As has become clearer and clearer year after year, offense is king in the modern NFL. In recent seasons, nothing has been more determinative in team succe s in a given season than how your offense held up over the course of the year. Who is your quarterback? Who is protecting him? Who does he throw to? Who does he have next to him in the backfield? Who's scheming those players open? Are there injury or depth i sues at any or all of those positions? All the pieces matter. The degree to which they matter varies greatly, of course, but each plays a role in making an offense hum at peak efficiency. Welcome to our . A few important notes before we begin: We used a weighted grading system where each team was given a 1-5 ranking (1 = terrible, 3 = average, 5 = elite) in the following areas: Quarterback, Play-Caller (head coach or offensive coordinator), Offensive Line, Pa s-Catchers (WR/ Darnell Savage Jersey TE), and Running Backs.Those scores were then weighted so that the quarterback was the most important component of the offense, followed by play-caller, offensive line, and pa s-catchers, and then finally running backs, so that the weights reflected as closely as po sible the reality of the way modern offenses work.In the event that teams ended up with the same weighted score, the first tiebreaker was the quarterback ranking. The second tiebreaker was the combined rankings of the play-caller and offensive line.These are not rankings of how we expect these offenses to perform during the 2022 season. They're an attempt to capture which offenses are best positioned for succe s based on the quality of their quarterback and the talent the organization has chosen to surround him. There is, of course, the po sibility that players elevate their games (like did in 2021) or transcend their supporting cast (as did almost every year before last season), or that a quarterback's subpar performance undermines an otherwise strong offensive unit (like in 2021).Just as I did the past two years, I compiled an initial draft of these rankings, which I then ran by the rest of the writers, editors, and podcasters on the CBSSports.com NFL staff. I incorporated their feedback to create the version of the rankings you'll see below. The commentary in each section is mine.Got all that? OK, great. Here we go... Team QB PC OL Yosh Nijman Jersey WR/TE RB Total Weighted Non-QB 32. 2.5 3 2 1 4 12 2.30 2.20 31. 2 4 2 2 2.5 12.5 2.43 2.65 So, yeah. The Bears offense is going to be rough. Chicago's new front-office regime was left with precious little resources to put a strong foundation around , and ended up using most of those resources on the defensive side of the ball anyway. The Bears did not have much in the way of free-agent capital, and did not have a first-round pick. They let one of their best offensive linemen leave in free agency, and saw leave as well. Now, they' David Bakhtiari Jersey re left with one of the NFL's worst offensive lines, its weakest pa s-catching corps, and not much else. We at least know that Texans offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton has a track record of putting players in position to succeed, but Houston is still severely lacking in the talent department. Team QB PC OL WR/TE RB Total Weighted Non-QB 30. 2 2 3 3 4.5 14.5 2.57 2.85 29. 2 3 2.5 4 3 14.5 2.77 3.15 28. 2.5 4 3 2 2.5 14 2.80 2.95 27. 2 3 3 4 4 16 2.93 3.40 We expect each of these teams to have below-average (or worse) quarterback play, and they're all saddled with some combination of below-average units along the offensive line or the pa s-catching corps, or (in the case of the Panthers) a below-average play-caller. We also don't really know who will be under center for any of these squads. The Panthers could stick with , turn to , or trade for someone like Baker Mayfield or . The Seahawks could go with or , or make a trade. The Steelers seem likely to at least begin the season with at the helm, but could eventually turn to first-round pick . figures to get the first shot in Atlanta, but could work his way into the lineup. None of these teams nece sarily has an elite unit at any spot, since we can no longer count on to stay healthy and play damn near every snap.Team QB PC OL WR/TE RB Total Weighted Non-QB 26. 2.5 3.5 3 3.5 3.5 16 3.07 3.35 Isaiah McDuffie Jersey 25. 2.5 3 4 3 4 16.5 3.10 3.40 24. 3 3 3.5 3 3.5 16 3.13 3.20 23. 2.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 16.5 3.17 3.50 22. 2.5 4.5 3 3.5 3 16.5 3.23 3.60 21. 3 4 3 3 3.5 16.5 3.23 3.35 20. 3.5 3.5 3.5 2.5 4.5 17.5 3.37 3.30 Let's call this group "not bad, but also maybe not that good." There are some intriguing units in here, like the Jets' offensive line and pa s-catchers; the Lions' offensive line and running backs; the Giants' pa s-catchers; and obviously, the Titans' running backs. But there are just too many question marks, especially at quarterback, to consider any of these teams likely to rank among the top half of the league in offensive efficiency, explosive play-making, scoring, or yardage.Team QB PC OL WR/TE RB Total Weighted Non-QB 19. 3 3.5 3.5 4.5 317.53.503.7518. 3.533.54.5 519.53.70 3.80 17. 3.5 4.53.5 35 19.53.70 3.8016. 344.5 3.54.519.53.704.0515. 43.53.5 43.518.53.773.65 14. 2.5 54 4.54203.804. Chauncey Rivers Jersey 45 13. 4.5 44 33.5193.933.6512. 44.534.53.519.53.97 3.9511. 4.5344419.53.97 3.70We can consider this tier the "above-average, but not quite great" group. With one exception, they all have quarterbacks who are somewhere between pretty good and very good. They all have above-average or better offensive lines, play-callers, and pa s-catchers. None of them has a hole at running back. But these teams also don't nece sarily have elite units, with the exception of the Colts ( ), Vikings ( and ), and 49ers (Kyle Shanahan).If can maintain last year's volume but become more efficient, and remains the same explosive threat he was in Kansas City, the Dolphins can get there. If staves off age-related aggre sion and a third pa s-cat