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Doug Farrar

The NFL’s top 12 offensive tackles

{"id":174721,"date":"2022-07-17T21:58:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T01:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/?post_type\u003dfishburn_gallery\u0026#038;p\u003d174721","raw":"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/?post_type\u003dfishburn_gallery\u0026#038;p\u003d174721"},"modified":"2022-07-17T21:58:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T01:58:08","password":"","slug":"nfl-best-offensive-tackles-tyron-smith-trent-williams-lane-johnson","status":"publish","type":"fishburn_gallery","link":"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/gallery/nfl-best-offensive-tackles-tyron-smith-trent-williams-lane-johnson/","title":{"raw":"The NFL\u0027s top 12 offensive tackles","rendered":"The NFL\u0027s top 12 offensive tackles"},"content":{"raw":"Things have changed a lot in the NFL’s offensive tackle hierarchy of late, and sadly, for all the wrong reasons. \u003ca href\u003d\"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/nfl-best-offensive-tackles-david-bakhtiari-trent-williams-ronnie-stanley/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eOn last year’s list\u003c/a\u003e of the league’s best tackles, David Bakhtiari of the Packers ranked first overall, and Baltimore’s Ronnie Stanley ranked third. Then, Bakhtiari missed all but one game last season due to an awful knee injury he suffered late in the 2020 season, and \u003ca href\u003d\"https://twitter.com/RobDemovsky/status/1531673256859553792\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eword is\u003c/a\u003e that he \u003cem\u003emight\u003c/em\u003e be ready for training camp this season.\r\n\r\nAs for Stanley, he missed all but six games in 2020, and all but one game in 2021 with an ankle injury that required multiple surgeries. As is the case with Bakhtiari, the hope is that Stanley will be ready for training camp.\r\n\r\nWe do not like this. We would prefer to see the best tackles in the business dealing with the best pass-rushers on a regular basis, but this is where it is.\r\n\r\nThe… well, not “good news,” but the thing this allows, is new names to discover and analyze. In many cases, the new guys on our list this year are players who needed time, patience, and coaching to reach their full potential. You’ll see a few players who came into the NFL, looked like open gates early on, and then figured it out. We always like to see that, at any position.\r\n\r\nWe have also seen an increasing blurring of the lines in the importance of left tackle and right tackle. As the NFL becomes more of a quick-game league, the front-side protector had best be on point. Five of our tackles this year ply their trade on the right side, including our second- and third-best.\r\n\r\nAs for the best offensive tackle, outside of Aaron Donald’s place atop our list of interior defensive linemen, no choice was easier than this. If you’re a 49ers fan, you can skip right ahead and start gloating.\r\n\r\nHere are Touchdown Wire’s 12 best offensive tackles heading into the 2022 NFL season — along with links to our position lists to date, which lead to our list of the 101 best players overall.\r\n\r\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/gallery/nfl-nest-safeties-jordan-poyer-justin-simmons-devin-mccourty/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eThe NFL’s top 13 safeties\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/gallery/nfl-slot-cornetrbacks-tyrann-mathieu-chauncey-gardner-johnson/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eThe NFL’s top 12 slot defenders\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/gallery/bnfl-best-cornerbacks-jalen-ramsey-jaire-alexander-trevon-diggs/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eThe NFL’s top 12 outside cornerbacks\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/gallery/nfl-best-linebackers-fred-warner-darius-leonard/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eThe NFL’s top 11 linebackers\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/gallery/nfl-best-edge-rushers-t-j-watt-myles-garrett-nick-bosa-joey-bosa/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eThe NFL’s top 11 edge defenders\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/gallery/nfl-best-defensive-tackles-aaron-donald-jeffery-simmons-cameron-heyward/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eThe NFL’s top 12 interior defensive linemen\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/gallery/nfl-best-centers-corey-linsley-jason-kelce-rodney-hudson/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eThe NFL’s top 12 centers\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/gallery/nfl-best-guards-joel-bitonio-zack-martin-quenton-nelson/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eThe NFL\"s top 11 offensive guards\u003c/a\u003e","rendered":"\u003cp\u003eThings have changed a lot in the NFL’s offensive tackle hierarchy of late, and sadly, for all the wrong reasons. \u003ca href\u003d\"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/nfl-best-offensive-tackles-david-bakhtiari-trent-williams-ronnie-stanley/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eOn last year’s list\u003c/a\u003e of the league’s best tackles, David Bakhtiari of the Packers ranked first overall, and Baltimore’s Ronnie Stanley ranked third. Then, Bakhtiari missed all but one game last season due to an awful knee injury he suffered late in the 2020 season, and \u003ca href\u003d\"https://twitter.com/RobDemovsky/status/1531673256859553792\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eword is\u003c/a\u003e that he \u003cem\u003emight\u003c/em\u003e be ready for training camp this season.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs for Stanley, he missed all but six games in 2020, and all but one game in 2021 with an ankle injury that required multiple surgeries. As is the case with Bakhtiari, the hope is that Stanley will be ready for training camp.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe do not like this. We would prefer to see the best tackles in the business dealing with the best pass-rushers on a regular basis, but this is where it is.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe… well, not “good news,” but the thing this allows, is new names to discover and analyze. In many cases, the new guys on our list this year are players who needed time, patience, and coaching to reach their full potential. You’ll see a few players who came into the NFL, looked like open gates early on, and then figured it out. We always like to see that, at any position.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe have also seen an increasing blurring of the lines in the importance of left tackle and right tackle. As the NFL becomes more of a quick-game league, the front-side protector had best be on point. Five of our tackles this year ply their trade on the right side, including our second- and third-best.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs for the best offensive tackle, outside of Aaron Donald’s place atop our list of interior defensive linemen, no choice was easier than this. 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