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Is anyone else here an NFL geek like me? (not just a home-team investor.) Because I need some help - does anyone know of a servicable, or an actually good way of measuring the worth of a team's offensive line (and more specifically, the value of an individual guard or tackle)?

I don't usually vote for the Pro-Bowl, nor do I ever watch it, but thinking about desrving names to put into an O-line's ballot, is really really difficult, unless you watch hundreds upon hundreds of hours of game film over weeks to compare. At this point, all I think I know is that Michael Oher is good, and so is probably Trent Williams, and then maybe one or two ( or all) of the Indianapolis O-line is good. Defensive lines are so much easier to evaluate, as there are actually tracking stats worth monitoring there (tackles, forced fumbles, sacks, QB pressures, stuffs, Running YPC Average, etc.).

There's too many unwritten variables for me to process and compute well on the offensive line, however: pass-blocking, run-blocking, penalties taken, costly-miscues, opening running lanes, max protection, QB pressures and sacks, and so on. (if there's any facet of football where the 'team mentality' goes more into effect, I believe it is found within how a team's O-line works together.)

I know that FootballOutsiders.com probably has a value-based scale on the exact thing I'm asking, but I'm just looking for a simple "eye-test" here. Anyone have a cheatsheet?

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