2026 Offensive Line Rankings: 32-22

Jun 15, 2026

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As I’m sure you’ve hypothesized before, the play of a team’s offensive line has a tangible impact on the fantasy points its skill players can produce — and now we have the data to back it up. By understanding which units are thriving (and which are floundering), we can make more informed decisions when targeting or fading certain players — another small but crucial edge against our league mates. With that in mind, it’s time to pinpoint exactly where each offensive line stands heading into 2026.

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Below, I’ll be counting down the bottom-11 offensive lines entering the 2026 season, including a “key stat” from last year’s group and a rundown of offseason changes. Movement notes will list either the player’s previous team or the round in which they were drafted. Additions and subtractions are limited to those expected to start, serve as primary backups, or those selected in the top four rounds of the 2026 NFL Draft. Let’s dig in.

32. Houston Texans

Key 2025 Stat: 68% Run-Block Win Rate (32nd)

Offseason Movement

Additions: Keylan Rutledge (first round), Febechi Nwaiwu (fourth round), Evan Brown (Cardinals), Wyatt Teller (Browns), Braden Smith (Colts)

Subtractions: Laken Tomlinson (Ravens), Tytus Howard (Browns), Juice Scruggs (Lions)

After completely overhauling the offensive line ahead of the 2025 season, the Houston Texans have decided to give that another shot. They’ll be tasked with filling up the 1,600+ snaps played by Tomlinson/Howard/Scruggs with long-time Colts tackle Braden Smith and a combination of Evan Brown and Wyatt Teller. It seems they’ll also be pushing center Jake Andrews into a depth role with first-rounder Keylan Rutledge looking to take over the starting role from Day 1. The only issue there is that Rutledge logged roughly 2,800 snaps through his four collegiate seasons, and none of them were at center.

With all signs pointing toward a move, that means Ed Ingram is set to reprise his role at right guard while Teller and Brown take care of the other side. While Brown, who is on his sixth team in eight years, is probably a better depth piece, we have seen good-to-great play from Teller…it’s just been a while. Battling through a calf issue through his final season in Cleveland, Teller would end up rotating in and out of the lineup, logging his lowest amount of snaps since the 2020 season and the second-worst pass-blocking efficiency number of his career (97.0). Now he’ll be tasked with flipping sides of the line, playing significant time at left guard for the first time since his 2018 rookie season with Buffalo.

There are (once again) a ton of moving parts here, and the Texans are not only betting that Rutledge is an NFL-ready center, but Teller and Smith can turn back the clock a few years to their more dominant days.

31. Miami Dolphins

Key 2025 Stat: 4.07 Adjusted Line Yards (24th)

Offseason Movement

Additions: Kadyn Proctor (first round), Jamaree Salyer (Chargers), Charlie Heck (Buccaneers)

Subtractions: James Daniels (free agent)

The biggest addition or subtraction to this group is arguably someone who doesn’t even wear a uniform. With Mike McDaniel out the door, the change in scheme—particularly in the run game—could have a big impact on how we view this unit heading into the 2026 season. Even with McDaniel’s scheme, the Dolphins still finished 23rd in rushing success rate (47.7%) and 26th in rushing DVOA, leading to a very boom/bust feel for the ground game. De’Von Achane would end up leading all qualifying running backs in breakaway rate (46.1%), yet was hit at or behind the line of scrimmage 52 times, the 10th-highest mark in the league.

A close second in importance as it pertains to this group is first-rounder Kadyn Proctor, who will be kicking his massive 6’7”, 366-pound frame into the interior. If that seems like a lot of pounds, it is, but we’ve also seen him drop to 352 for the NFL Combine, and he also reportedly shed 25-30 pounds during his final collegiate season, so there are some questions as to what he’ll be playing at as a rookie. Luckily, this doesn’t seem to be an early career Mekhi Becton-esque issue —who admittedly topped 400 pounds while playing for the Jets— and Proctor is also just now turning 21, so a professional program should help the young fella find a comfortable, consistent playing weight.

To aid his transition into the interior, Proctor will be lining up next to LT Patrick Paul, who is a promising young o-line piece in his own right. Across 17 sophomore campaign games, Paul finished with the 17th-best pass-blocking efficiency metric (97.4), while being assessed a “blown block” on 3.1% of his snaps, which ranked 26th out of 82 qualifying tackles. This gives a good baseline for the rookie to play next to, but it’s up in the air exactly how long he’ll be lining up there. It’ll presumably be for most, if not all, of 2026, but this is the last year of RT Austin Jackson’s contract, and he’s had a difficult time staying on the field, missing a combined 36 games over the last four years.

Jonah Savaiinaea is coming off a (very) rough rookie season, but he’ll try his hand over at right guard with Proctor coming into town, leaving center Aaron Brewer with the mantle of being the best piece of this line taking the field in Week 1. There’s nothing inherently wrong with having a veteran center as the best component of your line, but we’ll need to see continued ascension out of Paul and some hint that Savaiinaea should be an NFL starter before pushing this group out of this region of the ranks.