Who are the top 5 greatest Right Guards of all-time?

[Jetsfan80]

Leading up to the start of the season, I'll be posting a thread once every day or so devoted to determine the top 5 all-time at each position, as voted on by JN.

I am using football-reference.com's AV (Approximate Value) metric to help compare across eras.  The "Peak AV Average" means the average "score" for each player's among their top 5 performing years in the league, to help establish which players had the high peaks and which players were more of the "compilers" over a long career.  Utilizing a "peak AV" also allows for players with careers shortened by injury to be included.

Also note that AV only goes back so far, so some players from the earliest days in NFL history (primarily the 30s, 40s and early 50s) are, unfortunately, excluded.

 

Last week, JN voted on 3-4 OLB's/EDGE's:

 

 

Today, we vote on Right Guards!

Below are the candidates and their resumes, ranked in the order weighted by AV/Peak AV:

 

1.  Bruce Matthews, HOU/TEN (1983-2001)

• Career AV:  215
• Peak AV Average:  17
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  7
• Pro Bowl Selections:  14

2.  Jahri Evans, NO/GB (2006-2017)

• Career AV:  145
• Peak AV Average:  16
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  4
• Pro Bowl Selections:  6

3.  Will Shields, KC (1993-2006)

• Career AV:  157
• Peak AV Average:  14
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  2
• Pro Bowl Selections:  12

4.  Larry Little, SD/MIA (1967-1980)

• Career AV:  133
• Peak AV Average:  15
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  4
• Pro Bowl Selections:  5

5.  Larry Allen, DAL/SF (1994-2007)

• Career AV:  134 
• Peak AV Average:  13
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  6
• Pro Bowl Selections:  11

6.  Zack Martin, DAL (2014-present)

• Career AV:  98
• Peak AV Average:  15
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  5
• Pro Bowl Selections:  7

7.  Marshal Yanda, BAL (2007-2019)

• Career AV:  116
• Peak AV Average:  14
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  2
• Pro Bowl Selections:  8

8.  Jerry Kramer, GB (1958-1968)

• Career AV:  91
• Peak AV Average:  14
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  5
• Pro Bowl Selections:  3

9.  Joe DeLamielleure, BUF/CLE (1973-1985)

• Career AV:  112
• Peak AV Average:  13
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  3
• Pro Bowl Selections:  6

10.  Gene Hickerson, CLE (1958-1973)

• Career AV:  116
• Peak AV Average:  12
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  3
• Pro Bowl Selections:  6

11.  Randy Cross, SF (1976-1988)

• Career AV:  113
• Peak AV Average:  12
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  0
• Pro Bowl Selections:  3

12.  Max Montoya, CIN/RAI (1979-1994)

• Career AV:  121
• Peak AV Average:  11
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  0
• Pro Bowl Selections:  4

13.  Ed White, MIN/SD (1969-1985)

• Career AV:  130
• Peak AV Average:  10
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  0
• Pro Bowl Selections:  4

14.  Chris Snee, NYG (2004-2013)

• Career AV:  90
• Peak AV Average:  12
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  1
• Pro Bowl Selections:  4

15.  Walt Sweeney, SD/WAS (1963-1975)

• Career AV:  106
• Peak AV Average:  10
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  2
• Pro Bowl Selections:  9

16.  Adam Timmerman, GB/STL (1995-2006)

• Career AV:  100
• Peak AV Average:  11
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  0
• Pro Bowl Selections:  1

17.  Josh Sitton, GB/CHI/MIA (2008-2018)

• Career AV:  98
• Peak AV Average:  11
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  0
• Pro Bowl Selections:  4

18.  Kevin Gogan, DAL/OAK/SF/MIA/SD (1987-2000)

• Career AV:  94
• Peak AV Average:  10
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  0
• Pro Bowl Selections:  3

19.  Louis Vasquez, SD/DEN (2009-2015)

• Career AV:  66
• Peak AV Average:  11
• 1st Team All-Pro Selections:  1
• Pro Bowl Selections:  1

 

Just missed the cut:  Marco Rivera, Larry Warford, Brandon Moore

[Barry McCockinner]

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[Jetsfan80]

15 hours ago, Barry McCockinner said:

 

14 hours ago, southparkcpa said:

 

[Warfish]

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1. Who is the # 1 greatest RG of all-time?

[More Cowbell]

[Jetsfan80]

The next several position groups will be juicier guys, I promise.  Just a few more votes on this one and we'll have enough of a sample to move forward. 

Thanks!

[BurnleyJet]

Larry Allen, by a mile.

[NewGuyJet]

Where's AVT????

[Jetsfan80]

1 hour ago, BurnleyJet said:

Larry Allen, by a mile.

Maybe.  If he'd only stuck with one position it would have made these decisions easier, lol

[Jetsfan80]

6 measly votes.  Ugh.

[nj meadowlands]

4 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

6 measly votes.  Ugh.

10x that many in this poll:

 

 

[Jetsfan80]

Just now, nj meadowlands said:

10x that many in this poll:

 

 

 

That's what football fans care about on JN.  Fashion.  

[nj meadowlands]

2 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

 

That's what football fans care about on JN.  Fashion.  

Far more interesting and accessible than debating who the 4th best nose tackle of the 1970's was.

[Jetsfan80]

25 minutes ago, nj meadowlands said:

Far more interesting and accessible than debating who the 4th best nose tackle of the 1970's was.

Still waiting for you to respond to @T0mShane's request on your contribution to JN discussion.

Lot's of snark on JN these days that's not even entertaining.  So, yeah, I'll gladly post a NT thread only a couple people care about over the trash we've been getting here.

[nj meadowlands]

1 minute ago, Jetsfan80 said:

Still waiting for you to respond to @T0mShane's request on your contribution to JN discussion.

Lot's of snark on JN these days that's not even entertaining.  So, yeah, I'll gladly post a NT thread only a couple people care about over the trash we've been getting here.

Keep waiting.

[Jetsfan80]

1 minute ago, nj meadowlands said:

Keep waiting.

As I thought.

[nj meadowlands]

1 minute ago, Jetsfan80 said:

As I thought.

No coming back from this one.