Francois Boulianne
Practice Squad
...So basically what some here already wrote. This is pretty much confirms that Roman's scheme isn't primarily designed to be WR friendly.
Yes we need to acknowledge that. An just to illustrate the points lots of you are making about explosive plays early in games, just a quote from an article from last year. Losing Hurst without providing for a decent replacement and then losing Boyle is a killer for Roman's scheme (losing Yanda and Stanley is another story in and by itself):
The question is: How GR can reinvent his scheme that late in the season now that he can only rely on Andrews...
"Andrews, Hurst and Boyle have the talent to succeed in any offense, but in the attack designed by Offensive Coordinator Greg Roman, the tight ends have become more lethal.
Roman loves using tight ends to create mismatches. The first play of Sunday's game in Cincinnati was a perfect example. All three tight ends were in the formation – Boyle to the right, Andrews to the left and Hurst in motion from left to right.
A three tight-end look is often used by teams to provide extra blocking on a running play, or to make it easier for quarterbacks to find an intermediate passing target. However, instead of running or throwing to a tight end on the game's first play, the Ravens helped create a decoy with the three tight-end look and went deep. Bengals safety Jessie Bates III dropped down to cover Andrews and the Bengals were burned. Lamar Jackson connected with wide receiver Marquise Brown for a 49-yard completion that started the rout over Cincinnati with a bang"
https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/ravens-tight-end-trio-is-special-on-and-off-the-field