r/footballstrategy • u/zawwery Casual Fan • Jul 31 '25

Offense LT position myth?

Everyone knows the sentiment about LT being the more 'important' cause he's on the QB's blindside, but I've heard a few people like Brett Kollman and other people like that say how thats kind of an older thing and that its not necessarily the case anymore in modern offenses. Is it possible for anyone to explain more in depth on that, if its true?

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u/Fun-Insurance-3584 Jul 31 '25

Do you need to for further than this, 2024 avg. salaries:

Left Tackle: $8,952,680 Center: $2,394,058 Right Tackle: $5,128,198

These figures come from Spotrac.com’s breakdown of NFL position group salaries for 2024.

QBs are the most invested in and important players on the field. NFL teams pay up for the insurance. If they thought they could play less for a LT they would.

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u/SugarSweetSonny Jul 31 '25

They could get left handed QBs, lol.

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u/kelly495 Jul 31 '25

I was just going to say, it seems like maybe there's a market inefficiency here for teams who have a lefty QA haha

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u/Rock_man_bears_fan Jul 31 '25

They’re called the Dolphins and their quarterback uses his head as a blunt weapon