The name of the game in the NFL is ‘score more points than your opponent,’ and as we’ve seen over the past few decades, as offenses become more prolific, they can’t do just that without stellar offensive line play. Enter PFSN’s OL Impact grading system.
The best offensive lines in the NFL are often above average across all five positions and boast the depth to deal with inevitable injuries in the trenches. We’ve used a combination of our offensive line metric (PFSN OL Impact for each individual position), cohesion based upon each unit, and actually watched the games through two weeks of this season to rank the 32 units from worst to first after Week 2.
Pressures allowed. Clean pockets. Run blocking prowess. Downfield dominance. Second-level securing.
You name it, our metric folds in everything an offensive line is supposed to produce. And here’s how they rank so far in 2025.
32) Cincinnati Bengals
- LT Orlando Brown: 78.9 (27th)
- LG Dylan Fairchild: 75.5 (33rd)
- C Ted Karras: 75.2 (25th)
- RT Amarius Mims: 69.9 (47th)
- RG Dalton Risner: 65.8 (60th)
The Bengals’ running backs have found it tough to generate much so far behind the Cincinnati unit. Collectively, they’re averaging just 0.32 yards before contact this season, the third-lowest figure in the NFL.
This, combined with Cincinnati’s inability to hold on to their blocks in the passing game, has ultimately been the downfall of their offense. Games against Baltimore and Jacksonville have shown their lack of attaching themselves as a unit, and they’ve given up pressure on 72.7% of their long dropbacks, the second-highest rate in the league.
31) New York Giants
- RT Jermaine Eluemunor: 79.0 (25th)
- LG Jon Runyan: 76.7 (29th)
- RG Greg Van Roten: 73.3 (40th)
- C John Michael Schmitz: 70.2 (31st)
- LT James Hudson: 58.2 (63rd)
- RT Marcus Mbow: 57.2 (64th)
New York is allowing a pressure 3.24 seconds after the snap through two games, a figure that ranks 30th overall. It should come as no surprise, then, that their average time to allow a sack stands at 2.92 seconds through two weeks, a figure that ranks 27th.
Giant running backs have also found it difficult to generate much success, being contacted just 0.14 yards past the line of scrimmage (30th) in 2025.
30) Los Angeles Rams
- C Coleman Shelton: 79.8 (15th)
- LT Alaric Jackson: 74.3 (39th)
- LG Justin Dedich: 70.0 (51st)
- RT Rob Havenstein: 68.0 (52nd)
- RG Kevin Dotson: 67.6 (58th)
The Rams unit has struggled mightily in pass protection so far. In fact, it’s probably easier to list the items in which they rank dead last as opposed to talking about them.
- Average time to pressure: 2.73 seconds (32nd)
- True dropback pressure rate: 51.4% (32nd)
- Pressure allowed on non-blitz rushes: 54.2% (32nd)
- Quick pressure rate: 32.4% (32nd)
Their only redeeming quality is that LA running backs are averaging 0.98 yards before contact on designed runs, a figure that ranks the unit 10th in the NFL.
29) Seattle Seahawks
- RG Anthony Bradford: 84.3 (9th)
- LT Charles Cross: 83.7 (10th)
- C Jalen Sundell: 78.3 (19th)
- RT Abraham Lucas: 75.9 (32nd)
- LG Grey Zabel: 71.6 (44th)
Sam Darnold hasn’t quite proven to be the quarterback he was a year ago, but how much we can blame it on his offensive line is now up for debate. So far in 2025, the Seahawks have allowed 10 quick pressures (within 2.5 seconds of the snap), at a rate that ranks 29th in the league, and they’re allowing the fastest time to sack in the entire NFL.
Sure, games against Pittsburgh’s and San Francisco’s front fours will do them no favors, but they have to perform better if they want to compete for the NFC West.
28) Las Vegas Raiders
- LT Kolton Miller: 84.8 (8th)
- C Jordan Meredith: 85.2 (10th)
- LG Dylan Parham: 77.5 (25th)
- RT DJ Glaze: 74.8 (36th)
- RG Jackson Powers-Johnson: 74.2 (37th)
- RG Alex Cappa: 65.5 (61st)
While the Raiders’ offensive line has done a decent job of keeping their blocks in pass protection overall, their struggles started to show as the game wore on against the Chargers in Week 2. Las Vegas now ranks 22nd in sack rate and, more importantly, 25th in sack rate on true dropbacks, allowing a sack on 9.1% of such attempts.
The reason this is crucial for this unit is that they’re the only team in the NFL to allow negative yards before contact in the run game, currently sporting the league’s worst -0.05 yards before contact per attempt figure. If they can’t block for the run or establish a run game, their true dropback sets are what they’ll have to hang their hats on.
27) Pittsburgh Steelers
- RG Mason McCormick: 78.5 (22nd)
- C Zach Frazier: 77.4 (23rd)
- RT Troy Fautanu: 64.8 (57th)
- LG Isaac Seumalo: 63.8 (64th)
- LT Broderick Jones: 61.0 (60th)
There is promise for this Steelers’ offensive line, mainly because of Aaron Rodgers’ quick-processing ability, even at his advanced quarterback age. So, when the Steelers are allowing just a 7.8% quick pressure rate (4th-best in the league), that’s where the promise lies.
However, they’ll need to vastly improve on the ground as they’re allowing just 0.56 yards before contact on designed carries, the 26th-best rate in the league in such a metric.
26) Houston Texans
- RG Tytus Howard: 79.51 (20th)
- C Jarrett Patterson: 73.1 (29th)
- LG Laken Tomlinson: 70.6 (47th)
- LT Cam Robinson: 70.0 (45th)
- LT Aireontae Ersery: 69.3 (49th)
It wasn’t the worst showing against a stout defensive front four from Tampa in Week 2, but it certainly wasn’t a good showing on Monday Night Football. The Texans’ offensive line has now allowed pressure on 42.3% of their true dropbacks and 37.5% of their reps against base pass rushes, those are both 26th in the league.
They rank 16th in our key metrics for ground-game production, but have been largely outdone by their pass protection so far this season.
25) Tennessee Titans
- LG Peter Skoronski: 83.4 (11th)
- LT Dan Moore Jr.: 80.1 (20th)
- RG Kevin Zeitler: 76.9 (28th)
- C Lloyd Cushenberry III: 73.9 (28th)
- RT John Ojukwu: 68.2 (51st)
A handful of the sacks generated by Tennessee’s opponents this year could fall on their rookie quarterback, but the fact of the matter remains: Cam Ward has been pressured on 48.2% of his true dropback attempts this year. Ranking 30th in such a statistic is never going to bode well for a first-year starter, especially a rookie with such high expectations.
The Titans’ offensive line has fared well on the ground, however, and is generating over a yard (1.09) before contact on designed rushes. That figure ranks seventh in the entire NFL.
24) Kansas City Chiefs
- C Creed Humphrey: 81.0 (13th)
- RG Trey Smith: 71.8 (43rd)
- LG Kingsley Suamataia: 70.5 (48th)
- LT Josh Simmons: 69.3 (48th)
- RT Jawaan Taylor: 67.7 (53rd)
The Chiefs’ offensive line has played admirably in stretches this season, at least in pass protection. However, in the face of their 0-2 start, Chiefs’ running backs have gained 0.63 yards before contact per carry, just the 25th-best rate in the league.
In the passing game, they’re largely a middling unit; however, they’re allowing a 17.7% quick pressure rate in Patrick Mahomes’ face, which ranks 24th in this metric.
23) Cleveland Browns
- LG Joel Bitonio: 89.7 (2nd)
- RG Wyatt Teller: 82.3 (16th)
- C Ethan Pocic: 80.9 (14th)
- RT Cornelius Lucas: 71.2 (43rd)
- LT Dawand Jones: 67.6 (55th)
Cleveland has Cleveland’d to open the season. Despite playing the Bengals close in Week 1 and the Ravens close for 2.5 quarters, it’s fallen apart, and the Browns’ defense is largely to blame because their offensive line has exceeded expectations so far in 2025.
They rank in the top half in most of our offensive line metrics in pass protection, but they struggled on the ground. Currently, they rank just 28th in yards before contact per carry, signaling room for improvement.
22) Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- C Ben Bredeson: 86.4 (8th)
- RG Cody Mauch: 83.5 (10th)
- LG Mike Jordan: 81.7 (17th)
- LT Graham Barton: 77.6 (29th)
- RT Luke Goedeke: 63.6 (58th)
- LT Charlie Heck: 52.6 (66th)
For all intents and purposes, the backup line for the Bucs has proven to be at least effective in getting their two victories this season. It hasn’t been pretty, but the core starters of the group have proven to excel in the same facets as a season ago, however, the attrition on this unit has kept them from jumping into the top 20.
As a unit, they rank 26th in average time to pressure and rank lower than 26th in the majority of pass-protection metrics through two games. However, their dominance on the ground has been noteworthy, paving the way to 1.11 yards before contact on average (5th).
21) Green Bay Packers
- C Elgton Jenkins: 76.2 (24th)
- RG Sean Rhyan: 71.1 (45th)
- LT Rasheed Walker: 69.2 (50th)
- LG Jordan Morgan: 56.2 (66th)
Riding the middle of the pack mantra, the Packers’ offensive line has been good, not great, at times in 2025. Though they’ve allowed quick pressures to get home on 20.6% of the time (26th), they’ve done a good job of holding true against base pass-rush attempts and have the league’s third-fewest sacks allowed as a unit.
If their run production can step it up, the Green Bay fanbase will surely see an uptick in the ground game as the season wears on. Currently, they only average 0.70 yards before contact per carry.
20) Carolina Panthers
- C Austin Corbett: 87.5 (5th)
- RG Robert Hunt: 85.6 (7th)
- RT Taylor Moton: 85.1 (7th)
- LG Damien Lewis: 83.2 (12th)
- LT Ikem Ekwonu: 80.9 (15th)
- LT Yosh Nijman: 80.1 (19th)
For a young quarterback like Bryce Young, who is still getting acclimated to the speed of the NFL, it’s imperative for the Panthers’ line to keep him clean in the pocket as long as possible. Unfortunately for Carolina, the Panthers’ unit is allowing a pressure on 67.9% of Young’s long dropbacks (30th) and has given up 28 pressures on such attempts.
Couple that with their quick pressure failures and their inability to consistently block well on early downs, and you have their ranking here in jeopardy of falling even further down the list. One thing is for sure, however, and that’s that this group has the potential to be quite good, as their individual grades would suggest, they just need to stay on the field and play better cohesive football.
19) New York Jets
- RT Armand Membou: 90.3 (4th)
- C Josh Myers: 86.8 (6th)
- RG Joe Tippmann: 85.8 (5th)
- LG John Simpson: 75.5 (34th)
- LT Olumuyiwa Fashanu: 75.3 (34th)
Justin Fields thrived when kept clean from pressure in Week 1 but struggled mightily in Week 2 when the offensive line crumbled in front of him. Is this unit more of their Week 1 selves, or is this most recent performance indicative of what they’ll field going forward?
Through two games, they’ve allowed a pressure rate of 47.1% on base pass-rushes, the 31st highest rat,e but they’re only averaging 4.08 seconds before pressure arrives on the QB, the fourth-longest rate in the NFL. Something will have to give.
18) Los Angeles Chargers
- LT Joe Alt: 79.0 (26th)
- LG Zion Johnson: 75.6 (31st)
- C Bradley Bozeman: 74.9 (27th)
- RG Mekhi Becton: 73.0 (41st)
- RT Trey Pipkins: 70.8 (44th)
The Chargers’ offensive line has done a good enough job in two tough matchups this season — one against Chris Jones and Kansas City, and the other against Maxx Crosby and Las Vegas. All things considered, their 10th-ranked quick pressure rate (10.0%) is a sign of promise as the season rolls along.
Like many units that are showing signs of promise in one facet, the other facet usually gets left behind. That’s the case with the Chargers’ inability to move the defense on the ground (0.14 yards before contact per carry), which ranks them 30th in the NFL.
17) Miami Dolphins
- C Aaron Brewer: 78.3 (18th)
- LT Patrick Paul: 75.2 (35th)
- RG Kion Smith: 69.1 (55th)
- LG Jonah Savaiinaea: 60.9 (65th)
- RT Larry Borom: 59.8 (61st)
Okay, Dolphins’ fans, this is where we tell you the first two weeks haven’t all been bad in Miami. In fact, this offensive line has done a decent job of keeping Tua Tagovailoa free from pressure when it matters most.
On long dropbacks, their 31.8% pressure rate is the best in the league, while their six quick pressures given up are among the lowest total in the entire NFL. Collectively, they’re blocking for an average of 1.08 yards before contact on the ground, rounding out a solid and likely underappreciated effort through two weeks.
16) Minnesota Vikings
- RT Brian O’Neill: 79.4 (22nd)
- C Ryan Kelly: 75.2 (26th)
- LG Donovan Jackson: 68.1 (57th)
- RG Will Fries: 64.8 (63rd)
- LT Justin Skule: 59.4 (62nd)
Things may look a bit different for the Vikings over the next few weeks without J.J. McCarthy, but new starting QB Carson Wentz will have a decent offensive line in front of him. Minnesota’s unit allowed a 31.4% pressure rate on its true dropbacks, the eighth-best rate in the league through two weeks, and it did its best at limiting quick pressures as well (just three allowed).
The only thing truly holding this offensive line back is its lack of run blocking on crucial downs. Well, and for that matter, on an every-down basis, as they’re averaging just 0.53 yards before contact, the 27th-best rate in such a statistic.
15) New England Patriots
- LT Will Campbell: 80.2 (18th)
- C Garrett Bradbury: 78.1 (21st)
- RT Morgan Moses: 75.4 (33rd)
- RG Mike Onwenu: 70.5 (49th)
- LG Jared Wilson: 69.2 (54th)
Once seen as a potential weak spot for New England, the offensive line for the Patriots may have taken a turn for the better to start the 2025 season. Currently, the Patriots’ line averages 3.85 seconds before pressure gets home, or the 10th-best figure in such a metric.
They’ve allowed just six quick pressures and a quick pressure rate of 10.5%, both of which are top-12 figures in the NFL. If their work on the ground can pick up their pass protection, Drake Maye and Co. could provide even more fireworks than we saw in Week 2.
14) New Orleans Saints
- C Erik McCoy: 91.7 (3rd)
- LT Kelvin Banks Jr.: 78.5 (28th)
- LG Dillon Radunz: 78.4 (23rd)
- RG Cesar Ruiz: 74.6 (36th)
- RT Taliese Fuaga: 61.7 (59th)
Here we are, with the New Orleans Saints’ offensive line performing admirably well, all things considered. It hasn’t led to victories just yet, but it’s hard to say the offensive woes are on this offensive line so far in 2025.
Collectively, they’ve averaged 0.98 yards before contact per carry and hold top-12 marks in quick pressure rate, true dropback pressure rate, and sack rate overall.
13) Baltimore Ravens
- C Tyler Linderbaum: 82.5 (12th)
- RT Roger Rosengarten: 81.3 (14th)
- LT Ronnie Stanley: 74.2 (40th)
- LG Andrew Vorhees: 70.1 (50th)
- RG Daniel Faalele: 69.3 (53rd)
Sure, it helps to have Lamar Jackson as your quarterback, but it also helps to give Jackson (one of the top-graded quarterbacks from a clean pocket) time to throw and assess the defense. The Ravens’ unit has done that with great success, as their average time to pressure of 3.83 seconds ranks as the eighth-best in the NFL.
Through two tough games — one against Buffalo and another against Myles Garrett himself — this unit has started to play better with each passing quarter.
12) Washington Commanders
- LT Laremy Tunsil: 79.5 (21st)
- C Tyler Biadasz: 79.1 (16th)
- RG Nick Allegretti: 78.5 (21st)
- LG Brandon Coleman: 75.1 (35th)
- RT Josh Conerly Jr.: 66.8 (56th)
While the Commanders’ pass-blocking unit has started to show signs of promise, it appears that they’re still the primary reason holding back this offensive success rate. Washington’s unit averages 1.37 yards before contact per carry, the third-best rate in the league.
Despite its success on the ground, this unit has faced its fair share of pressures in all facets, mainly in Week 2 against the Packers. Is this unit more of the Week 1 showing they produced or Week 2? The former moves them up the list. The latter drops them yet again.
11) Arizona Cardinals
- C Hjalte Froholdt: 78.2
- LT Paris Johnson Jr.: 74.6
- LG Evan Brown: 69.4
- RT Jonah Williams: 67.6
- RG Isaiah Adams: 65.5
Yes, it helps to have Kyler Murray in the backfield in terms of his elusiveness in the pocket. However, this offensive line hasn’t allowed a ton of pressure at all. In fact, they’re allowing a pressure an average of 4.43 seconds after the snap, by far the best time in the league.
They’re not giving up pressures on opposing defense’s base pass-rushing snaps (25.0%; 5th), nor are they doing so on true dropback sets (31.8%; 10th). Oh, and this unit also paves the way for 0.93 yards before contact on the ground.
10) Indianapolis Colts
- C Tanor Bortolini: 85.8 (9th)
- LG Quenton Nelson: 85.7 (6th)
- RG Matt Goncalves: 83.2 (13th)
- LT Bernhard Raimann: 80.2 (17th)
- RT Braden Smith: 76.4 (31st)
Proving to have one of the better offenses in all of football through two weeks, the Colts’ offensive line has done nothing but impress in 2025. They’ve kept Daniel Jones clean on the opposing defense’s base pass rush on 76.7% of snaps, the 14th-best rate in the league, and have performed in the top half of the majority of our qualifying pass-protection metrics.
Making matters even better for their offense, Indianapolis’ line has paved the way for 0.83 yards before contact, another top-half ranking.
9) Detroit Lions
- RT Penei Sewell: 82.4 (11th)
- RG Tate Ratledge: 74.0 (38th)
- LT Taylor Decker: 70.0 (46th)
- C Graham Glasgow: 69.1 (32nd)
- LG Christian Mahogany: 68.8 (56th)
After a dominant showing in Week 2 against the Bears, the Detroit Lions’ offensive line ascends into the top 10. Detroit currently ranks in the top 10 in a multitude of pressure rate statistics:
- True dropback pressure rate: 32.6% (11th)
- Quick pressure rate: 8.7% (7th)
- Long dropback pressure rate: 46.7% (6th)
They’re doing this while drastically improving their yards before contact per carry from Week 1 to Week 2.
8) Chicago Bears
- RT Darnell Wright: 95.0 (1st)
- LG Joe Thuney: 73.4 (39th)
- C Drew Dalman: 72.8 (30th)
- RG Jonah Jackson: 70.7 (46th)
- LT Braxton Jones: 55.3 (65th)
The Bears haven’t been world-beaters on offense with Ben Johnson at the helm, but their offensive line surely hasn’t disappointed. Caleb Williams has done very few favors, but one thing is for sure: he’s been kept clean from pressure like never before in his career so far in 2025.
The Bears’ unit has allowed just a 10.3% quick pressure rate (11th) and an average time to pressure of 4.39 seconds, the third-best rate in the NFL. Making matters even more convincing for this unit is their league-leading 1.5 yards before contact they average as a group (and yes, this does adjust for those long runs and QB scrambles correctly).
7) San Francisco 49ers
- C Jake Brendel: 86.6 (7th)
- RT Colton McKivitz: 83.8 (9th)
- LT Trent Williams: 79.1 (24th)
- RG Dominick Puni: 78.3 (24th)
- LG Ben Bartch: 72.3 (42nd)
- RG Connor Colby: 67.5 (59th)
For some time, this 49ers’ line has been the pinnacle of what cohesive offensive line play could be. That was many thanks to arguably the greatest left tackle ever to do it in Trent Williams. Now, this unit ranks 11th in time to pressure, second in quick pressure rate, third in true dropback pressure rate, and fourth in non-blitz pressure rate.
They’ve also allowed a league-best single sack on true dropbacks this year. This cohesive unit can improve its ranking with just a slight uptick in the run game.
6) Dallas Cowboys
- LG Tyler Smith: 82.4 (15th)
- RT Terence Steele: 79.3 (23rd)
- C Cooper Beebe: 78.8 (17th)
- RG Tyler Booker: 77.0 (27th)
- LT Tyler Guyton: 73.3 (41st)
For a unit that enters every single season with relatively high expectations, the Cowboys’ offensive line has done a great job of surpassing those lofty goals through two games. The Dallas line has given up just a 26.0% pressure rate against base pass rushes and just a 31.3% pressure rate on true dropbacks, both figures ranking in the top seven in the NFL.
On the ground, Dallas is paving the way for an average of 1.4 yards before contact, ranking fourth in the league as a unit.
5) Atlanta Falcons
- C Ryan Neuzil: 93.7 (1st)
- RG Chris Lindstrom: 90.4 (1st)
- LG Matthew Bergeron: 88.6 (3rd)
- RT Elijah Wilkinson: 81.3 (13th)
- LT Jake Matthews: 76.9 (30th)
With Michael Penix Jr.’s time to shine, the offensive line has done a good job of ushering in the new era of Falcons’ football. They’ve allowed pressures on just 52.2% of Penix’s long dropbacks (12th) and are carving out rushing lanes left and right.
However, it’s the time to pressure figure of 3.25 seconds that ranks 29th in the NFL, and ultimately, the most important aspect for a second-year starting quarterback. The more time Penix has to deliver accurate passes, the better this unit will be looked at.
4) Buffalo Bills
- RT Spencer Brown: 87.6 (3rd)
- LT Dion Dawkins: 87.0 (5th)
- C Connor McGovern: 83.9 (11th)
- RG O’Cyrus Torrence: 83.1 (8th)
- LG David Edwards: 75.5 (32nd)
Josh Allen needs little help at times to be the best QB in the league — just look at his trophy case to tell you that. However, this year, he’s been getting incredible assistance from his offensive line through two weeks. The Bills’ line has allowed just a 3.3% quick pressure rate, by far the best rate in the league, but that’s just scratching the surface.
Buffalo’s unit has performed incredibly well on those long dropbacks that Allen is known to take, allowing the eighth-best rate on long dropbacks through two weeks. Their 1.1 yards before contact on the ground is also the sixth-best rate in the league.
3) Philadelphia Eagles
- LT Jordan Mailata: 94.8 (2nd)
- C Cam Jurgens: 90.5 (4th)
- RT Lane Johnson: 86.7 (6th)
- RG Tyler Steen: 80.1 (19th)
- LG Landon Dickerson: 77.3 (26th)
The talk of the NFL has been about the Eagles’ offensive line after their Week 2 performance against the Chiefs, but we’re not here to discuss their ‘Tush Push’ or their lining up offsides/false start issues. Overall, they’re averaging 0.98 yards before contact on the ground (10th) and keeping Jalen Hurts clean for 4.00 seconds before pressure arrives, on average.
Both of those figures are more than enough to keep this offense happy, and it’s just a matter of time before they start gelling together a bit better to improve on their 2-0 start.
2) Jacksonville Jaguars
- C Robert Hainsey: 92.5 (2nd)
- LG Ezra Cleveland: 83.1 (14th)
- RT Anton Harrison: 82.2 (12th)
- LT Walker Little: 80.8 (16th)
- RG Patrick Mekari: 80.3 (18th)
In what may be a slight surprise for some, the Jaguars’ offensive line has been retooled, reimagined, and vastly improved for the 2025 season. The Jags are allowing a pressure just 4.08 seconds after the snap (fourth) while holding top-four figures in every other pressure rate category this season.
On the ground, however, is where they shine. They’ve paved way for 1.4 yards before contact on their carries this season, the second-best average in the league so far in 2025.
1) Denver Broncos
- LG Ben Powers: 87.4 (4th)
- C Luke Wattenberg: 77.8 (22nd)
- RG Quinn Meinerz: 76.6 (30th)
- RT Mike McGlinchey: 74.7 (37th)
- LT Garett Bolles: 72.5 (42nd)
It’s probably easier to list the items where Denver doesn’t hold a top figure, but it’s much more fun to list them all.
- True dropback pressure rate allowed: 16.7% (1st)
- Non-blitz pressure rate allowed: 17.1% (1st)
- Quick pressure rate allowed: 7.1% (3rd)
- Long dropback pressure rate allowed: 36.0% (3rd)
- Sack rate: 1.4% (1st)
- Sack rate on true dropbacks: 0.0% (1st)
- Average time to allow a sack: 4.7 seconds (1st)
The only thing holding them back slightly is their 0.73 yards before contact per carry they’ve blocked for this season. But the name of the game is passing in today’s NFL, and the Broncos’ offensive line blocks better than any other unit in pass protection.