PFF: Tristan Wirfs Has No Equal At Pass Blocking
June 7th, 2025
Pass blocking beast.
Finally, Joe and the PFF tribe can agree on something: Bucs left tackle Tristan Wirfs is an absolute beast.
Zoltán Buday of the PFF tribe didn’t have Wirfs as his best tackle in the game. Instead, Buday believes it is Jordan Mailata of the Eagles. Buday thinks Mailata is a better run blocker than Wirfs, enough to rank him above the Bucs’ All-Pro.
But when it comes to pass blocking, Buday typed there is Wirfs, and then there is everyone else. There, he’s in a kingdom all his own.
There has been no better pass-blocking offensive tackle in the NFL in recent years than Wirfs. Not only did he permit zero sacks in 2024, but he also allowed pressure on just 1.9% of pass plays — the best rate among all offensive tackles.
The gap between Wirfs and the second-place left tackle in pressure rate allowed — 1 percentage point — is the equivalent of the gap between the second- and sixth-ranked left tackles.
Wirfs is simply a stone wall when in the passing game. And it is a beautiful thing to see. Wirfs’ run blocking is a little underrated but perhaps there is a reason the Bucs don’t run that often behind Wirfs.
This seems strange to Joe on the surface since Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians loved running behind Wirfs.
Regardless, Wirfs is one of the best Bucs to ever wear pewter and red (and occasionally, creamsicle). If he doesn’t get hurt, Joe cannot see how Wirfs doesn’t someday have his bust in Canton with the rest of the game’s elite.
Being the only man to ever play in the NFL to win All-Pro honors at both left and right tackle speaks for itself.