Atlanta Falcons have PFF’s top 3 run-blocking offensive guards

There is no doubt about it, the Atlanta Falcons have one of the best, if not the best rushing attack in the entire NFL and it is no fluke.

They have three of Pro Football Focus’ best-run blockers at a single position when it comes to their distinguished grading scale.

Atlanta Falcons have three of the NFL’s best-run blockers, according to PFF

Pro Football Focus’ three top run-blockers at the offensive guard position are all Atlanta Falcons players. Just go to their Premium Stats section (assuming you have a subscription) and filter by run blocking at the offensive guard position and you will see a lot of “ATL” at the top.

Chris Lindstrom, Matt Hennessy, and Chuma Edoga top the rankings with grades of 91.3, 85.6, and 84.9 as run blockers, respectively.

Now, obviously, there is a caveat to this as two of those three players have only played a limited number of snaps due to injury. Chris Lindstrom is the only one to play greater than 30 run-blocking snaps. Lindstrom has 374 snaps, Hennessy has 27 snaps, and Edoga has 29 snaps.

So, there is not that sample size to confidently say that they are the best three-run blockers at the position, but it is still so difficult to even have a couple of snaps with favorable grades. The lack of snaps should not take away from how those two played prior to their injuries.

As for Chris Lindstrom, well, he is the best at his position. He has been completely dominant every week. He is the highest-grade guard in the league by a wide margin. Despite all of this, he still gets virtually no recognition. Even Falcons fans don’t talk about him enough.

Make no mistake about it, he is the leader of the Falcons’ excellent running game, without him, they wouldn’t have nearly the amount of success they are having.