Offensive Lineman Negative Play Rate (OLNPR)
The sad reality of life as an offensive lineman is that you’re mostly going to be remembered for your negative plays. It’s rare for anybody to notice, much less point out, when the big guys up front are doing well.
The best we might be able to do as far as tracking linemen individually is to point out who is making the fewest negative plays. It’s a backhanded compliment, for sure, but even that feels appropriate for the world of the offensive line.
Here’s the idea behind this stat.
First, we total up all of the negative plays a lineman makes: pressures allowed and penalties committed via Pro Football Focus, as well as blown run blocks blown via Sports Information Solutions. Then, we divide the number of regular season snaps by those negative plays, then multiply that rate by 100 to see how many negative plays a given lineman makes over the course of 100 plays, on average.
Presto: Offensive Lineman Negative Play Rate (OLNPR).
We have enough data on this to get a look at every lineman who’s played at least 100 snaps on offense in a given season dating back to 2016, with a couple of players from 2015 thrown in as well.
Here’s how the Packers’ offensive line performed in 2024.
And here’s the full database of players dating back as far as we have data. Position-by-position charts are available below the full database.