The Eagles will hope that 2021 brings some more stability, giving whoever is back at quarterback for the offense a few more clean pockets to work from. RG Greg Van Roten | 67.5 That position has held back an offensive line that does have several really strong pieces despite the Saints efforts to address the interior this offseason. The No. 1 heading into 2022. With one year in the books, the Giants cant be feeling good about their decision to take Andrew Thomas as the first tackle off the board in last years draft, given the season he had compared to the tackles selected after him. If he takes another jump next season, this could be an elite offensive line. Those improvements paled in comparison to Rob Havensteins jump from a 50.9 PFF grade in 2019 to 80.0 heading into this years postseason. There may not be a single below-average starter along the Eagles' offensive line. Darrisaw finished with a 71.8 PFF grade after allowing 22 pressures in 11 games. They allowed pressure in 2.5 seconds or less on 28% of their dropbacks the worst rate in the NFL. PFF's exclusive metrics provide matchup previews, position rankings, grades, and snap counts. The five players who appeared in the fewest games earned the worst five PFF grades of the 10 linemen Buffalo used over the season, but three of those five played at least 440 snaps and were major contributors. Zack Martin was again one of the best linemen in the game, and the unit's weakest link center Tyler Biadasz critically improved his performances and was solid overall. Quenton Nelson is one of the best offensive linemen in all of football when healthy, but he earned a 69.7 overall PFF grade this year and a 62.0 pass-blocking mark. He's a high-floor, Day 1 starter who will improve their offensive line, regardless of where he ends up slotting in. C Lloyd Cushenberry III | 64.0 Hes not a guard, though, and should always have been Las Vegas' right tackle. Carter played 392 snaps in 2022 and earned a 92.3 PFF grade that led all Power Five interior defenders. The Cowboys will be hoping to stay healthy both along the offensive line and at quarterback in 2021 to realize the offensive potential that everyone expected them to run with this season. Nelsons 90.6 PFF grade over the first three seasons of his career ranks first among all guards since 2018, and it is neck and neck with the grade Zack Martin produced over the first three seasons of his career in Dallas (90.8). RT Rob Havenstein | 81.7. In particular, rookie right tackle Tristan Wirfshas played at an All-Pro level in his first season in the NFL, which is a real rarity for rookie offensive linemen. LG Jon Runyan | 65.0 Philadelphia Eagles (No Change from Week 14) Projected Week 15 Starters: LT Jordan Mailata Jordan Mailata became one of the games best linemen this season, enough to make PFFs All-Pro second team. The only question mark when fully healthy is Nick Harris, who has played only 211 snaps in his career while backing up current free agent J.C. Tretter. RT Tristan Wirfs | 85.0. Monson explains that. LT Eric Fisher | 68.6 LT Donovan Smith | 83.3 He was the most valuable Power Five interior defensive lineman this past season and led that same group with 59 pressures. LT Jason Peters | 77.9 It may not be sexy, but its been the cornerstone of countless championship NFL teams over the years. Rookie, Seattles offensive line just cant find a way to get out of its rut, and if anything is going to convince quarterback, Any analysis of the Steelers' offensive line needs to come with the context that, Things werent just bad on the offensive line for the Giants (left tackle Andrew Thomas had more receiving touchdowns than. The group gave up 28 sacks this season, which ranked 27th in the league, but it allowed only 165 total pressures (including those sacks), which ranked 15th. A good example of that is right tackle Daryl Williams, who earned a 79.4 grade for Buffalo this season. His replacement, Mike Remmers,has fared admirably in pass protection in his stead. Offensive line coach Bill Callahan deserves a lot of credit for the job he has done with this group this season. In 2020, Patriots running backs picked up at least two yards before contact on 51% of their carries, the third-highest rate in the league. Eagles go wire to wire in offensive line rankings: After ranking No. In particular, Humphries justified the big extension the Cardinals gave him this offseason with an 88.3 overall grade that paired the improvement he showed in pass protection in 2019 with the stronger run blocking that he showcased earlier in his career. PFF has him as their 58th best prospect and second-best guard. Andrew Whitworth now 40 years old was arguably the best pass-blocking left tackle in the NFL this season. LG Dalton Risner | 68.4 Cann made the cut. Dallas struggled to replace Smith and Collins at the tackle position, in particular. That resurgence was driven by the return of some of its best players who have missed time with injuries or seen their play fall off because of them. LT Cam Erving | 56.0 Carolina Panthers 26. C Garrett Bradbury | 60.2 RT Brandon Shell | 67.6. Few lines were as good in the run game, with Wyatt Teller backing up his breakout season last year with an 84.4 overall PFF grade this year and an 87.7 mark as a run-blocker. Right tackle Lane Johnson and center Jason Kelce are arguably the two best players at their positions in the NFL, while Jordan Mailata is a top-10 offensive tackle. The answer, though, could also be Trey Pipkins, who looked much improved at the end of 2021 after enduring multiple rough starts in his first two NFL seasons. Fast forward to 2020 and Lindstrom is the highest-graded offensive lineman in Atlanta with a 77.1 overall grade (fifth at right guard) and more offensive snaps than any other player at the position. Conklin ended the 2020 season as the highest-graded right tackle in the league at 84.3 overall, and he was the only right tackle in the NFL to allow a pressure rate below 3.0% on 250 or more pass-blocking snaps (2.9%). RG Royce Newman | 56.1 LG Michael Jordan | 50.8 He'll get trial by fire in this regard next season, as few teams drafting early have great a offensive line. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. 1 heading into 2022. He allowed 16 pressures across 15 games while protecting. LG Ike Boettger | 59.8 He joined Trent Williams as one of two left tackles to post a run-blocking grade above 90.0 this season (90.9). Cleveland ranked No. Those were the veterans who were supposed to raise the floor of what was otherwise a bad unit coming into the year, which made the lack of production from those two players hurt all the more. Much of that, though, comes down to the development of the team's 2021 first-round pick, Christian Darrisaw. RT Cornelius Lucas | 75.1. Stanley allowed 16 total pressures and one sack across 298 pass-blocking snaps during the regular season. LT Geron Christian Sr. | 59.5 Hed never earned a pass-protecting grade lower than 78.0 in any season of his career prior, but he posted only a 70.2 mark in that regard last season. RT Yosh Nijman, LT Orlando Brown Jr. Brown remains the leader of that group up front at 35 years old, fresh off his highest PFF grade (87.3) since 2011. LT Taylor Lewan | 71.4 Week-by-week during the regular season, PFF ranked each NFL team's offensive lines, head-to-head. LT Yosh Nijman | 63.8 Raiders finish in top 10 despite tough start: Las Vegas placed No. Terron Armstead at left tackle and Ryan Ramczyk at right tackle are both forces in the run game as well as in pass protection. From Thursday to Saturday, 259 prospects will hear their names called as the NFL welcomes its newest influx of new stars. RT Spencer Brown | 62.5. Denver Broncos 24. RG Nate Davis | 69.1 Skoronski is coming off three consecutive seasons with at least 600 offensive snaps and a PFF grade of 80.0 at Northwestern. To be fair, the Dolphins were improved along the offensive line this season, but they set the bar so low in 2019 that this was still one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL. That shows in the pressure numbers allowed for both players since Ramczyk entered the league in 2017. RG Halapoulivaati Vaitai | 67.1 Garett Bolles was rated as the 40th-best offensive lineman by PFF, the highest among any Bronco. Clevelands starting five forms one of the best offensive lines in the game. C Trey Hopkins | 51.4 Instead of Houston flip-flopping Tytus Howard all over the offensive line, he could really stand to stick at right tackle. 1, followed by Indianapolis, New England, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, Dallas, Kansas City, Los Angeles (Rams) and San Francisco. Williams allowed 16 pressures from 508 pass-blocking snaps, but it was his performance in the run game that was the stuff of legend, forming its own highlight reel of pancake blocks. C Matt Paradis | 66.9 Shaq Mason at right guard was back to being one of the best run-blocking players in the league, allowing 15 pressures in 15 games. All things considered, a middle-of-the-pack finish given that upheaval is not the worst of outcomes, and its an offensive line and offense that seems to be finding their rhythm heading into the postseason. RG Jack Driscoll | 70.4 Those injuries all came after they lost projected starting left tackle Andre Dillard and right guard Brandon Brooks to injury before the season began. LG Alijah Vera-Tucker | 67.2 Unfortunately for the Packers, Jenkins may have to be called on once again to play out of position at left tackle for the injured David Bakhtiari in the postseason. 31 in these rankings in Week 2 but made it to No. It was difficult to be 100% certain about what Trent Williams would look like after the injuries and time off, but he quickly made it clear that this was still the same guy who was perennially in the conversation for being the best left tackle in the NFL. The unit did this despite being well protected by a quarterback getting rid of the ball quickly and by the team running the third-most RPOs in the league. LT Garett Bolles | 76.6 Cincinnatis defensive front caused some issues for the Ravens in Week 18. Geron Christian won the job and started there for six games before being placed on injured reserve with a knee injury. The important footnote there is that Roethlisberger is also getting rid of the football quicker than any quarterback weve charted since 2012 (2.17 seconds on average). 1 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft took 32 sacks (t-2nd most) and 42 quarterback hits (t-5th most) over the first 11 weeks of the season. Left guard Jonah Jackson improved his PFF grade from 57.0 as a rookie to 70.0 in Year 2. Brandon Knight and Terence Steele especially struggled to hold up, as both allowed pressure rates north of 7% for the season. They spent draft picks on Austin Jackson in the first round, Robert Hunt in the second round and Solomon Kindley in the fourth round all of whom played at least 700 offensive snaps this season. The Jets' offensive line overhaul has been a long-term process, but its starting to come together well even if its being undermined a little by the tendency of their rookie quarterback to hold the ball too long and work his way into trouble. All premium content with the best insights + analysis in the game, NFL Draft Guide, Big Board + Mock Draft Sim, Fantasy Draft Kit and Nathan Jahnke's award winning rankings, Bet smarter with PFF player mismatches and expert betting insights, NFL and CFB player grades and premium stats, Unlock all PFF data trusted by all 32 NFL teams. RG Shaq Mason | 86.3 Buffalo Bills drop latest Pro Football Focus offensive line rankings Schedule Teams AFC East Dolphins Jets Patriots AFC North Bengals Browns Ravens Steelers AFC South Colts Jaguars Texans Titans. Those two holes hurt the Raiders significantly in 2020. The Bengals' offensive line is vastly improved from a season ago, but the last few weeks of the regular season showed how fragile that is and how quickly it can become a problem if injuries arise. Trai Turner had a better individual grade in both categories (84.5 for pass, 67.4 for run). Frank Ragnow, the unit's best player, played just four games before going down injured. He earned an 87.3 pass-blocking grade after getting cut by the Bears in the offseason. A big-money move for Joe Thuney in free agency paid dividends, and Orlando Brown Jr. proved he can be as good on the left side as he was at right tackle. LG Laken Tomlinson | 76.0 James expected return in 2021, along with some improvement from young players like Cushenberry and Dalton Risner on the interior, should lead to a better effort from the line next season. LT Jake Matthews | 71.4 Rookie center Lloyd Cushenberry got off on the wrong foot with 15 pressures allowed in his first four NFL games and ended the year as PFFs lowest-graded center among qualifiers. All five starters earned overall PFF grades of at least 70.8, and they were almost completely spared any missed time due to injury. Rookie Christian Darrisaw looks like a major addition to the line that will pay dividends going forward, the first Minnesota has had since it drafted Brian ONeill on the other side of the line. LG Ali Marpet | 84.0 Green Bays offensive has had its best players picked off throughout the season. This marks the third consecutive full season of disappointing play from Robinson, but the bigger letdown for the Jaguars had to have been what they got out of Taylor in his second season out of Florida. Once again, it was the interior of the offensive line where most of the issues popped up. If Samuel Cosmi can build upon his 74.9 overall grade as a rookie, Washington will have itself a solid tackle duo. 17: CB Christian Gonzalez, New England Patriots RT Lael Collins | 84.0. Garett Bolles ascent to grading out as one of the best tackles in the NFL came as one of the bigger surprises when looking at offensive line play this season. Pipkins allowed only three pressures over 76 pass-blocking snaps in his two starts. RT Nate Solder | 60.2. LT Alejandro Villanueva | 65.1 Noteboom allowed only five pressures on 142 pass-blocking snaps last season. If he takes a similar leap forward, the Cowboys could join Tier 1. Thats what weve seen from the Chiefs this season, with right tackle Mitchell Schwartz missing every game since Week 6 with a back injury. RT Charlie Heck | 56.0. The clear choice for the best player along their line this season is right tackle Taylor Moton, who enters the offseason as an unrestricted free agent along with the majority of the Panthers starters on the line. RT Patrick Mekari | 66.1. The Titans ran more outside zone (45%) than any team other than the Bears, but many of their better runs of the season came in duo. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports RT Taylor Moton | 77.8. Its no coincidence that the last time we saw Lamar Jackson playing at an elite level was with Ronnie Stanley healthy. Landover, Maryland, USA; Dallas Cowboys guard Zack Martin (70) and center Tyler Biadasz (63) and guard Connor McGovern (66) and quarterback Dak Prescott (4) at the line of scrimmage against the Washington Football Team during the first half at FedExField. Motons 76.3 run-blocking grade in 2020 was nearly 10 points higher than his previous career-high mark of 67.4 in 2019. Rookie Jalen Mayfield allowed 11 sacks and 57 pressures from his left guard spot. Jonah Williams was the only member of Cincinnatis offensive line to record a pass-blocking grade of 70.0 or higher (75.8) in a group that was hampered not only by a lack of talent but also by injuries. Overall, however, it was a disappointing season for the offensive line in New York. Health and development are both going to be massive for this Packers offensive line. The tackle position was the biggest concern for the Titans this season, with off-the-field troubles putting a sizable blemish on the rookie season of first-round pick Isaiah Wilson and an injury to Taylor Lewan compounding the loss of Jack Conklin on the other side in free agency. This was a relatively down year for the Colts offensive line, given some late-season injuries at the tackle position and middling performances from several players on the interior, but the fact that they remain at No. With multiple other offensive line positions in flux, having the left side solidified would go a long way for Tennessee. RT Andrew Wylie. He was 53rd among tackles last year for Green Bay, but his familiarity with the coaching staff should boost the group overall. Hunt did provide some optimism late in the year at right tackle, though, as his 76.4 PFF grade from Week 12 through the end of the season ranked fifth out of 37 qualifying right tackles. Lane Johnson at right tackle did not surrender a sack in 13 games, and 34-year-old Jason Kelce at center just somehow continues to run block like no other. The Chargers overhauled their offensive line in the offseason, and it has been a roaring success. Despite those injuries, the Packers' line continues to be fine. Chris Lindstrom was a borderline All-Pro at right guard, but three-fifths of the starting line earned pass-blocking grades of 53.3 or lower. RT Ryan Ramczyk | 84.7. The only starting offensive lineman with a run-blocking grade north of 60.0 is Alejandro Villanueva at 60.9, and that shows in their rushing success on the year. Its something that the Chiefs will gladly live with because of the plays that Mahomes can make and the way he avoids negative plays, but its something to keep in mind when evaluating the offensive line. By PFF.com Apr 28, 2023 Landing the No. Calvin Throckmorton played 938 snaps and earned a 43.4 PFF grade at guard, and, Despite the success of their running backs, the Broncos' run blocking actually wasn't as strong. Offensive Line Rankings 2-11 The Jaguars will be banking on Jawaan Taylor playing better than he did in his first three NFL seasons, as hes yet to surpass a 63.7 overall grade. In other words, the offensive line is once again a need for the Chargers. There were shuffling pieces along the line this season, but the play from both Ragnow and left tackle Taylor Decker (82.0 PFF grade) fresh off a contract extension this offseason helped stabilize the group. Seven different players made up almost all of the snaps for the Packers on the line this season. The tackle position remains one that Jacksonville needs to address this offseason, with both Cam Robinson and Jawaan Taylor earning overall grades below 62.0 in 2020. LT Jedrick Wills Jr. | 65.9 Andrew Whitworth now 40 years old was arguably the best pass-blocking left tackle in the NFL this season. Additionally, Miami brought in players such as Ereck Flowers and Ted Karras in free agency in an attempt to sure up the interior. Theres enough talent elsewhere for New Orleans to work around it, but Penning making the leap from FCS to the NFL isnt going to be a walk in the park. Roullier recently got his long-term extension to stay in Washington, and Scherff will be looking for the same this offseason. RG Trey Smith Theyll need to make enormous improvements for this to be an even average tackle duo. They ranked 19th in yards before contact per carry as a team (1.2), and, There were games this season in which the Chicago offensive line couldnt block anybody, but overall it wasnt as bad as those low moments. C J.C. Tretter | 79.4 The player to keep an eye on is former second-round guard Aaron Banks, who played just five snaps as a rookie in 2021. LT George Fant | 71.1 Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports. The Raiders can easily outplay this ranking, but it all comes down to Alex Leatherwoods development. C Ryan Jensen | 70.8 David Bakhtiari arguably the top pass-blocking left tackle in the game only returned for a cameo performance in Week 18, while Elgton Jenkins went down for the season after eight games. Elijah Wilkinson produced just a 52.4 grade at the right tackle position in the second consecutive season that the Broncos missed right tackle JaWuan James, as well. Young QB Trent Williams, San Francisco 49ers. Starting a rookie at left tackle is a position no franchise wants to be in. The biggest contributors were at least average with the exception of Sam Mustipher, whose 51.8 PFF grade was the lowest of the starters. The Bucs pulled off the fleecing of the offseason in retooling what could have been a depleted interior offensive line.
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