Welcome aboard Tre Hendrickson

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(03-31-2021, 10:55 AM)bengaloo Wrote: Both Lawson and Hendrickson played all season last season so its the best way to compare them. I think Hendrickson was buried in the depth chart early in his career and did well every time he got a chance. I dont think his missed time was from injuries but could be wrong. He was just working his way into a very talented DL on the Saints. I know some folks say Hendricksons sacks were because of something else, coverage sacks, etc. All DE's who put up 10+ sacks can say that about a few sacks, if you were to nitpick every sack with him you can do it with anyone. Despite that, he had more than double the sacks Lawson had last year. 5.5 vs 13.5.

Lawson's 2 best games came against Philly and the Stealers MNF game. He had 2 sacks against Philly and 8 combined tackles overall, which was his best game in that regard. He had 1 sack, a TFL and a FF against the Steelers on MNF. Lawson had 6 QB hits in both Stealers games actually, giving him 12 total against them for the year. He played pretty well against Villanueva overall.

Lawson's best stat are his QB hits and have been his whole career. He had 32 of them last year. But looking closer, 17 of those came against the Steelers and Browns. Lawson had 5 QB hits against the Browns in one game, but in that game recorded no tackles, no assists or any other stats the entire game. How big of an impact were his QB hits though? Well, Baker threw for 5 TD's and had a 135.6 rating. So did Lawson's 5 hits make a difference? He had 6 QB hits and 2 tackles overall in the first Stealers game where we lost 36-10 but Ben threw 4 TD's, over 300 yards and a 110 rating despite Lawson's hits. I wonder what PFF says about that? To the eye test and outcome of the game, those hits made no difference at all and didnt help us even slow the other team down.

Personally, I think we got an upgrade over Lawson injuries aside, but the only way to know is to see what Hendrickson does in 2021.

I think another thing that gets missed in the argument is Lawson played close to 200 more snaps on the season.  People are getting hung up on total pressures instead of pressure rate.