section: | slug: ranking-top-10-offensive-linemen-for-2020-nfl-season-quenton-nelson-david-bakhtiari-lead-the-way | sport: football | route: article_single.us | 2 in the NFL in adjusted sack rate, only to be outdone by New Orleans. 2 in the Houston gave up a king's ransom to acquire Tunsil last summer and he did reward them with solid play on Deshaun Watson's blindside and earned the first Pro Bowl nod of his career.



He was also stellar in pass protection too, earning Pro Football Focus' top pass-blocking grade after allowing just six pressures during the regular season and zero sacks.

When healthy, you can make the case that Brandon Scherff can be even higher on this list. When healthy, you can make the case for both of these players to be even higher on this list. Jensen also recorded the best run-blocking season of his career in 2019, forming one of the top interior lines alongside Marpet. As things stand specifically with Jensen, he is arguably coming off his best season in the NFL.





The latter was one of the more impressive right tackles in the NFL in 2017, posting a 78.0 overall grade before an …



G • We truly don't know what he'll look like next season, despite his elite play when last seen, and he will begin the 2020 campaign at age 32. 6 in the NFL in adjusted sack rate.



While there isn't much reason to doubt that Williams can return to elite form in 2020 now that he's with the 49ers, he does need to show us something before we blindly elevate him inside the top five.



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As for the interior, there were a healthy amount of left and right guards along with centers. Indianapolis was also inside the top 10 in the league in adjusted sack rate, protecting Jacoby Brissett extremely well in 2019. 75 78








T • For a large chunk of the year, Thuney was playing alongside backups and was still producing at an elite level. That said, when the 2020 season is in the books it wouldn't surprise me one bit to see Williams atop these rankings. Consequently, the offensive linemen of the all-time team have a decidedly throwback feel.No lineman who played in this decade is on the all-time team.

The Texans' offensive line as a unit didn't do Watson any favors in 2019, but Tunsil should be looked at as part of the solution more than the problem.

He's been the highest-graded offensive guard over the past five seasons since entering the league in 2015 and was a top five player at his position in terms of pass blocking last year.



We have back-to-back Buccaneers in this top 10 list, which will undoubtedly make Tom Brady happy as he continues to prepare for his first season in Tampa Bay. He's elite.

He had 79 touchdowns and 406 first downs.

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Some may say that Joe Thuney is a bit too high on this list, but I'd argue that is simply due to the overall poor play along New England's offensive line in 2019. And on his signature play, in particular, a catch-and-run down the seam, he was a matchup nightmare.

He may be a bit underrated simply because no one was paying much attention to Tampa Bay last season, but if he is able to carry over his strong play into 2020 with Brady under center, he'll start opening eyes across the league. The top interior offensive linemen in the NFL are just as good as the top tackles.