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May 12, 2024 · By Evan Bruner. Published May 12, 2024. Offensive linemen often go underappreciated, but we've given these legendary tackles their just due. RVR Photos-USA TODAY Sports. Highlights. Anthony Munoz...
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NFL Media senior analyst and personnel guru Gil Brandt ranks the best offensive tackles in NFL history. Take a look at how they stack up. Gil Brandt. 1 / 22. 22. Art Shell. Oakland/Los...
Feb 24, 2016 · Feb 24, 2016. A cautionary tale for what used to be far more of a sure thing: picking an offensive tackle high in the NFL draft. Look at this list of tackles picked in the top 10 of NFL...
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Football games are won in the trenches, and the offensive tackles are the most important players on the offensive line because they protect the quarterback. Here is a list of the best...
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- Trent Williams, San Francisco 49ers. It takes a lot to get to the NFC Championship game with your third quarterback as the 49ers did last season with Brock “Mr.
- Lane Johnson, Philadelphia Eagles. Were it not for Trent Williams (justifiably) bogarting the top of everybody’s tackle lists over the last couple of seasons, Johnson might actually get his due as perhaps the finest right tackle of his era, and maybe one of the best at that position… well, ever.
- Terron Armstead, Miami Dolphins. Armstead benefited from one of the most amazing scouting combine performances in recent memory — after he ran a 4.79-second 40-yard dash with a 1.64-second 10-yard split at the 2013 event, it didn’t matter that he was from a smaller school (Arkansas-Pine Bluff), and the Saints took him in the third round of the 2013 draft.
- Laremy Tunsil, Houston Texans. Not much about the Texans’ 2022 offense was remarkable — the team finished 30th in DVOA, 30th in Weighted DVOA, 29th in passing DVOA, and dead last in rushing DVOA.
1. Ray Lewis (1,568), 2. London Fletcher (1,384), 3. Derrick Brooks (1,300), 4. Donnie Edwards (1,135), 5. Zach Thomas (1,107),
2 days ago · Tunsil remains one of the best pass-blocking offensive tackles in the entire league. His 84.9 pass-blocking grade ranked fourth at the position in 2023. Tunsil has earned a 91.6 pass-blocking grade since joining the Texans in 2019, second among 67 qualifying offensive tackles in that span.
