Jonathan Ogden’s retirement speech, Ogden allowed fewer adjusted sacks than any other Left Tackle in the National Football League in 2006. Left tackles protect a right-handed Quarterback from an area he can’t see.

Left tackles are the one who protect a right-handed quarterback from an area he can’t see, his literal “blind spot”. Since the vast majority of NFL quarterbacks are right-handed, the left tackles of the league have an especially important role to play in the offense.