Philadelphia had Jason Kelce earn honorable mentions and Lane Johnson made first team on the PFF list of the best players of the past 25 years
The Eagles have been applauded for their offensive line dominance over the past decade, and that excellence has led to legendary figures earning elite accolades. Pro Football Focus recently revealed a list of the top NFL players from the past 25 years.
Since 2000, some all-time greats have entered the league, and Philadelphia has had Jason Kelce earn honorable mentions and Lane Johnson make the first team on the PFF list.
Johnson is coming off his 12th NFL season, which resulted in his second Super Bowl victory and the best PFF overall grade (88.9) of his career. It was the cherry on top of a dominant career in which he owns the best knockdown rate allowed (sacks plus quarterback hits) among offensive tackles with at least 4,500 pass-blocking snaps (1.1%).
Johnson’s 2024 season proved that he’s aging like a fine wine, as one of just three players (Andrew Whitworth and Tristan Wirfs) to post two of the 15 lowest pressure rates allowed in a season for the position since 2006 — one in 2022 (1.8%) and the other in 2024 (2.6%).
Kelce was a sixth-round draft pick in 2011 and defied the odds to become one of the best centers in NFL history after becoming one of only three centers in NFL history (along with Pro Football Hall of Famers Dermontti Dawson and Mike Webster) to be named an NFL All-Pro player at least five times (Kelce is a 6-time All-Pro). He has been selected as a Pro Bowl player seven times. Kelce started 156 consecutive regular-season games, dating back to the 2014 season, played in 193 career regular-season games, and started all of the team’s 12 postseason games.
Lane Johnson just signed a two-year contract extension that will keep the All-Pro right tackle under contract until the 2027 NFL season.
Last season, Johnson ranked 1st among NFL right tackles in PFF pass-blocking grade (88.1), pressure percentage (2.2%), and knockdown percentage (0.2%). He allowed zero sacks and 1 QB hit in 451 pass-blocking snaps.