Accuracy at quarterback. Speed at wide receiver and running back. Tenacity along the offensive line.
Ask anybody to name the essentials for an NFL offense to succeed, and these are some of the most popular answers you’d get.
There’s nothing wrong with those answers, but it is a shame that almost nobody would be bold enough to mention one of the most underrated variables in all of football: skill position blocking.
If you have watched film, you know that in any given NFL game, many offensive plays will be made or broken by the block of a skill position player.