Dallas Cowboys boast best offensive line in their division

Dallas Cowboys (Gold medal)

Tyron Smith, Zack Martin, Travis Frederick, Connor Williams, La’el Collins, Cameron Fleming, Marcus Martin, Joe Looney

The Cowboys earn the gold medal for two reasons.

First, Tyron Smith and Zack Martin are both the best at their respective positions in the NFL. That means something. When Smith is right, he is easily one of the three best linemen in all of football. As for Martin, in four years, he’s been to four Pro-Bowl’s and been chosen as an All-Pro twice.

Frederick is also one of the top four or five centers in the NFL, bolstered by four Pro-Bowl selections as well as 2016’s All-Pro nomination.

With Williams and Collins rounding out the starting five, this is one of the two or three best groups, hands down.

The other reason for their gold medal is performance.

Over the last five years, Cowboys’ quarterbacks have been sacked less than 30 times each season. As for the running backs, two have led the entire league in rushing. If not for a six game suspension to Elliott, that likely would have been three.

Also due to Elliott’s suspension, he missed the 1,000 yard plateau by just 17 yards. Had he hit that, the Dallas Cowboys would have had five straight 1,000+ yard rushers with three different backs.

What was the one constant in all of that production?

The best offensive line in the NFC East.

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So, there you have it. After this round of medals, the new leaderboard looks like this:

Philadelphia Eagles – 11
Dallas Cowboys – 8
Washington Redskins – 7
New York Giants – 5

Coming Tuesday morning will be the defensive line’s turn to see which medals they deserve. Feel free to comment below.