Stanley has stabilized his career after the severe ankle injury that once threatened to push him out of the league's dependable starter tier. After rebuilding his mobility, strength and availability over multiple seasons, he started 16 games in 2025 and again looked like a functional, above-average left tackle rather than the compromised version he battled through earlier in his comeback. Stanley's value remains anchored in pass protection, where his elite length, calm footwork and positional awareness allow him to cover rushers without overextending. He is primarily a two-hand striker, which gives him a clean way to establish early control but also introduces variance when rushers beat his timing or capture the edge before he resets. His play-strength and anchor are no longer at his pre-injury peak, and his run-game impact is more positional than forceful. Still, Stanley's length, experience and set mechanics give Baltimore a steady blindside presence who can function in true pass sets, even if the margin for error is thinner than it was during his All-Pro peak.

Miller started only four games in 2025 before a Week 4 high-ankle sprain and hairline fracture in his right ankle ended his season. The limited sample size makes this more of a health-discounted evaluation than a clean full-year reset, especially given Miller's prior track record as a quality left tackle. When right, Miller wins with size, length, functional athletic ability and a more refined pass-protection approach than his 6'8" frame suggests. His best reps come when he can use his hands to disrupt pass-rush timing, protect his frame and force defenders to work through his length rather than win quickly around the edges. The 2025 injury context clouds how much of his movement and anchor can be cleanly projected, but his history points to a solid starter when healthy. In the run game, Miller can still cover up, create angles and generate functional movement, though he is not a consistently dominant displacement blocker. His current grade reflects a proven tackle whose recent availability and lower-body recovery create uncertainty. However, his baseline traits and body of work still support a solid starting profile if his ankle fully rebounds.

Banks started all 17 games as a rookie and pieced together a promising first season, especially considering the shaky left guard play and a passing environment with high true-dropback exposure due to New Orleans' low play-action rate. A quick-pass element helped offset some of that stress, but Banks still showed a starter-level foundation. He wins with a wide frame, big hands and good athletic ability, giving him enough range and surface area to match up against a diverse collection of rushers. His high outside-low inside hand carriage and willingness to double-under against power helped him create early contact, and his inside hand became more reliable against inside moves as the year progressed. Anchor consistency and counter discipline proved to be limiting factors. Banks can be compressed by speed-to-power, and he will take the bait against inside-out counters, stopping his feet, dropping his outside foot and striking down the middle of rushers. In the run game, he showed useful movement ability to intersect targets in space, though his play-strength is still more functional than forceful. Banks is not a finished product. However, his durability, physical tools and in-season growth point toward a solid young starter with room to climb.

Van Lanen started 10 games in 2025 across right guard, right tackle and left tackle, largely due to injuries among Jacksonville's front five. He opened Week 13 at right guard before Walker Little exited with a concussion, then held down the left tackle job for the rest of the season. Van Lanen is a crafty, efficient blocker with a firm understanding of play's intent, spacing, timing and positional leverage. His quick processing and refined hand usage allow him to create early leverage, stay square and avoid being caught out of position. That helps mitigate a sawed-off, undersized frame that can get knocked back by high-end power and leave him stranded against counters. He is not a physically imposing blocker, but his technique, awareness and four-position flexibility give him a relatively high floor as a solid starter at four of the five positions.

Simmons started eight games as a rookie in 2025, missing Weeks 6-9 for personal reasons and Weeks 14-18 with a dislocated elbow, but his limited sample showed real left tackle promise. Simmons was tested by high-end rushers such as Nik Bonitto and Josh Hines-Allen and flashed the premium movement profile that made him a first-round prospect, though his pass-protection consistency remained a work in progress. He's still raw with only the details of footwork, hand placement and strike-timing, which puts him in too many compromised positions. Those moments also highlight his rare ability to recover, mirror and protect space on an island. Simmons has top-tier athletic ability, fluidity and range in pass protection, with the movement skills to become a weapon on climbs, screens and space blocks in the run game. He also has enough raw strength to command the point of attack when his upper and lower halves are synced. The gap between his traits and skill set remains clear, especially with his hands, but his rookie tape showed enough high-end flashes to project an ascending starter whose athletic ceiling is among the league's best.

Paul completed his second season and first as a full-time starter in 2025, showing promising results inside the Dolphins' tackle-friendly passing environment. Miami's quick-game structure, Tua Tagovailoa's league-fastest time to throw and a top-five play-action rate helped reduce Paul's exposure. Still, his physical tools translated. Paul's exceptional length gives him a trump-card trait in pass protection, allowing him to widen rush paths, expand his edges and cover up some of the issues created by his high-cut frame. He can step underneath himself on redirects and lose balance against late movement, but his reach and grip strength allow him to latch, clamp and survive many reps. In the run game, Paul showed enough burst and range to intersect targets on climbs and lead blocks, with the play-strength and demeanor to overrun defenders once attached. He can still dip his head or get crossed up by movement across his face, but those issues became less frequent as the season progressed. With a new coaching staff and quarterback situation, Paul's 2026 projection carries some volatility. Even so, his length, play-strength and growing confidence provide a reasonable starter floor.

Johnson started 12 games in 2025 before a Week 14 MCL sprain ended his season, operating in a difficult environment that included backup quarterback play for much of the year, below-average offensive line play around him and one of the league's more pass-heavy structures. Since moving from right tackle as a rookie to the left side in 2024, Johnson has settled in as a solid, ascending starter, even if the larger leap expected from his traits became harder to fully realize in that context. His game is built on movement skills, elite length and the ability to cast a wide net in pass protection, allowing him to establish first meaningful contact and stay centered against speed-oriented rushers. Johnson has the range to protect on an island and the recovery athleticism to survive when rushers force him off his initial track. His play-strength and anchor are solid enough to function, but they are not yet imposing traits. He can be compressed by quality speed-to-power, and his run-game impact is more effective on the move than in tight quarters, where angle-drive and base blocks can stall out quickly. Johnson is at his best in space and zone concepts, where he can intersect, latch and overrun smaller targets on the front and backside. He is not a fully hardened left tackle yet, but the length, movement skill and two-year progression on the blindside still point toward a useful starter with more growth potential.