03-16-2021, 12:20 PM
(03-16-2021, 12:06 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Of course it matters, when you're throwing that much money at someone.
You can't call it low risk, high reward when the pieces won't be in place for him to produce the same here. That's exactly where context and study come into play. A raw stat isn't always indicative of a players ability.
If you're fine just throwing money at a guy and then waiting to see how he plays, fine. I'm not. I want the team to be smarter than that.
Just don't complain when he has a Sam Hubbard type of year next season.
We didn't throw money at anyone. We came into free agency with a plan to re-sign Lawson and went with the backup plan when that didn't work out. We would have overpayed either way.
Hendrickson outproduced Lawson's raw numbers last year using your own metrics. If you did an apples to apples comparison and took away Lawson's coverage sacks too the difference would be even more pronounced.
And let's not pretend that Hubbard and Hendrickson are equivalent. Or that Lawson hasn't played with the best defensive linemen in franchise history for most of his career. Do you think Hubbard would have come second in NFL sacks if he played for New Orleans last year?
