{"id":943223,"date":"2026-07-12T03:51:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T03:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/943223\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T03:51:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T03:51:25","slug":"is-ny-jets-rt-armand-membou-already-a-top-10-nfl-tackle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/943223\/","title":{"rendered":"Is NY Jets RT Armand Membou already a top-10 NFL tackle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Armand Membou\u2019s stellar rookie campaign left fans excited for what his future holds with the New York Jets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just one year into his NFL career, the league is already taking notice of his long-term capabilities. That\u2019s how strong his rookie season was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday,\u00a0ESPN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/49248530\/ranking-nfl-top-10-offensive-tackles-2026-execs-coaches-scouts\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Jeremy Fowler<\/a>\u00a0released his top-10 offensive tackle rankings, based on surveys of nearly 70 league executives, scouts, and coaches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Membou wasn\u2019t slotted in the top 10 or as an honorable mention, he was one of seven other tackles to receive votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne name to keep an eye on for future years: Jets RT Armand Membou,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/2075975657092207097\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Fowler added<\/a>. \u201cHe can be the best run-blocker in the league,\u201d per an NFL coordinator. \u201cJust a big, long, powerful man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One name to keep an eye on for future years: Jets RT Armand Membou. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He can be the best run-blocker in the league,&#8221; per an NFL coordinator. &#8220;Just a big, long, powerful man.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TTzbCa19qh\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/TTzbCa19qh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/2075975657092207097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">July 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Membou started all 17 games at right tackle for the Jets during his rookie season after being selected with the No. 7 overall pick in last year\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He finished the year with an overall grade of 72.7 from Pro Football Focus, ranking 14th among 32 qualified right tackles. To boot, he just turned 22 and has freakish athleticism, owning a 9.89 Relative Athletic Score.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, Membou\u2019s ceiling is sky-high, as Fowler expressed via the intel he has received from scouts, coaches, and executives around the league.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this time next year, he could very well finish in the upper half of the annual top 10 rankings that Fowler compiles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jets\u2019 offensive line as a whole still has some proving to do this season, but their future up front looks brighter than it has in quite some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Armand Membou\u2019s stellar rookie campaign left fans excited for what his future holds with the New York Jets.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[798,7,3228,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,3231,3916,3234],"class_list":["post-943223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-jets","tag-armand-membou","tag-football","tag-free-content","tag-jets","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-jets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkjets","tag-nfl","tag-ny-jets-news","tag-ny-jets-players","tag-standard"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116904976930980802","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943223","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=943223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}