Colts’ Quenton Nelson was PFF’s highest-graded LG in 2024

Quenton Nelson is recent off of his first All-Professional nod (2nd group) since 2021. Regardless of one other season of blocking for a number of beginning quarterbacks, Nelson put collectively a season’s value of robust tape and was rewarded for his efforts.

His fifth AP All-Professional (3 first group, 2 second group) to pair with being a Professional Bowl participant in each season to date, Quenton Nelson stays top-of-the-line gamers at his place seven years into his profession.

The previous Preventing Irish product struggled immensely in a house loss earlier this previous season in opposition to the Detroit Lions. Nonetheless, he righted the ship as he completed the latter half of the yr taking part in a few of his greatest ball — 0 penalties dedicated within the group’s closing 5 outings after committing all 10 of his season’s penalties within the earlier twelve video games (in addition to 3 within the aforementioned matchup versus the Lions).

Regardless of a rocky season for the Indianapolis Colts, Quenton Nelson reminded his doubters that he not solely ‘nonetheless has it’ however is arguably one of the best left guard in soccer — one thing that’s all the time been evident since his first begin within the NFL.

Though Nelson misplaced the All-Professional first group bid to Kansas Metropolis Chiefs OL Joe Thuney, who began simply 13 video games at left guard in 2024 earlier than making the team-necessary swap to left deal with for the remainder of the season (playoffs included).

Nevertheless, based mostly on their grading system, Professional Soccer Focus would argue that Nelson carried out at the next stage than Thuney did this previous season. Right here’s how Nelson fared amongst all left guards in PFF’s grading system:

Total: 81.3 (1st)

Run Blocking: 81.7 (1st)

Go Blocking: 79.7 (third)

Thuney’s pass-blocking grade (81.9) was the very best amongst all left guards, and it makes excellent sense when you think about that he didn’t enable a single sack and dedicated only one penalty within the common season in comparison with Nelson’s 3 sacks allowed and 10 penalties dedicated. In the meantime, Thuney’s 73.5 run blocking grade was the Seventh-highest grade amongst left guards whereas Nelson posted the very best grade of the bunch.

No matter how the All-Professional voting shook out, each gamers placed on dominant showings in 2024 thus proving that the Assosciated Press obtained it proper in relation to deciphering who the league’s two greatest left guards the place.