| New York Life Protection Index Analysis |
| Buffalo Bills |
| Season | Rank | Protection Index | Previous Protection Index | Change | Offensive Linemen Drafted |
| 2010 | 19 | 57.3 | 28.8 | 28.5 | Ed Wang (T) - Virginia Tech |
| 2009 | 32 | 28.8 | 53.4 | -24.6 | Eric Wood (G) - Louisville, Andy Levitre (G) - Oregon State |
| 2008 | 23 | 53.4 | 54.3 | -0.9 | |
| 2007 | 24 | 54.3 | 39.1 | 15.2 | |
| 2006 | 29 | 39.1 | 35.4 | 3.7 | Brad Butler (T) - Virginia, Terrance Pennington (T) - New Mexico, Aaron Merz (G) - California |
| 2005 | 30 | 35.4 | 51.8 | -16.4 | Duke Preston (C) - Illinois |
| 2004 | 19 | 51.8 | 40.6 | 11.2 | Dylan McFarland (T) - Montana |
| 2003 | 30 | 40.6 | 52.1 | -11.5 | Ben Sobieski (T) - Iowa |
| 2002 | 20 | 52.1 | 41.9 | 10.2 | Mike Williams (T) - Texas |
| 2001 | 26 | 41.9 | 38.3 | 3.6 | Jonas Jennings (T) - Georgia, Marques Sullivan (T) - Illinois |
| 2000 | 25 | 38.3 | 55.0 | -16.7 | |
| 1999 | 13 | 55.0 | 50.4 | 4.6 | |
| 1998 | 16 | 50.4 | 44.6 | 5.8 | Robert Hicks (T) - Mississippi State |
| 1997 | 18 | 44.6 | 33.7 | 10.9 | Jamie Nails (G) - Florida A&M, Marcus Spriggs (T) - Houston |
| 1996 | 28 | 33.7 | 50.9 | -17.2 | Dusty Zeigler (C) - Notre Dame |
| 1995 | 20 | 50.9 | 54.4 | -3.5 | Ruben Brown (G) - Pittsburgh, Tom Nutten (G) - Western Michigan |
| 1994 | 19 | 54.4 | 64.1 | -9.7 | |
| 1993 | 7 | 64.1 | N/A | N/A | Mike Devlin (C) - Iowa |
