Rating the depth of the offensive lines (1 Viewer)

[chris1969]

I fully expect to make a lot of revisions of this list, but you have to start somewhere. Please give me your feedback.

Team	Bkup1	Bkup2	Bkup3	

The Elite

Chicago Bears	John St Clair	Terrence Metcalf	Josh Beekman	1
Philadelphia Eagles	Winston Justice	Max Jean-Gilles	Scott Young	2
Cleveland Browns	Seth McKinney	Kelly Butler	Lennie Friedman	3
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Arron Sears	Jeb Terry	Chris Denman	4
Arizona Cardinals	Nick Leckey	Oliver Ross	Milford Brown	5
New England Patriots	Ryan O'Callaghan	Wesley Britt	Ross Hochstein	6

Above Average

San Diego Chargers	Roman Oben	Scott Mruczkowski	Cory Withrow	7
San Francisco 49ers	Adam Snyder	Joe Staley	Tony Wragge	8
Cincinnati Bengals	Alex Stepanovich	Stacy Andrews	Scott Kooistra	9
Baltimore Ravens	Ben Grubbs	Chris Chester	Marshal Yanda	10
Green Bay Packers	Tony Moll	Allen Barbre	Josh Bourke	11
Pittsburgh Steelers	Chris Kemoeatu	Willie Colon	Trai Essex	12
Seattle Seahawks	Floyd Womack	Ray Willis	Mansfield Wrotto	13
Atlanta Falcons	Doug Datish	Tyson Clabo	Quinn Ojinnaka	14


Average

St Louis Rams	Andy McCollum	Todd Steussie	Claude Terrell	15
Denver Broncos	Ryan Harris	Chris Myers	Montrae Holland	16
New York Jets	Wade Smith	Adrian Jones	Jacob Bender	17
Jacksonville Jaguars	Maurice Williams	Dennis Norman	Stockar McDougle	18
New York Giants	Grey Ruegamer	Guy Whimper	Jay Alford	19
Buffalo Bills	Jason Whittle	Terrance Pennington	Brad Butler	20
Indianapolis Colts	Charlie Johnson	Tony Ugoh	Dylan Gandy	21

Below Average

Tennesee Titans	Leroy Harris	Eugene Amano	Mike Otto	22
Detroit Lions	Barry Stokes	Rex Tucker	Stephen Peterman	23
Washington Redskins	Mike Pucillo	Jason Fabini	Ross Tucker	24
Dallas Cowboys	James Marten	Doug Free	Cory Procter	25
Carolina Panthers	Ryan Kalil	Jeremy Bridges	Geoff Hangartner	26
Houston Texans	Ephraim Salaam	Steve McKinney	Jordan Black	27

Call 911

Miami Dolphins	Samson Satele	Anthony Alabi	Drew Mormino	28
Kansas City Chiefs	Chris Bober	Kevin Sampson	Rudy Niswanger	29
New Orleans Saints	Jonathan Goodwin	Zach Strief	Rob Petitti	30
Minnesota Vikings	Marcus Johnson	Anthony Herrera	Jimmy Martin	31
Oakland Raiders	Cooper Carlisle	Jeremy Newberry	Chad Slaughter	32

 

[numberSE7EN]

How are you defining your 3 backups? Best 3 or best OT backup, best OG backup, best C backup?

For the Denver Broncos: Backup center Greg Eslinger needs to be on the list. Pretty sure he won best OLman of the year over in NFL europe. Also he fits into den's zone blocking system quite well.

 

[chris1969]

How are you defining your 3 backups? Best 3 or best OT backup, best OG backup, best C backup? For the Denver Broncos: Backup center Greg Eslinger needs to be on the list. Pretty sure he won best OLman of the year over in NFL europe. Also he fits into den's zone blocking system quite well.

Best 3 lineman no matter the position. I actually had Harris on the list before instead of Holland, but a homer pointed out how hard the Denver system is to learn for lineman and how first year guys never start.

 

[Afro Samurai]

Wow, you REALLY hate the Saints don't you.

There is no rational reason to continually bash what was one of the 5 best lines in the NFL last year. Seriously man, this is getting very ridiculous.

 

[chris1969]

Wow, you REALLY hate the Saints don't you.There is no rational reason to continually bash what was one of the 5 best lines in the NFL last year. Seriously man, this is getting very ridiculous.

That's just their depth, their line is actually really good, but it would help if listed how you would rank the teams.

 

[TheLastDispatch]

FYI, you have PIT listed twice.

 

[SSOG]

How are you defining your 3 backups? Best 3 or best OT backup, best OG backup, best C backup? For the Denver Broncos: Backup center Greg Eslinger needs to be on the list. Pretty sure he won best OLman of the year over in NFL europe. Also he fits into den's zone blocking system quite well.

Eslinger's Denver's 5th best backup OL. Sure, he was on the All-NFL Europe team, but teams only send their worst players to NFL Europe- the guys who are fighting for a practice squad spot or fighting to be one of the game-day inactives. Generally, even decent backups stay in America and work out with the team. The only reason Eslinger was *IN* NFL Europa was because Denver viewed him as worse than Myers, Kuper, and Harris- their three other young OLs. The glaring omission for Denver wasn't Eslinger, it was Adam Meadows- a guy who has actually been a high-quality starting tackle in the league. He's their #1 backup. He's actually listed as the starter right now, but I think Pears is going to overtake him. Either way, whoever doesn't start between Meadows and Pears is immediately one of the best backup OLs in the league (perhaps the best backup OL, but I have to say that I'm not familiar enough with other teams' backups to say that with any conviction). After that, you've got Montrae Holland, a guy who has been a starter before. You've got Ryan Harris, a first-day draft choice. Then you've got Myers, THEN you've got Eslinger. Either way, Denver's got some of the best depth at the offensive line in the entire league.

 

[Truman]

FYI, you have PIT listed twice.

And ATL unlisted.FTR, I see their key backups as 1. Toni Fonoti 2. Doug Datish 3. Frank OmiyaleSome of the smaller guys from the old regime will probably struggle to adapt to Petrino's bigger power game. I would imagine that Todd McClure in particular is sweating a little.