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Top 32 Offensive Line Rankings & Tiers

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0:00know that offensive line play is one of the most important things in football and fantasy football. However, not many of us know a lot about offensive lines.
0:08That's why I did a ton of research for this video with the help of people that know way more than me. Starting off by
0:15finding what the composite grade is for offensive lines coming into this season.
0:21We did this by finding this tweet from Football Insights that compiled offensive line rankings from Mike Clay, Sharp, 444, FTN, USA, and Fantasy
0:31Points. Average them all out. So, we actually have a concise tier list to present you for this next 2026 season.
0:39And I actually took it one step further.
0:42I went over to PFF and I took the run blocking grades and the pass blocking grades of these offensive lines from
0:482025. So, we're not just gonna see what offensive lines are supposed to be the worst and best, but we're also going to
0:55see what offensive lines are supposed to be the most improved and also which ones got worse this off season. Now, starting
1:01off with the S tier, we are going to be led off with the Denver Broncos as well as the Philadelphia Eagles. Now, it's
1:07pretty much consensus that both of these offensive lines are set up with just absolute studs across the board this next season. with both of them, they
1:18really didn't have many changes, right?
1:20In terms of the five starting offensive linemen that they had going into last season versus this one, it's almost identical. Now, the Eagles did get a new
1:28offensive line coach, which is going to be something important to note because the previous coach for Philadelphia was one of the best offensive line coaches
1:36that the league's ever seen. Now, if we go through and look at where these offensive lines graded out last season, the Broncos was the best passing
1:45offensive line according to PFF and Philadelphia was a little bit lower when it comes to their run blocking. Now, if we're looking at where the running backs
1:54are being drafted in these respective backfields, I'm going to be honest, I've actually found myself drafting a decent amount of RJ Harvey specifically. And
2:03the reason is is if we go over and look at the consensus ADP sheet on flockfantasy.com right now, we'll see that among all three Denver Broncos
2:14running backs, none of them are expensive. While JK Dobbins is priced in to be the starting running back, you currently have JK Dobbins going off the
2:22board at an average pick of about 95 and you have R.J. Harvey going off the board at an average pick of 89. Both running
2:30backs are after pick 100 in ESPN drafts.
2:33And for me personally, if I can draft RJ Harvey as a low-end running back three, knowing the Broncos are supposed to have
2:39the best offensive line in the NFL. It's a unit that doesn't really have many changes in comparison to last season. I
2:46think we are drafting R.J. Harvey at a very reasonable cost for upside cuz if we were to see a Dobbins injury, which
2:54we've seen over and over and over again throughout history, Margie Harvey would respectively still be splitting this backfield with Jonah Coleman, but I
3:02think the efficiency even for a bad running back could look really good behind this offensive line. Now, as we move over to the A tier, we are going to
3:09have the Los Angeles Rams leading us off, then the Chicago Bears, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Buffalo Bills.
3:16In terms of massive changes on offensive lines here from 2025 to 2026, the Rams, they had a good offensive line last
3:23year. The Bears, they had a good one.
3:25The Buffalo Bills did as well. The big change that we are going to have is with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now, it's the
3:32same starting offensive line unit.
3:35However, they had an insane run of injuries last season. This group that's supposed to be the starting offensive line for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this
3:44year never played a snap together in 2025 due to injuries. And what this led to is this led to, according to PFF, the
3:52Tampa Bay Buccaneers having the 25th graded run blocking unit last season and the 12th graded pass blocking unit. So I think the big jump that we can see from
4:02an offensive line perspective here is going to be with Tampa Tristan Worfs and other names managing to stay healthy.
4:09And if we go through and look at how the Buccaneers running backs are being priced at the moment. Obviously you have
4:15a lot of injury doubt with Bucky Irving himself where Bucky is currently going off the board as the running back 20. Of
4:23course we are using the ADP consensus sheet on flockfantasy.com. Now, this is going to be wildly dependent on different league formats. In sleeper
4:31leagues, Bucky Irving's going off the board as a third round pick. There, you're not getting nearly enough of an injury discount. However, in Yahoo
4:38drafts, he's going off at the 56 turn.
4:41So, if you're using our draft sheets on flockfantasy.com, they're probably going to suggest that in your sleeper league, you avoid Bucky Irving. However, in that
4:49Yahoo format, you really should be targeting him in the fifth. Now, if you're not already a member of the flock, it's not too late. You can still
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5:15flock, you're also going to be getting free questions that you're able to ask me in the live streams. And I'm going to
5:19be streaming every single day until Christmas. Links in the description as well as the comment section. Now, I don't want to spend too much time
5:26talking through the Rams, the Bears, and the Buffalo Bills because again, these offensive lines um don't really change much with how they graded from last
5:36season to this year. So, I think it's just going to be status quo. Now, moving over to our B tier, this is where things
5:42start to get a little interesting because the Carolina Panthers project to have the seventh best offensive line in the NFL. And again, continuing to go
5:51back to the prices when we look up these players. Currently, Jonathan Brooks has an 80p of the running back 37 across
6:00platforms. I mean, right now, he is a massive value in your sleeper drafts at pick 138. He's more expensive in Yahoo
6:07at pick 100, underdog 101, CBS 103. So, be a little bit tougher to take him there, but in Sleeper, a phenomenal
6:14pick. And then going over to Chuba Hubard, Hubard's recently fallen down to being like the 99th pick in ESPN leaks, the 71st in Yahoo, and the 78th in
6:24underdog. So, while both of these Carolina Panthers running backs are being drafted well outside of the top 24 names, if the Panthers have an offensive
6:33line that projects to be a borderline top five unit, um, one of these running backs can end up being a massive value.
6:39Like we can go back and look at Chuba Hubard in 2024 where he was the RB13 in points per game with over 16 points per
6:47contest. But almost more importantly, how we can see that they had the fourth graded out run blocking unit according to PFF last season. We can see a massive
6:58spike with Rico Dow where Dowel in week five had 32 fantasy points and in week six he had 34 fantasy points. And I
7:06think looking back, hindsight being 2020, how much of that had to do with Rico Dattle being some elite level talent or how much did it have to do
7:14with the Carolina Panthers just having a phenomenal offensive line? So, a big mistake that I probably made in drafts so far this off seasonason is I think I
7:23downplay the upside of Jonathan Brooks too much. I still think that there's a ton of risk, but the people that were
7:29drafting him, especially in those baseball drafts early in the very end of their drafts, if he can somehow be the starting running back for the Carolina
7:38Panthers, this offensive line's incredible, especially as they go through and run block. Now, moving over to the other offensive lines that stand
7:46out. I mean, the Niners, good offensive line last year. They don't project to be that different this season. However, the Indianapolis Colts actually graded out
7:55to have a top three offensive line in both pass blocking and run blocking last year. And according to data providers for this next season, they are ranked at
8:07ninth. Now, I went through tried to do some research on why this may be. What I got is Jaylen Travis is going to replace
8:14Braden Smith at right tackle. Smith left Indie after years as its starting right tackle and Travis gained useful experience by starting in the final four
8:22games of 25. So I guess the Colts losing a right tackle pretty big deal here. And maybe if we see the Colts no longer be a
8:29top three offensive line in the league and instead they fall down here closer to 10th. We don't get the Jonathan Taylor leaguewinning experience where I
8:38mean obviously if we go back and look at Jonathan Taylor in the first 10 weeks of last season I'm truly nobody could touch
8:44him in fantasy. So, that is a slight red flag that we have with Taylor, which maybe, just maybe, if you're in a full
8:51PPR format, you prefer to go ahead and take McAffrey for that reason. Now, another super interesting note that we have here is going to be the Los Angeles
8:59Chargers. The Los Angeles Chargers had the 32nd offensive line in run blocking grade last season. They had the 31st offensive line in pass blocking grade.
9:10Now, even a raging casual like myself, I understand, yeah, the Chargers, they were absolutely screwed. They have some of the best tackles in the NFL. And
9:21before the season, and then right at the beginning of the season, um the Chargers lost those tackles. Not only did that
9:27happen, but they went through and they replaced the interior side of the offensive line, bringing in a new center and bringing in a new right guard. Um,
9:37left guard remains a competition, but again, the big big thing is going to be getting back Raan Slater and getting back Joe Alt. And if we go and look at
9:46what this Los Angeles Chargers offense was like last season, um, last year we had Lad Manki as the wide receiver, 37,
9:54we had Quinton Johnston as the wide receiver. um 26 obviously with Amari and Hampton dealt with injuries himself, but Hampton dealt with injuries himself and
10:03ran behind the league's worst offensive line and he finishes the RB 13 as a rookie. So what this has led to for me
10:11is I see Amarian Hampton going pretty early in drafts, right? Where if you're in underdog drafts, he goes to the one-two turn. If you look at the flock
10:19fantasy.com rankings for Marian Hampton, his expert average ranking has him at 13, but it still looks to be a value because in ESPN sleeper and Yahoo
10:29drafts, he's a mid-second round pick.
10:31Again, a reminder, I posted all the sportsbook data on flockfantasy.com, including where these offenses scored in 25 and 26. And right now, the Chargers
10:41project to be one of the most improved offenses in the entire league, where last year they averaged 21.6 6 points per game. They're projected to score
10:4823.8 points per game. Obviously, some of that has to do with the change with the offensive coordinator, but I think primarily it's they're going from the
10:56league's worst offensive line to possibly a top 10 unit, which is just massive and probably the biggest takeaway in this video so far. Now, the
11:04Atlanta Falcons had a decent offensive line last year, borderline top 10, and that looks to be the case again this next season. So, no massive changes
11:12there. Now, dropping down a tier, the Detroit Lions obviously have some straight up studs on the offensive line like Penny Su. And they went through and
11:21they drafted another tackle in round one of the NFL draft this season. So, like I wouldn't use this data here to make some
11:29like massive determination between Bejian Robinson and Jir Gibbs in your fantasy drafts this season because ultimately the Chargers and the Lions,
11:38they are back to back here at 11 and 12.
11:40The Minnesota Vikings were a middle of the road offensive line last year.
11:44That's how they project out to be this season. No big change. The Dallas Cowboys, really interesting here. Of course, I'm not smart enough to figure
11:50out exactly why this would be the case, but last season they had a top 10 offensive line in PFF run blocking grade
11:56at nine and they had the 30th offensive line and pass blocking grade. Um, so I guess that would average out to be about
12:03an middle of the road offensive line, which is what they project to be this season. The Seattle Seahawks had an average offensive line last year,
12:09projects to be average this year. The New England Patriots had about an average offensive line last year. It's what it projects to be this year. Now,
12:16of course, I understand this offensive line look like the worst O line in football when they had to go up against
12:21the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl, but I don't think we can have that massive takeaway just from one game. So,
12:26Patriots offensive line should be just fine. Now, as we go down, this is where things become a little more interesting.
12:33The Saints, not so much. Um, the Jets, not so much. Their offensive lines are supposed to remain about the same, but
12:40the Kansas City Chiefs actually had the 17th graded offensive line in run block last year and ninth in pass block according to PFF. And current
12:50projections have them down here at 19th in terms of offensive line rankings for this season. So, the Chief's offensive line is supposed to be worse. I went
12:59through and tried to figure out exactly why this is. Apparently, right tackles completely open. Um Jawan Taylor again no longer with Kansas City um leaving
13:07Jaylen Moore and Essa P competing for the competition but they are going to get Josh Emmens back healthy at left tackle. But um interesting note to see
13:16the Chief's offensive line supposedly supposed to grade out a little bit worse. And now as we go down to our next
13:21tier with the New York Giants, I would say this is where these offensive lines maybe start to become a little bit
13:28concerning if we're just talking straight out projections. 426. The New York Giants are at 20th. I'm not gonna overreact to this because the price with
13:37Giants in drafts this season, not super high, right? Like I'll go through and look at the Cam Scataboo ADP. Um, right
13:44now Scataboo is going off the board at RB19. He's like an late fourth, early fifth round pick in sleeper drafts. I
13:50mean, I guess he goes at like the end of the third, beginning of the fourth on CBS, but almost regardless of whatever
13:56platform you're playing on, Cam Scataboo looks to be a fourth round pick at this point. And I think so much of that price
14:01is just going to come down to how healthy is he coming back from the injury. I again I don't think the Giants
14:06offensive line um is too concerning given the fact he's a fourth round pick.
14:11Now the Arizona Cardinals graded out horribly last year. Um according to PFF they at 29 for run block, 27 for pass
14:19block, and this year they project to be 21. Um so we have a three position overhaul here. They added a left guard.
14:26Um, they have Elijah Wilkinson projected at right tackle and they have a competition at right guard. So, it is interesting to see the Arizona Cardinals
14:34offensive line supposed to be better than what it was last year. Now, of course, not supposed to be a great offensive line by any stretch of the
14:40imagination, but they're supposed to be improved. They invest significantly into Jeremiah Love, but you would think those two things coming together um does mean
14:49that the Cardinals at least have a chance to go ahead and run the ball this next season. Now, the Pittsburgh Steelers are supposed to drop off pretty
14:57far here. So, the Steelers were a 16 run block, third pass block PFF grades, and now they project at 22. I'm just reading
15:06through what changed with the Steelers.
15:08They moved their right tackle to left tackle. Um, which apparently is going to make a bunch of different things shuffle around. Uh, I don't know how true this
15:15is. Supposed to be moving their right guard to left guard. Um, while right guard and right tackle remain competitions involving a couple rookies
15:22here. So, a lot shuffling around with the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line.
15:27Um, if we go through and look at the price for the Steelers, though, very similar to what we have when it comes to
15:33like the New York Giants right now, DK Metaf's off the board as the wide receiver 36. This is of course using the
15:40consensus sheet. This is across ESPN, Sleeper, Yahoo, Underdog, Flockfantasy.com, etc., etc. Um, going through and looking at Jaylen Warren.
15:47Jaylen Warden's off the board at RB28 and Rico Dattle as well is off the board at RB31. So, nobody going super high
15:54here that I think this is like a glaring red flag for. Um, but it is an important note that the Steelers are supposed to
16:00regress a bit. And the Jacksonville Jaguars is something that stood out to me because I've been wondering why when sports books put out their data, they
16:09were projecting the Jacksonville Jaguars to be one of the top offenses in the entire NFL when it comes to regressing year-over-year. Last season, the
16:16Jacksonville Jaguars averaged 27.9 points per game. Um, this season, they project at 23.3. So, they're supposed to drop off by about 4 and a half points
16:28year-over-year. Very similar to the Colts are supposed to drop off four points. And I guess maybe it has to do with this offensive line play because
16:36again, they were a top 15 unit in both pass and run block last season.
16:41Projections have them pretty damn low this year. But I truly am not smart enough to figure out what I'm missing here for the Jags offensive line
16:50supposed to be this much worse. And um according to sports books again, the Jacksonville Jaguar is supposed to just be a much worse offense overall in
16:57comparison to what they were. So um there's probably something going on that I'm not aware of. Maybe Jags just ran hot last season. I I have no idea. Um
17:07Baltimore Ravens down here at 24. It's not like the Ravens offensive line was elite last year. So, no massive massive changes, but I will say, I mean, if the
17:16Ravens O line does get worse in the run blocking category specifically, that could be very bad for Derrick Henry. I mean, even a casual like myself, I know
17:25who Tyler Lind is, and I know he is a phenomenal center that the Raiders actually just paid. So, what's interesting is the Ravens are supposed
17:33to become a worse run blocking unit while the Raiders are supposed to be a better offensive line overall. Not only do the Raiders go through and they
17:42change the entire coaching staff, right, but they also invest significantly starting by paying the number one center in the NFL the most amount of money
17:52possible. So, this is great news for Ashton Genty himself. Again, going back over and looking at that sportsbook data, the Raiders were the worst offense
18:01in the NFL last season, averaging only 14.2 points per game, but they project to score 19.2 points per game this season. So, I think there are a lot of
18:11things here on why the Raiders are going to be so much better. The offensive line's going to be better, but obviously
18:15quarterback and coaching staff, too. Um, going over looking at the Commanders, the Commanders are supposed to be a worse offensive line year-over-year. Um,
18:24looks like they had to replace a center who left and they haven't really figured out who's going to be playing guard
18:30either. So, I've been drafting Jaden Daniels aggressively to be honest. like in round six, I think Daniels is a phenomenal click on the board just
18:39because the rushing upside that he presents, but maybe this is a risk in doing so. In terms of like avoiding the
18:46Washington running backs because of this, I wouldn't take it that far because the running backs are so damn cheap, right? Like I mean, we can go
18:54through and we can look at Rashad White.
18:56Rashad White off the board is the RB 38 on average. I mean, he's going after the 10th round in sleeper drafts and he's
19:03going after pick 100 on every platform.
19:05Now, I will say flockfantasy.com, we're a little bit higher on him. The expert average ranking has him at 92. So, if
19:11you're in your sleeper draft, the flockfantasy.com draft assistance for sure going to tell you to take Rashad White. Um, and then also Jaory Crosky
19:18Merritt's off the board as the running back 40. So, both of these running backs are so cheap that I wouldn't be like are
19:25raising the red flag that like, oh, you can't draft these guys. Is the O line supposed to be bad? Right. I mean,
19:32you're taking them after pick 100. Now, moving over to something that I need to think through.
19:40The Green Bay Packers are supposed to have an offensive line that gets worse year-over-year, and they are supposed to be in this bottom tier. Now, I will say
19:48very similar to Cam Scaboo, Josh Jacobs currently is very much all over the place with his draft cost. ESPN, he's like a second
19:58round pick right now. And for me, looking at this data with this offensive line play. I would say Jacobs is a very
20:05clear avoid if you have multiple red flags. One, obviously with the off the- field stuff, maybe he gets suspended.
20:12And then two, the offensive line play for the Green Bay Packers. where I would be less concerned about it would be your
20:18Yahoo drafts where he goes at the 34 turn or your underdog drafts where he goes in the fourth round because there I
20:24can very easily explain away. Okay, yes, he has risk, but there is upside. There is juice left to squeeze at this cost.
20:33But in Sleeper going at the two-3 turn and ESPN going in the second, you combine the off the- field stuff with
20:40the O line problems. Um, Jacobs would be a tough pick for me going over and looking at the Houston Texans offensive
20:46line. Um, Texans are supposed to be pretty bad as well. They had a major overhaul. Um, traded people away, added guys at tackle and guard. Um, they have
20:57a rookie that's supposed to be competing for an interior offensive line role. So, massive overhaul for the Houston Texans.
21:04And this is one of the reasons I've avoided David McGomery because how I view McGomery specifically is a running back that's not going to be a phenomenal
21:12receiving option. Um, so if he's not going to be a massive receiver and at this point of his respective NFL career,
21:18I don't think he has like big play upside for long rushing touchdowns and you're running behind a poor offensive line and you're 29 years old. There are
21:26a lot of red flags here that scare me away from McGomery. I wouldn't be scared from him on every platform. Like ESPN,
21:33he's a sixth round pick. I'm fine taking him as the sixth player on my team, but like in underdog drafts, he goes to the
21:39four five turn. Sleeper, Yahoo, he's both a fifth round pick. Now going over to Chase Brown, the Cincinnati Bengals had an offensive line that graded out
21:47very poorly last season, and the Cincinnati Bengals project to have a very bad offensive line yet again this season. But there's no meaningful
21:56starter change. So it does seem like it's just status quo with Chase Brown specifically. And if we go through and look at what Chase Brown did with this
22:04same really bad offensive line last year, he was the running back seven in points per game. and that included a Joe
22:10Burrow injury which limited Chase Brown severely at the beginning of the season.
22:14Where's Chase Brown getting drafted? The RB10. So definitely worrisome that the offensive line's supposed to be bad, but it was bad last year. Chase Brown still
22:22managed to overcome and if he can just repeat what he did last season, his going in the second round on pretty much
22:29every draft platform and I think he can return value. Moving over to the Miami Dolphins. I have drafted a ridiculous amount of Devon A Chan so far this year
22:38because he is a midsec round pick in underdog drafts. The Miami Dolphins had a bad offensive line last season and it's supposed to yet again be a bad
22:47offensive line again this year. Um they go through and they take a firstround rookie that is expected to be the new
22:54left guard and the four other starters are returning. So the big concern in my mind with Achan isn't the bad offensive
23:02line because it's been something that he's dealt with very similar to Chase Brown and he was the running back five in points per game and currently his
23:09cost at least in underdog drafts is like the RB8 and even in your ESPN sleeper Yahoo drafts he's still going later than
23:17the RB5. So it all comes down in my mind to what's the checkown rate going to be like with Malik Willis and will this be
23:24the worst offense in the league? Now, the Tennessee Titans, it surprised me to see that they grade out this poorly because last
23:35year Tennessee, they didn't have a great offensive line, but according to PFF grades, it was a decent pass blocking unit. It was a middle of the road run
23:42blocking unit and right now they're supposed to be near the bottom. I don't know what to make of this. I would love
23:47to hear what y'all have to say in the comment section cuz if I go over to Sportsbook data with the projected
23:53points scored for this next season. Like the Tennessee Titans, very similar to some of these other offenses we've discussed like the Las Vegas Raiders are
24:01supposed to be one of the most improved offenses in the league. Last year they average 16.7 points per game. This year
24:07they're projected to score 20.7. So I think that's very interesting. But the offensive line that's supposed to be the worst in the league, and I think it's
24:14very easy to understand why is going to be the Cleveland Browns. Cleveland lost everybody. Now, don't get me wrong, they
24:23invested a ton into the offensive line this off season, including first round picks, like including highprofile rookies.
24:33But I would say with those rookie tackles, typically rookie tackles are going to start slow. It's going to take a little bit of time for this offensive
24:41line unit to get on the same page. And for me, as I go through and try to figure out if I'm going to draft Quinn
24:48Sean Judkins, the difference between me viewing the Cleveland Browns having a bottom tier offensive line and weighing the decision to draft Judkins versus
24:58like the Chase Brown dilemma in Cincinnati or the Achan dilemma in Miami is Chase Brown and Achan, they're going to catch the ball a ton. And if you're
25:07going to catch the ball, I'm less concerned about the offensive line play for you because you're less reliant on rushing touchdowns. But with Quinchan
25:15Judkins specifically, he's not going to catch the ball. And I don't know how many rushing touchdowns are going to be available in Cleveland.
25:25So I think if you're going to get any big Judkins games, it's going to have to be off of long rushing TDs. And Judkins
25:32was the RB26 in points per game last season. So, we haven't seen him be able to overcome a poor offensive line
25:37before. So, I'm not taking a ton of Quinch Judkins at his current cost.
25:43Like, at the currently is going alongside Bucky Irving, DeAndre Swift, like these other running backs that I personally would rather take in better offenses and at
25:54the same time that I think have a higher receiving ceiling. But, I think that's all I got for you. Please correct me in
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