I believe run-blocking is the most overlooked and under-analyzed aspect of football. It’s such an important aspect of the sport, and yet, there are barely any statistics out in the world that quantify players’ individual run-blocking production.
It seems this is due to the simple fact that run-blocking is so much harder to see on television than other parts of the sport. When watching a game on the TV broadcast, it’s easy for any viewer to spot when a quarterback makes a great throw or a receiver drops a pass. But run plays look like nothing more than a chaotic, indiscernible mess in which a clump of humanity converges into a big pile.