A football team’s offensive line is usually pinned with all of the praise or blame for the offense’s overall blocking quality. Too many sacks are being allowed? It’s on the offensive line. A plethora of holes are being created in the run game? It’s a great job by the offensive line.
But let’s not forget: the five offensive linemen are not the only people who block for the offense. The skill-position players have an integral role in a team’s blocking, too.
While the offensive linemen are surely responsible for the majority of the offense’s blocking quality, there is no question that the tight ends, wide receivers, and running backs play a large enough role to the point where they can make the offensive line look slightly better or worse than it actually is.