Depends on the team! However, every left tackle in the NFL is within the top 4 most paid members of their team.
Franchise quarterbacks are often the highest-paid player on a team's roster, but since all NFL player contracts are individually negotiated, no one position is always the "highest paid."Actually the left tackle normally gets paid the same amount as a QB if not higher."The left tackle protects the QB's blind side" "Very important."
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It is classed as a tackle when a players knees hit the floor,it doesnt have to be both knees but as long as 1 knee hits the floor then it is a tackle.
Joe thomas which he is in the chiefs.! it was in 2011 though..
Lawyrence Taylor (retired) is the best defensive tackle in the NFL.
Depends on the team! However, every left tackle in the NFL is within the top 4 most paid members of their team.
The Ravens best left tackle of all-time is Jonathan Ogden.
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An NFL offensive line consists of five linemen.CenterRight and Left GuardRight and Left Tackle
Marvel Smith has: Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Tackle in "NFL Game of the Week" in 1965. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Left Tackle in "NFL Monday Night Football" in 1970. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Tackle in "NFL Monday Night Football" in 1970. Played Himself - 38th Overall Pick in "2000 NFL Draft" in 2000. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Tackle in "2001 AFC Championship Game" in 2002. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Tackle in "NBC Sunday Night Football" in 2006. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Offensive Tackle in "Super Bowl XL" in 2006. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Left Tackle in "NFL Thursday Night Football" in 2006. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Left Tackle in "NFL Classics" in 2007.
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Ron Kostelnik has: Played Himself - Green Bay Packers Defensive Tackle in "1965 NFL Championship Game" in 1966. Played Himself - Green Bay Packers Left Defensive Tackle in "AFL-NFL World Championship Game" in 1967. Played Himself - Green Bay Packers Defensive Tackle in "1966 NFL Championship Game" in 1967. Played Himself - Green Bay Packers Defensive Tackle in "1967 NFL Championship Game" in 1967. Played Himself - Green Bay Packers Left Defensive Tackle in "AFL-NFL World Championship Game" in 1968.
Bob Vogel has: Played Himself - Baltimore Colts Tackle in "The NFL on CBS" in 1956. Played Himself - Baltimore Colts Tackle in "1964 NFL Championship Game" in 1964. Played Himself - Baltimore Colts Tackle in "1968 NFL Championship Game" in 1968. Played Himself - Baltimore Colts Left Tackle in "Super Bowl III" in 1969. Played Himself - Baltimore Colts Tackle in "1970 AFC Championship Game" in 1971. Played Himself - Baltimore Colts Left Tackle in "Super Bowl V" in 1971. Played Himself - AFC Tackle in "1971 NFL Pro Bowl" in 1971. Played Himself - Baltimore Colts Tackle in "1971 AFC Championship Game" in 1972.
Max Starks has: Played himself in "NFL Films Presents" in 1967. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Left Tackle in "NFL Monday Night Football" in 1970. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Tackle in "NFL Monday Night Football" in 1970. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Right Tackle in "NFL Monday Night Football" in 1970. Played himself in "WWF Raw Is War" in 1993. Played Himself - Greets Biff at the Superbowl in "Late Show with David Letterman" in 1993. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Right Tackle in "NFL Thursday Night Football" in 2006. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Left Tackle in "NFL Thursday Night Football" in 2006. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Offensive Lineman in "NFL Thursday Night Football" in 2006. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Left Tackle in "NFL Thursday Night Football" in 2006. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Left Tackle in "NBC Sunday Night Football" in 2006. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Offensive Tackle in "Super Bowl XL" in 2006. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Offensive Lineman in "NFL Classics" in 2007. Played Prisoner in "The Bridge to Nowhere" in 2009. Played Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers Left Tackle in "Super Bowl XLIII" in 2009.
One reason would be that most quarterbacks in the NFL are right handed. The left tackle is responsible for protecting the right handed quarterback's blind side on passing plays unless, of course, the QB is rolling left. Similarly, the right tackle protects the blind side of a left handed quarterback.