It’s one of the all-time best NFL traditions that’s back for yet another year: quarterbacks — and sometimes running backs do it too — give thanks to the big men who protect them or create holes for them to run through by purchasing gifts for their offensive line.
That means we’re bringing back a yearly For The Win tradition: ranking those gifts given to the O-line. In years past, vehicles — in 2016, it was UTVs that the Cowboys got and Polaris Rangers gifted to the Rams’ linemen in 2018 — won.
What better day than Christmas to look at the gifts handed out? Here are our 2019 rankings:
6. New York Giants
Eli Manning — who only made four starts this year — gave a classic gift: Yeti coolers.
5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Big Green Egg and some money to buy steaks is good.
4. Buffalo Bills
Josh Allen got his solid line Traeger grills. Per the Buffalo News, they retail at a cool $1,200.
3. Green Bay Packers
Who doesn’t love a television? Thanks, Aaron Rodgers (who also got one for a newly-acquired player)!
2. Carolina Panthers
They’re up here thanks to both Kyle Allen and Christian McCaffrey. Allen got them Yeti coolers, and the stud running back gave electric scooters:
1. Baltimore Ravens
I don’t think you can beat getting a Rolex from Lamar Jackson:
