordinary quarterback, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BurrJo01.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burrow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals have a very strong offense however, their weakness has been their offensive line. Last year they added <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CappAl00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Cappa<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CollLa01.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La&#8217;el Collins<\/a>. This year they have added former Chiefs tackle <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/03\/16\/what-the-orlando-brown-jr-signing-means-for-the-cincinnati-bengals\/\" target=\"_self\">Orlando Brown Jr.<\/a> to their ranks. With their exceptional group of skill position players, an improved offensive line, and an outstanding quarterback, there is no reason the Bengals should not be listed as a top NFL offense in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: Joe Rondone\/The Republic \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Super Bowl-Winning Coach Ranks Top Five NFL Offenses in 2023: Martz sat down with The 33rd Team to rank his top five offenses in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4534,"featured_media":141663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,24,16,21,31],"tags":[9585,9212,7811,5865,451,5819,2599,4148,1576,7059],"class_list":["post-141634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bills","category-bengals","category-lions","category-chiefs","category-eagles","category-49ers","tag-ben-johnson","tag-brock-purdy","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-jalen-hurts","tag-jared-goff","tag-joe-burrow","tag-josh-allen","tag-mike-martz","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-trey-lance"],"modified_by":"Curtis Leung","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}