The New Orleans Saints have two anchors along their offensive line, Taliese Fuaga and Erik McCoy. The veteran and rookie will push the offensive line into the future, and they both had standout performances against the Washington Commanders.
Fuaga has been on a string of stalling pass rushers. This is a return to form for McCoy, however, after coming back from a groin injury.
McCoy was the highest-graded center by Pro Football Focus in Week 15. There’s a large focus on pass rush when thinking about an offensive lineman’s performance. McCoy only allowed one pressure on 36 pass blocking snaps Sunday.
Pressure dropped when Spencer Rattler entered the game. Even when Jake Haener was in the game most of the pressure came from the right side of the line.
McCoy was particularly dominant in the run game. His 91.1 run grade was also the highest grade of all centers from last week’s action. That’s just one pressure allowed and a crushing performance in the run game.
The Saints best offensive lineman is getting back to his old self.
