Ronnie Stanley Ranked Among Top 5 Offensive Tackles in NFL

Left tackle recovering from ankle surgery.

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Ronnie Stanley is among the best tackles in the NFL, according to the recent rankings by Pro Football Focus.

The Ravens left tackle is still recovering from ankle surgery could be ready for the 2021 season opener. Stanley has been dominant when he is on the field.

Here are PFF's top five tackles

1. David Bakhtiari, Green Bay Packers

2. Trent Williams, San Francisco 49ers

3. Ryan Ramczyk, New Orleans Saints

4. Terron Armstead, New Orleans Saints

5. Stanley, Ravens

 Here is PFF's take on Stanley:

Stanley was his usual self prior to going down with a season-ending injury in Week 8 of 2020, virtually never losing in pass protection. He earned a 91.0 pass-blocking grade over his six outings, which at the time was the best in the NFL. In 2019, Stanley led all tackles in pass-blocking grade by over four grading points with a 93.3 mark.  While Baltimore's offense helps, Stanley maintains his strong ranking when isolating the data set to true pass sets. He ranks fourth among all tackles in true pass set grade since entering the league in 2016, and he jumps to first when looking at just the past two seasons.

In October, the Ravens signed Stanley to a five-year extension, which keeps the All-Pro under contract through the 2025 season. The deal is worth $98.75, which makes him the second-highest-paid left tackle at $19.75 million per year.

Staley was playing in the final year of his rookie deal and was eligible to test the free-agent market in 2021. The Raven selected Stanley in the first round of the 2016 draft (sixth overall) from Notre Dame. He has started all 61 of the games in which he’s played since joining the Ravens prior to suffering the ankle injury Week 8 against the Steelers.

In 2019, when he earned first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors, Stanley helped Baltimore set an NFL record for single-season rushing yards (3,296) and produce the NFL’s No. 1 scoring offense (33.2 ppg).

Alejandro Villanueva. who signed this offseason as a free agent, was ranked No. 32, according to PFF.

Here is their analysis: 

"Baltimore smartly avoided having to pay Orlando Brown Jr., offloaded him for major draft capital and then signed an average, veteran offensive lineman to replace him. Over the past three years, Villanueva ranks 12th among left tackles in pass-blocking grade and has routinely done his job in the ground game, producing a negatively graded run-block rate that sits in the 82nd percentile at the position. He has just four career snaps at right tackle (all of which came in his first season in 2014), but he should hold up just fine there for Baltimore."