I always said, that if I was a GM, the first thing I do is find the best Offensive Line coach and make him the highest paid coach on the team. Because if you have a good offensive line, you are a contender, regardless of what you have at the skill positions.
I think that was true in the 90s. Far less so today. With 68 percent of snaps in the NFL now taking place in the shotgun, I think the offensive line is less important now than ever.
Except maybe in the playoffs. But the arbitrariness of the playoffs is not really something you should build your team around.
That’s a great strategy. The Dallas Cowboys have long had a reputation for finding offensive linemen from some of the most obscure places that most teams never used to even scout.