The forgotten men in the trenches. The ones who aren’t snapping the ball and aren’t on the edges, facing the big-name rushers screaming around the rail.
It’s the guards who have more responsibility than people realize and yet don’t get the acclaim (and in most cases the pay) of their contemporaries. Often, it’s the guards leading the way on running plays or being asked to pull out into space with athleticism to set up a screen or sweep. And yet, from a financial standpoint, only six are being paid more than $80 million on their current contracts, while 14 tackles are above that threshold.
