PFF: Ranking All 32 Offensive Lines from 2017 NFL Season

[icup]

4. Cowboys
Total pressures surrendered: 153
Best player: Zack Martin
Combinations used: 8


While the Cowboys struggled to replace left guard Ronald Leary and right tackle Doug Free, the dominance of center Travis Frederick and right guard Zack Martin still made this one of the best offensive lines in the league, even if they did not perform at the same level along the entire line. Left guard Jonathan Cooper was able to bounce back from a rough game in his first start against the Rams in Week 4 and allowed just six total pressures over his last six games. In addition, this unit could have been even better if not for left tackle Tyron Smith’s injuries, which forced him to miss some time. However, Frederick and Martin were once again among the best at their positions and combined to allow just one sack all season.

 

[theoneandonly]

One of the problems with PFF is context. For example Fred and Zack are great players and are 1 and 2 in least pressures allowed. Then Tyron is at 20 which seems like considerably more than Fred and Zack. However you have to infer that he was facing the opponents best pass rusher each week, forget he was injured and not as effective. PFF just throws raw data at you and makes you figure out what the real value of it is. I will say Collins giving up that many pressures is troubling on its face considering this team didnt throw down field that much.