2023 Pre-Season Rank #6,2022 Pre-Season Rank #11, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #19, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #30. (Peak considered 2018-19/21-23)

Martin began his pro career going six for six in Pro Bowls, but a seventh consecutive one eluded him in an injury-plagued 2020 where he missed six Games.  Over the last two seasons, Martin proved that 2020 was a blip, as he returned to Pro Bowl and First Team All-Pro form over the last three years, giving him nine Pro Bowls and seven First Team All-Pros, both of which are over the MPA.  Furthermore, Martin's AV/G is also well over the MPA, and we think he has the best Hall of Fame resume of any active Offensive Lineman.  The All-Decade Guard is a Hall of Famer now and is making a case for the first ballot.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #6, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #20, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #33, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #35. 2018-23*

Aging like wine, we love the story of Trent Williams, who was one of the better Offensive Linemen in Washington history, who wanted out after he felt that the team misdiagnised a dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, a growth that was determined to be a type of cancer in 2019, but was dismissed by the Redskins medical team in 2013.  He did not play at all in 2019 and wanted out, landing in San Francisco in 2020, where he has been a First Team All-Pro the last three years and now has the most Pro Bowls (11) of any active Offensive Lineman.  

What Williams has accomplished in San Francisco has cemented a bronze bust.

*Williams sat out in 2019.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #9, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #14, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #16, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #17.  Peak Period: 2009-11/2013-14

This may be the end of the road for Peters who has the MPA in Pro Bowls and Games Played, but we said the same thing two years ago, and he found work ith Dallas in 2022.  Then, we said it again, and he played eight games with Seattle in 2023.  "The Mythical Creature" was an All-Decade player in the 2010s, and a nine-time Pro Bowl, but Offensive Lineman need an awful lot to get in.   He probably has enough as he is a Super Bowl Champion with the Eagles and has an Approximate Value over 130, which is well above any other active Offensive Lineman.  We hope Peters finds work as a player in 2024, but if he does not, he has done enough for a bonze bust in Canton.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #16, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #16, 2021 Pre-Season Rank: #23, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #27.  Peak Period: 2013-17

For multiple reasons, Tyron Smith intrigues us the most among the Offensive linemen we have ranked in 2024. 

From 2013 to 2019, Smith was considered the best (or close to) Left Tackle in the business, attending every Pro Bowl and earning four All-Pros (two First Team and two Second Team).  However, his performance has been marred by injuries in the 2020 and 2022 seasons, raising questions about what he has left, though he did answer with a nice bounce back in 2023.

Now the Tackle has moved on from Dallas after 13 years to join the New York Jets, but is doing so at a time when the Jets are a questionable squad.   It is getting harder for Offensive Linemen to enter the Hall, and eight Pro Bowls and multiple First-Team All-Pros don’t always cut it (ask Richmond Webb who has seven Pro Bowls and multiple All-Pros).  Longevity might be his key.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #42, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #51, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #78, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #89. Peak Period: 2018-22

No other Offensive Linemen who debuted in 2018 have been as good as Nelson.  Six years don’t make the Hall for an O-Lineman (well, it did for Tony Boselli), but when you lay out a three-year streak of First Team All-Pro with a Pro Bowl every year, this bodes well for a bust in Canton.  Nelson’s AV/G is well over the MPA, which is very impressive.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #27, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #30, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #58, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #56.  Peak Period: 2016-2020

Bakhtiari was Aaron Rodger's top Offensive Lineman for years, and for a time, it looked like he was criminally disrespected by Pro Bowl and All-Pro voters.  That would change, but shortly after his injuries held him to 13 Games from 2021 to 2023.  He is now a Free Agent and might never play another down in the NFL.  If that is the case, did he do enough?

It's likely not, as the logjam for Offensive Linemen is looking a lot like Wide Receivers, and the road will be hard.  Bakhtiari will, though, enter the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame early, and hopefully, he will do one of his beer speed chugs. 

2023 Pre-Season Rank #57, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #107, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #143. Peak Period 2017-18/2021-23

Johnson had a three-year streak in Pro Bowls (2017-19) and added two more in the last two years.  With a Super Bowl Ring in tow and Jason Kelce’s departure, Johnson is now the leader of the Eagles’ Offensive Line, and a strong showing by Johnson and Philly will see the Tackle greatly increase his chances.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #60, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #91, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #143. Peak Period: 2018-22

Bitonio is now on a six-year run of Pro Bowls, and two years ago, he put forth his best campaign to date with his second First Team All-Pro nod.  No other Offensive Linemen have risen more over the last two seasons than the guard, who has been Cleveland's most consistent figure in the past six years.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #86, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #90, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #95, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #122.  Peak Period: 2011-15

Brown enters the season as a Free Agent, and if his career has come to an end, has he done enough to become a Hall of Fame inductee?

He likely hasn’t, bit leaves behind 220 Games Played (218 Starts) and should be acknowledged in any Houston Texans Hall of Fame.  He could still find work in 2024 as a veteran presence on a contending team.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #83, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #101, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #107, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #110.  Peak Period: 2018-20/2022-23.

After nine seasons with the New Orleans Saints, Terron Armstead joined the Miami Dolphins in 2021.  The 11-year veteran went to Pro Bowls in five of the last six years, but only one generated an AP All-Pro (2018 Second Team).  He is one of an elite group of Offensive Lineman who seem to get better with age.

2022: Pre-Season Rank: Unranked

Orlando Brown begins 2023 with his third team, Cincinnati, and let’s see if he goes three-for-three in productive campaigns for NFL teams. Twice a Pro Bowler with Baltimore and Kansas City, Brown won a Super Bowl Ring last year and boasts a four-year streak of Pro Bowls and Approimate Value of at least 12.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #88, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #91, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #117.  Peak Period 2016-17/2019-21

A five-time Pro Bowl selection with Washington, Brandon Scherff is entering his third season in Jacksonville, where he has been solid, but not quite at Pro Bowl level.  At age 33, he still has time but has to earn a few more post-season accolades.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #94, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #88, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #98, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #107.  Peak Period: 2017-21

Ramcyzk is well over the AV/G for his position and, for a brief time, could claim to be the most underrated Tackle in football (2018-20). The last two seasons have been pedestrian by his standards, and he only has one First Team All-Pro and two Second Team All-Pros as accolades. 

Without building on that resume, Ramcyck will be forgotten among institutions other than the Saints Hall of Fame.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #120, 2022 Pre-Season Rank: #140. Peak Period: 2019-23

Joe Thuney is finally getting his due as one of the top pass protectors in football, and you can ask both Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes how good he is at it.  Thuney has been a starter in four Super Bowl Championships (two for New England and two for Kansas City) and has been a Pro Bowl Selection his last two years.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #105, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #119.  Peak Period: 2020-23*

Wirfs was the highest-drafted offensive lineman in the 2020 draft, and there is no doubt that he has met Tampa’s expectations. He moved from Right Tackle to Left Tackle last year without missing a beat and is on a three-year Pro Bowl streak.

*Wirfs has only played four years.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #96, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #95, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #95, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #101.  Peak Period: 2015-19

Last year, Trai Turner signed with the New Orleans Saints, but a torn quad kept him from playing a down in the Bayou.  This year, Turner begins the season looking for an opportunity, and unless he finds one, he will have to hang his helmet on his five straight Pro Bowls with the Carolina Panthers (2015-19). 

At only 30, a team might take a chance on Turner.

2023 Pre-Season Rank Unranked.  Peak Period: 2019-23

Dion Dawkins is currently on a three-year streak of Pro Bowls, during which time he has an Approximate Value of at least 12.  If he can keep that up over the next three seasons, his Hall of Fame chances will skyrocket. 

2023: Pre-Season Rank: #143.  Peak Period: 2018-20/2022-23

After three seasons with the Miami Dolphins, Laremy Tunsil became a Houston Texan, where he was one of the few bright spots on a team to enter 2024 as an anchor of a star-laden team that will contend for the Super Bowl.  Tunsil is a top Tackle and is now a four-time Pro Bowl who should obtain a fifth.

2023: Pre-Season Rank: Unranked.  Peak Period: 2021-23*

Arguably the best Offensive Lineman under 25, Penei Sewell was a First Team All-Pro in 2023, and likely will be again in 2024.  If he is as good as we think, this could be a Hall of Famer.

*Sewell has only played three seasons.

2023 Pre-Season Rank Unranked.   Peak Period: 2021-23*

One of the best Centers going into 2024, Creed Humphrey, has already accomplished more than others of his ilk who have played three times as long.  The second runner-up for the 2021 Offensive Rookie of the Year, has been named to two Pro Bowls and is already a two-time Super Bowl Champion.

*Humphrey has only played three seasons.

2023 Pre-Season Rank Unranked.  Peak Period: 2019-23

Chris Lindstrom has slowly turned into one of the best Guards in football and is on a two-year streak of Pro Bowls and Second Team All-Pros.