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Levitre a top 10 pass block guard

Posted by Chris Brown on July 13, 2012 – 9:33 am

The film reviewers and stat crunchers at Pro Football Focus are at it again this time assessing which NFL guards had the best pass blocking efficiency and Buffalo’s Andy Levitre cracked the top 10.

Levitre was ranked ninth in the league over the past three seasons (2009-2011) with a PBE of 97.4 (the closer to 100 the better). PFF takes total pressures allowed and weighs it against total number of snaps that player spends in pass protection, then with a few other calculations [(.75 x # of sacks and hurries + sacks) /(# of pass blocking snaps) x 100] – 100 = PBE.

Here’s the top 10.

Rank	Player	Current Team	Pass Protects	Total Pressure	PBE
1	Brandon Moore	NYJ	1585	38	98.17
2	Brian Waters	NE	1689	43	98.05
3	Josh Sitton	GB	1791	45	98.03
4	Bobbie Williams	BLT	1454	36	98.02
5	Steve Hutchinson	TEN	1480	38	97.97
6	Carl Nicks	TB	1959	53	97.87
7	Rob Sims	DET	1945	57	97.74
8	Richie Incognito	MIA	1396	43	97.51
9	Andy Levitre	BUF	1471	48	97.43