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These Offensive Lines Could Unlock Top-10 RB Seasons in 2025

Don't Care About Offensive Lines? You Should!

Offensive line? *YAWN*

If that's your reaction ... reconsider.

Your fantasy league uses QBs and RBs, right?

Well, have you ever seen a RB gain yards with no blocking? Or a QB throw from his back?

Offensive line play isn't the main driver of fantasy production, but it's an element worth digging into as you look for edges in your fantasy drafts.

Just How Impactful is Offensive Line Play?

We looked last year at the positional correlation between offensive line performance and fantasy production.

The conclusion: RBs are affected most by O-line play. Then it's QB, followed by pass catchers.

Keep that in mind as you view the 2025 offensive line rankings below.

Offensive Line Rankings 2025

Consider these offensive line rankings fluid.

Training camp hasn't opened yet, and many starting spots are up for grabs. That's why we'll update these offensive line rankings throughout the summer.

But here's how our 2025 offensive line rankings shake out right now:

Note: Pro Football Focus, ESPN, and sack rate rankings shown below are from the 2024 season.

Best Offensive Line NFL 2025 (Tier 1)

1. Philadelphia Eagles

• PFF Pass Blocking Grade: 6th
• PFF Run Blocking Grade: 4th
• ESPN Pass Block Win Rate: 6th
• ESPN Run Block Win Rate: 9th
• Sack Rate Allowed: 31st

Projected 2025 starters: LT Jordan Mailata, LG Landon Dickerson, C Cam Jurgens, RG Tyler Steen, RT Lane Johnson

Philly returns four of five starters from 2024. RG is the lone exception, as Steen will compete with former Round 1 pick Kenyon Green. They’ll look to replace new Charger Mekhi Becton, who excelled as a run-blocker.

Elsewhere, it’s worth keeping an eye on Johnson entering his age-35 season. He showed no sign of decline last fall, though. Johnson played 1,000 snaps for the third straight year and ranked top-five in PFF’s run and pass blocking grade. 

We'll also monitor Jurgens, who underwent offseason back surgery. He's expected to be 100% for Week 1.

As for the lowly sack rate finish: Keep in mind that Jalen Hurts’ 3.23 average time to throw was the highest in the league, per PFF. Eliminating sacks will be a point of emphasis for new OC Kevin Patullo. 

Beyond Philadelphia, these are the units best positioned to elevate an offense...

Established Offensive Lines (Tier 2)

2. Denver Broncos

• PFF Pass Blocking Grade: 1st
• PFF Run Blocking Grade: 11th
• ESPN Pass Block Win Rate: 1st
• ESPN Run Block Win Rate: 1st
• Sack Rate Allowed: 2nd

Projected 2025 starters: LT Garett Bolles, LG Ben Powers, C Luke Wattenberg, RG Quinn Meinerz, RT Mike McGlinchey

I’ll be honest: Denver didn’t sit anywhere close to the top of the 2024 offensive line rankings. But their collective results above are the most impressive league-wide, and all five starters return for 2025. 

Meinerz, Powers, and Bolles were particularly durable a season ago. Each player registered 1,100+ snaps. 

It’s an ideal scenario for Year 2 QB Bo Nix and rookie RB RJ Harvey.

3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• PFF Pass Blocking Grade: 2nd
• PFF Run Blocking Grade: 18th
• ESPN Pass Block Win Rate: 5th
• ESPN Run Block Win Rate: 6th
• Sack Rate Allowed: 16th

Projected 2025 starters: LT Tristan Wirfs, LG Ben Bredeson, C Graham Barton, RG Cody Mauch, RT Luke Goedeke

Tampa Bay’s O-line deserves some credit for Baker Mayfield’s career year.

Consider that Tampa Bay finished second in PFF’s pass-blocking efficiency metric. Mayfield faced pressure on only 24.7% of his dropbacks, third lowest among 48 qualifiers.

Wirfs remains a stalwart. He allowed only one QB hit and zero sacks in 2024.

Goedeke supplied a career year on the right side, despite missing four games with a concussion. There’s also reason for optimism with young, ascending talents in Mauch and Barton.

Mayfield remains a 2025 regression candidate coming off last year's 7.2% TD rate. But the offensive line is a big mark in his favor.

4. Minnesota Vikings

• PFF Pass Blocking Grade: 18th
• PFF Run Blocking Grade: 16th
• ESPN Pass Block Win Rate: 2nd
• ESPN Run Block Win Rate: 15th
• Sack Rate Allowed: 27th

Projected 2025 starters: LT Christian Darrisaw, LG Donovan Jackson, C Ryan Kelly, RG Will Fries, RT Brian O’Neill

The rankings above largely paint the picture of an average unit. But GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah took the unit seriously this offseason, adding starters in Jackson, Kelly, and Fries.

Jackson arrived in Round 1 of the 2025 draft. He started three seasons at Ohio State, racking up a second-team All-American spot in 2024. As NFL Network’s Lance Zierlein put it: “Jackson has the measurables, power and movement for any scheme as a starting guard.”

Kelly and Fries played together for over two seasons with the Colts. Their continuity should show up in Minnessota, as long as Fries can remain on track in his recovery from a fractured tibia. He’s expected to be ready for training camp, per ESPN’s Kevin Seifert. 

HC Kevin O’Connell also shared positive news on Darrisaw, who suffered an ACL/MCL tear in October.

“Christian Darrisaw has absolutely knocked it out of the park so far,” O’Connell said. “Working alongside our staff here. He’s had a really, really good offseason up until this point. The latest update I got. You know, he’s lifting, he’s running. People were pretty excited about where he’s at now. It’s just a matter of maintaining.”

The two injury situations add some risk here. Barring setbacks, though, an upgraded unit bodes well for QB J.J. McCarthy.

5. Detroit Lions 

• PFF Pass Blocking Grade: 14th
• PFF Run Blocking Grade: 2nd
• ESPN Pass Block Win Rate: 12th
• ESPN Run Block Win Rate: 16th
• Sack Rate Allowed: 8th

Projected 2025 starters: LT Taylor Decker, LG Christian Mahogany, C Graham Glasgow, RG Tate Ratledge, RT Penei Sewell

The Lions were poised to sit in the top three of these rankings. And then came the retirement of C Frank Ragnow. 

Among centers, only New Orleans’ Erik McCoy received a better PFF run blocking grade last season. Ragnow’s resume extends deeper, with three second-team All-Pro honors.

Glasgow and Ratledge project as the most likely fill-ins. At 33, Glasgow has played 2,663 career snaps at the position, per PFF. Ratledge, a Round 2 rookie, played guard exclusively at Georgia.

Ultimately, the Lions are fueled by an excellent OT duo. They should be able to absorb some regression and still perform as an impactful group.

6. Baltimore Ravens

• PFF Pass Blocking Grade: 7th
• PFF Run Blocking Grade: 17th
• ESPN Pass Block Win Rate: 2nd
• ESPN Run Block Win Rate: 15th
• Sack Rate Allowed: 4th

Projected 2025 starters: LT Ronnie Stanley, LG Andrew Vorhees, C Tyler Linderbaum, RG Daniel Faalele, RT Roger Rosengarten

The Ravens retained Stanley on a three-year deal. He remained sturdy in 2024, slotting 12th among tackles in ESPN’s pass block win rate. Meanwhile, Linderbaum finished fourth among centers in the same metric.

Faalele and Rosengarten look like young building blocks. Vorhees will be worth watching at LG, though, after a shaky 2024. Just keep in mind that he was returning from an ACL tear that wiped out his entire rookie season.

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Above Average Offensive Lines (Tier 3)

7. Buffalo Bills

8. Atlanta Falcons

9. Los Angeles Chargers

10. Chicago Bears

11. Los Angeles Rams

12. Pittsburgh Steelers

13. Carolina Panthers

14. Washington Commanders

Average Offensive Lines (Tier 4)

15. Dallas Cowboys

16. Green Bay Packers

17. New York Jets

18. Las Vegas Raiders

19. Tennessee Titans

20. Kansas City Chiefs

21. New Orleans Saints

22. Arizona Cardinals

23. Indianapolis Colts

24. Jacksonville Jaguars

25. San Francisco 49ers

26. New England Patriots

27. Cleveland Browns

28. Seattle Seahawks

Concerning Offensive Lines (Tier 5)

29. New York Giants

• PFF Pass Blocking Grade: 28th
• PFF Run Blocking Grade: 23rd
• ESPN Pass Block Win Rate: 26th
• ESPN Run Block Win Rate: 27th
• Sack Rate Allowed: 21st

Projected 2025 starters: LT Andrew Thomas, LG Jon Runyan, C John Michael Schmitz, RG Greg Van Roten, RT Jermaine Eluemunor

This line relies heavily on Thomas. 

Unfortunately, he’s missed 18 games over the past two seasons with foot and hamstring injuries. He last played in October following a Lisfranc injury that required surgery.

The four others are 2024 holdovers. Eleumunor supplies a steady presence on the edge, but the interior remains an iffy spot in both run blocking and pass protection.

The current personnel suggests Russell Wilson might not have the infrastructure to last a full season – even if that’s what this braintrust desires. Our current projections have rookie QB Jaxson Dart slated to start four games. 

30. Miami Dolphins

• PFF Pass Blocking Grade: 20th
• PFF Run Blocking Grade: 27th
• ESPN Pass Block Win Rate: 28th
• ESPN Run Block Win Rate: 26th
• Sack Rate Allowed: 17th

Projected 2025 starters: LT Patrick Paul, LG James Daniels, C Aaron Brewer, RG Jonah Savaiinaea, RT Austin Jackson

Veteran LT Terron Armstead retired. Paul (6’7, 332 lbs.) supplies an intriguing replacement as a second-year Round 2 pick. Still, he’s an unknown after receiving poor PFF marks on a limited 2024 sample (338 snaps).

LG is another spot to watch, as Daniels returns from a Week 4 Achilles tear. 

Savaiinaea should at least supply an upgrade along the interior, especially in the run game. Miami traded up to select him with the 37th pick in the draft.

Top to bottom, this remains a volatile unit for QB Tua Tagoviloa. Just note that he averaged a career-low 2.30 seconds to throw last year. Per PFF, that was the quickest time out of a 32-QB sample  (min. 300 dropbacks).

31. Cincinnati Bengals

• PFF Pass Blocking Grade: 29th
• PFF Run Blocking Grade: 29th
• ESPN Pass Block Win Rate: 32nd
• ESPN Run Block Win Rate: 30th
• Sack Rate Allowed: 18th

Projected 2025 starters: LT Orlando Brown Jr., LG Dylan Fairchild, C Ted Karras, RG Lucas Patrick, RT Amarius Mims

Let's focus on LG, RG, and RT.

Fairchild – a Round 3 rookie – won’t be guaranteed the job. But he’s positioned to earn the Week 1 nod over veteran Cordell Volson, who’s graded as a replacement-level player for three straight seasons.

Patrick revived his career with the Saints in 2024. Still, he’s 32 now and is best as a depth piece.

Mims is a major wildcard. The Bengals took him 18th overall in the 2024 draft after starting only eight games in college. The 6’8, 340-pounder put more bad than good on tape as a rookie, though. He ranked bottom-third among 81 qualifiers in PFF run and pass blocking grade. The Bengals are expecting a major Year 2 leap, but it's a lot to ask given Mims' inexperience.

Of course, we’ve seen Joe Burrow and this offense overcome poor O-lines before. This simply doesn’t look like a unit that’ll help take the offense to another level.

Worst Offensive Line NFL 2025 (Tier 6)

32. Houston Texans

Houston wasn’t a slam dunk for this spot. But they’re one of the most unproven groups in the league, supplying an uncomfortable floor as we approach Week 1.

• PFF Pass Blocking Grade: 21st
• PFF Run Blocking Grade: 35th
• ESPN Pass Block Win Rate: 22nd
• ESPN Run Block Win Rate: 31st
• Sack Rate Allowed: 30th

Projected 2025 starters: LT Cam Robinson, LG Laken Tomlinson, C Jake Andrews, RG Tytus Howard, RT Blake Fisher

C.J. Stroud took 63 sacks last year – second most league-wide.

That was before Houston traded away ace LT Laremy Tunsil. His replacement is likely Robinson, whose 64 pressures allowed last year were 10 more than the the next closest OT. Robinson ranked eighth in pass-blocking snaps.

Rookie Aireontae Ersery (6’6, 331 lbs.) supplies some insurance, but Day 2 OTs are no sure thing. NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah called him one of the more polarizing players in the 2025 draft, noting that some teams viewed him as a late first-round pick; others as a fourth-rounder.

Aside from Howard, each position carries question marks. Neither Andrews or Fisher have started for a whole season. Tomlinson brings veteran experience, but he's supplied replacement-level play of late.

The unit at least looks deeper than it was a year ago following veteran signings like Ed Ingram and Trent Brown. Regardless, it’s a tough environment for Stroud as he learns a new offense under OC Nick Caley.

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