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John Franklin-Myers and Sheldon Rankins are excellent pass rushers, but neither guy excels when defending the run. Franklin-Myers placed at the 42nd percentile among qualified interior defensive linemen with a 57.1 run defense grade at Pro Football Focus in 2020. Rankins was in the same ballpark, placing at the 41st percentile with a 56.7 run defense grade. Franklin-Myers lined up on the left side of the defensive line (across from the right side of the opponent’s offensive line) on the majority of his snaps in the 2020 season (89.2%). Rankins has been versatile throughout his career, playing plenty of snaps on both sides of the line, but he has leaned toward the left side as well, playing 56.5% of his career snaps on that side. Opposing right guards who excel as run blockers will have a favorable matchup against Franklin-Myers and Rankins, and New England’s Shaq Mason is perhaps the best run-blocking right guard on the Jets’ 2021 schedule. Mason earned a run-blocking grade of 88.1 at PFF in 2020, which rank

This article first appeared on Jets X-Factor and was syndicated with permission.

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