Colts’ 2nd-year OT only keeps up his impressive run

In addition, he recently had one of his best starts to a career, performing abroad in Germany in front of close friends and family and more than holding his own.

Raimann is presently rated as their fifth-best offensive lineman by PFF (subscription), with an overall rating of +82.8, including a +80.8 pass blocking mark.

Raimann has been nothing short of a rock solid star left tackle in 2023, allowing 2.0 sacks, 4 QB Hits, and 17 total pass pressures in 341 total pass blocking snaps.

Even though it would be premature to declare that the Colts have discovered their next franchise left tackle given the small sample size, I will say that Raimann is well on his way to becoming another great Horseshoe blindside bookend, joining the likes of Tarik Glenn and Anthony Castonzo.

Raimann hasn’t been a bad consolation prize and might even be the better value as a third round pick in 2022. I will always beat the drum that Christian Darrisaw of the Minnesota Vikings, who was taken two picks after the Colts’ Kwity Paye in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft, should have been Indy’s pick because he is currently PFF’s #1 best graded offensive tackle.

Although Raimann was always considered an excellent athlete at offensive tackle, some teams were put off by his shorter arms during their draft evaluations, thinking he may be a better offensive guard in the big leagues. As a result, the Colts obviously found a “second day” sleeper. To their credit, the Colts recognized the potential in the agility, footwork, technique, and made use of it.

It took some time, as the still-developing Raimann experienced some early growing pains as a rookie starting at left tackle the previous season, but he kept getting better and proved to be rather competent in the latter stages of his inaugural campaign.

This season, Raimann has undoubtedly continued to build on last year’s success, becoming an even better left tackler who excels in pass protection.