05-26-2021, 01:42 PM
(05-26-2021, 01:34 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: The lower sack total was due to how awful the rest of the defense was at rushing the passer. Lawson, by himself, generated 44 pressures. The rest of the entire front seven, including backups, generated 50. So, Lawson generated six less pressures than the 12 other guys who say playing time within that front seven group. If you take out the LBers, Lawson generated more pressure by himself than the rest of the defensive line combined. He’s an elite pass rusher, though Hendrickson is also very good.
I get that, and its been that way his entire career when he's healthy. Dude is fast coming off the edge and gets a lot of pressures, always has. Imo, he's a different style of player than Hendrickson though. I think Ossai is more of a Lawson type than Hendrickson as far as style of play and how he could be used to pressure coming off the edge. Lawson has been a good player when healthy, but he never was a finisher. Pressures are nice but they dont always create negative plays for the opposing team in fact sometimes they end up being big plays against us, especially in this division. Sacks however, are negative plays for the opposing offense every time. We also needed to improve the run game and I think Hendrickson gets an edge over Lawson in that area. And I was never a Lawson hater, always liked him a lot, just was always waiting for his big breakout year to happen and it really didnt here. I hope he does well for the Jets. Maybe he finally gets that breakout year where he finishes the sacks and gets 10+.
