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Chiefs OL Trey Smith is NFL’s second-best run blocker since Week 7, per PFF

Pro Football Focus has #Chiefs lineman Trey Smith graded out as the NFL’s second-best run blocking guard since Week 7.

Veteran guard Trey Smith has been a fan favorite on the Kansas City Chiefs offensive line since joining the team as a sixth-round draft pick back in 2021. His savvy in pass protection has helped Patrick Mahomes stay on his feet this season, and without his efforts in the run game, the Chiefs wouldn’t be able to get Isiah Pacheco or Clyde Edwards-Helaire gaps to hit in the running game.

With just a handful of games remaining on Kansas City’s 2023 schedule, it seems that Smith’s contributions will be particularly crucial to the Chiefs’ chances of making a deep playoff run.

According to Pro Football Focus, the third-year guard has been the NFL’s second-best run-blocking grade of any guard in the NFL since Week 7.

If Smith can keep up his exceptional work up front, Andy Reid may be able to lean on Pacheco and Edwards-Helaire more in the regular season’s final contests to help Kansas City earn the AFC’s No. 1 playoff seed.

Seahawks are No. 2 in Touchdown Wire’s future QB rankings

With Russell Wilson at the helm, the Seattle Seahawks rank second-best in Touchdown Wire’s future quarterback rankings.

The Seattle Seahawks have one of the best quarterbacks in the league right now in Russell Wilson, but how will they fare in the near future?

Touchdown Wire took a look at the quarterback situations for all 32 NFL teams to produce rankings of all of the teams’ outlooks. To determine the results, a “blue-ribbon panel” of one former head coach, two former general managers and one current general manager were consulted on their opinions.

Writes Pat Yasinskas:

Russell Wilson might be playing better than any other quarterback in the league right now. And it might be the same case in 2023, the last year of his current contract. He’ll turn 35 that year, but still could be playing in his prime. Wilson is having an MVP-type season this year. His backup is Geno Smith at the moment, but Smith is only under contract for this year. It doesn’t matter all that much, because Wilson has been durable.

With Wilson at the helm, Touchdown Wire determined the Seahawks ranked second-best in the league. Only the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes were higher.

Yasinskas continues:

One of our panelists called Wilson a transcendent talent, (“He showed you don’t have to be 6-foot-4 to play quarterback in the NFL, and that’s opened the doors for guys like Kyler Murray.”) The Seahawks aren’t going to let Wilson go anywhere. Barring injury, he’ll sign at least one more contract extension in Seattle.

You can find Touchdown Wire’s entire future quarterback rankings here.

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