Jacksonville Jaguars Offensive Line Is Ranked #13 By PFF
By Larry Brake
Pro Football Focus ranked all 32 NFL offensive lines. The Jacksonville Jaguars are sitting at number thirteen.
While most Jacksonville Jaguars fans would agree that the offensive line needed some attention. Due to offseason moves, Pro Football Focus ranked the Jaguars offensive line at number thirteen. Most of all, look who is included as to how the Jaguars line is comprised of.
Per PFF’s Michael Renner:
"13. Jacksonville Jaguars This might be the most surprising ranking of any that our grades spit out. Carrying the unit is center Brandon Linder, who doesn’t get talked about as much as he probably should. He’s turned into one of the game’s elite centers and has been extremely consistent since entering the league in 2014."
Pro Football Focus graded the Jaguars offensive line according to a certain line up. Brandon Linder is the center in their calculations. Meanwhile, the Jaguars are considering moving Linder around on the offensive line. Linder played right guard during OTAs.
A.J. Cann is the right guard and Patrick Omameh is the left guard. Branden Albert is the left tackle while Jeremy Parnell is listed as the right tackle. Most noteworthy is the absence of Cam Robinson from the list of projected starters, even though he will be given the opportunity to compete to be a starter at left tackle.
John Oehser of jaguars.com discusses Cam Robinson in his 2017 offseason: Immediate Impact article.
"The bottom line: the Jaguars have said the idea with the offensive line will be to play the best five players; it seems likely Robinson will be among those players. Will that mean him playing guard or tackle? Stay tuned, but look for him to be a key part of the line somewhere in ‘17. His physical strength and potential figures to be too much to keep off the field."
First of all, the Jaguars offensive line woes may be a thing of the past. Only injuries, like in 2016, could force a patchwork line. Whether its the line deemed #13 or the real starting line, the offense will be better in 2017.