{"id":689157,"date":"2026-01-19T17:25:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/689157\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T17:25:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:25:32","slug":"saints-ol-dillon-radunz-and-c-g-cesar-ruizs-2025-nfl-season-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/689157\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints OL Dillon Radunz and C\/G Cesar Ruiz’s 2025 NFL Season Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n CESAR RUIZ AND DILLON RADUNZ 2025 SEASON ANALYSIS<\/p>\n

The Saints used the third most unique 5-man offensive line combinations in the NFL this season and the guard position was no different. Cesar Ruiz<\/a> took the most snaps in the right guard position. Ruiz started 14 games in his sixth season with the Saints, missing some time with ankle injuries.<\/p>\n

Offensive lineman Dillon Radunz<\/a> spent the most time at the left guard position in his first year with the Saints and fifth in the NFL, taking over as the full-time starter after the trade of guard\/tackle Trevor Penning. Radunz played in 15 games tallying 10 starts.<\/p>\n

It was a challenging year for the Saints interior with the team struggling to generate a push in the middle resulting in a rushing attack that ranked 31st in yards per play with 3.69 yards a carry. The Saints guards held up better in pass protection. Pro Football Focus credited Ruiz with three sacks allowed and Radunz with one.<\/p>\n

\n BEST GAME OF CESAR RUIZ AND DILLON RADUNZ’S 2025 SEASON<\/p>\n

The Saints guards helped plow the road for the Saints offense with a season high 423 yards and 34 points in a Week 17 victory against the Tennessee Titans<\/a>. The rushing game contributed 103 yards and a touchdown on the ground. They also kept quarterback Tyler Shough upright only conceding two sacks for a loss of 13 yards to a defensive interior lead by All-Pro Jeffery Simmons, helping the Saints put up 320 yards through the air and another two touchdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CESAR RUIZ AND DILLON RADUNZ 2025 SEASON ANALYSIS The Saints used the third most unique 5-man offensive line…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[11147,6843,7,81,896,55,2572,2571,6,1647,397,97863],"class_list":["post-689157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-orleans-saints","tag-cesar-ruiz","tag-dillon-radunz","tag-football","tag-latest-news","tag-new-orleans","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-neworleans","tag-neworleanssaints","tag-nfl","tag-roster","tag-saints","tag-saints-season-recap"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115922935851154351","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689157","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=689157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}