{"id":206229,"date":"2025-07-14T11:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/206229\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T11:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:10:16","slug":"nfl-execs-coaches-and-players-rank-chiefs-c-creed-humphrey-as-the-2025-top-interior-ol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/206229\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL execs, coaches, and players rank Chiefs C Creed Humphrey as the 2025 top interior OL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to an annual NFL poll, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/kansas-city-chiefs\/339\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kansas City Chiefs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> center Creed Humphrey had another strong season in 2024, enough to claim his spot as the best interior offensive lineman.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45530903\/top-10-nfl-interior-offensive-linemen-execs-scouts-2025-espn-jeremy-fowler-position-rankings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a poll of NFL decision-makers and players;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a poll of NFL decision-makers and players<\/a> conducted by ESPN reporter Jeremy Fowler, Humphrey is alone at the top of the interior offensive lineman rankings. The annual rankings list is detailed, and multiple player factors are included.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Voters gave the network staff their best ten players at a position. Then, they compiled the results and ranked candidates based on the number of top-10 votes, composite average, and dozens of interviews, with research and film study help from ESPN NFL analyst Matt Bowen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s great in pass protection, great feet and instincts,&#8221; an NFL coordinator said. &#8220;Not a mauler in the running game, but can get it done enough. Deals with chaos well and can navigate a lot of moving parts for that offense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Humphrey beat out offensive guard <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/dallas-cowboys\/331\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dallas Cowboys;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> Tyler Smith, who finished in second place. The former Oklahoma <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/oklahoma-sooners\/3430\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sooners;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sooners<\/a> standout has been named an All-Pro twice and selected to the Pro Bowl three times since the start of his rookie season. The two-time Super Bowl champion led all centers in offensive snaps with 1,112 last season.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/chiefswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/chiefs\/2025\/07\/14\/espns-nfl-poll-ranks-kansas-city-chiefs-c-creed-humphrey-as-the-top-interior-ol\/85042751007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ESPN&#039;s NFL poll ranks Chiefs C Creed Humphrey as the top interior OL;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ESPN&#8217;s NFL poll ranks Chiefs C Creed Humphrey as the top interior OL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to an annual NFL poll, Kansas City Chiefs center Creed Humphrey had another strong season in 2024,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7738,257,12,7,6388,110,6,453,1498],"class_list":{"0":"post-206229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-creed-humphrey","9":"tag-dallas-cowboys","10":"tag-espn","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-jeremy-fowler","13":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-offensive-lineman","16":"tag-tyler-smith"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114851284526552629","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}