{"id":90614,"date":"2025-05-30T12:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/90614\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T12:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:37:14","slug":"who-is-indianapolis-colts-best-player-in-2025-pro-football-network-weighs-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/90614\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Indianapolis Colts&#8217; best player in 2025? Pro Football Network weighs in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who is the <a href=\"https:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Indianapolis Colts&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Indianapolis Colts&#8217;<\/a> best player heading into the 2025 NFL season?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pro Football Network;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Pro Football Network<\/a> recently answered that question for all 32 teams. When it came to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colts<\/a>, they selected left guard Quenton Nelson.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Quenton Nelson has made it to the Pro Bowl in every season he&#8217;s played since entering the NFL in 2018,&#8221; wrote PFN. &#8220;A seven-time Pro Bowler and a five-time All-Pro, he&#8217;s on his way to a Hall of Fame career with a couple more seasons at this level of play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nelson would make his seventh consecutive Pro Bowl last season and was named a second-team All-Pro as well, his first All-Pro nod since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson ranked 15th among all guards in PFF&#8217;s pass-blocking efficiency metric, and he was fourth in run-blocking grade, with Jonathan Taylor averaging 4.8 yards per rush when running to Nelson&#8217;s direct left and 5.3 yards per rush when running to his direct right.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Nelson, also in this conversation could be Jonathan Taylor, who rushed for 1,431 yards last season&#8211;the fourth-most in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>DeForest Buckner is another candidate as he continues to put together one high-level season after another. Compared league-wide to his position group last season, Buckner was seventh in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PFF&#039;s pass rush win rate;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PFF&#8217;s pass rush win rate<\/a> metric, 12th in pass rush productivity, and ninth in run-stop rate.<\/p>\n<p>New offseason additions Cam Bynum and Charvarius Ward could perhaps find themselves in the mix with this conversation as well.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2025\/05\/30\/pro-football-network-names-quenton-nelson-indianapolis-colts-best-player-2025-season\/83941229007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2025 NFL season: Quenton Nelson named Indianapolis Colts&#039; best player;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">2025 NFL season: Quenton Nelson named Indianapolis Colts&#8217; best player<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who is the Indianapolis Colts&#8217; best player heading into the 2025 NFL season? 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