That comment is about the Eagles OL. The team that just won the SB. Yet they didn't make this guys top 10 list?
He addressed that specifically saying it surprised him.
He said the team allowed lot more pressures then he expected.
He's using next gen stats not opinion for the ranking.
He also addressed Dallas.
from the article:
I was more than a little surprised when the
Super Bowl champion
Philadelphia Eagles checked in outside the top 20 offensive lines in both Next Gen Stats measurements. The unit features stars like
Jason Kelce and
Lane Johnson, along with the underrated
Brandon Brooks. It was the top-ranked unit
by Pro Football Focus and named
Offensive Line of the Year at NFL Honors. The team did give up more pressure than most noticed in the first few months of the season, which made
Carson Wentz's excellence at escaping broken pockets and shaking off rushers all the more impressive. Additionally, subbing in
Halapoulivaati Vaitai at left tackle for an injured
Jason Peters did prove to be a significant downgrade. The
Eagles gave up 129 pressures from the left side of their offensive line, the third-most among any team in 2017.
» The
Dallas Cowboys' offensive line reached fabled levels of greatness during the 2016 season, lifting then-rookie runner
Ezekiel Elliott to the NFL's rushing title. Yet, after offseason personnel losses at right tackle and left guard, the 2017 version of the
Cowboys' front five came into the season with far more questions than the previous year's dominance would suggest. As the year wore on and the news cycle hammered the storylines of Elliott's suspension and
Dak Prescott's sophomore slump, it appears the NFL world at large forgot to notice that the unit that once anchored this team was no longer a true trump card. The
Cowboys allowed a pressure on 28.6 percent of Prescott's dropbacks, the 12th-highest rate in the league. They took an even steeper decline as run blockers. Elliott averaged a whopping 0.6 yards before defenders closed within a yard of him in 2016, more than doubling up the league average. However,
Cowboys running backs averaged just 0.2 YGBC in 2017, ranking 20th on the year. When you realize that Dallas received high-level play over a full 16 games from just two players (center
Travis Frederick and right guard Zack Martin) after a year in which the whole starting five fired on all cylinders, their offensive issues become far less surprising.