Offensive Line Continuity Updates Entering NFL Week 1

Thomas Emerick
September 7, 2022

Earlier this offseason, I wrote about how the Chiefs’ and Chargers’ massive offensive line overhauls were quite extraordinary, both in how quickly they yielded success and how uniquely equipped they were to do so.

Still, the top offenses tend to return more than three offensive line incumbents on average, while the bottom 10 mostly don’t.

The Bengals hope to see immediate results from their offensive line rebuild, as the Chiefs and Chargers did last year in replacing four and five starters, respectively. The Steelers also replaced four starters entering 2021, and it didn’t go as well for them.

The Bengals and Giants are the only teams with just a single incumbent on their starting offensive line entering Week 1 in 2022. They will rely on

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