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1. Conner Williams was the biggest culprit. Undersized, he gave up the most sacks even though he didn’t play 16 games. He shouldn’t have been thrown into the fire so soon.
Actually, Xavier Su'a-Filo gave up the most sacks (6) in eight starts. Williams gave up 4.5 in 10 starts. He also had four holds called, though, while Su'a-Filo had one. La'el Collins had 5 sacks and 4 holds, but that was in 16 games.
Needless to say, left guard was our main issue in pass protection last year, followed by right tackle. However, Collins' numbers really aren't that far off from other tackles. Lane Johnson, for instance, gave up four sacks last year in 15 games. (He did not have any holds called against him, though.) Washington's Morgan Moses only gave up two sacks, but had six holds called against him.
I think we sometimes expect all of our tackles to play like Tyron Smith, but Smith is not that typical so I'm not too bothered by Collins' numbers. However, there's no excuse for giving up 10.5 sacks combined at guard, and who knows how many pressures.