08-22-2021, 12:40 PM
(08-22-2021, 12:29 PM)Stewy Wrote: Uh there was very little making fun of the injury. There was a lot of making fun of the people who went ballistic for the Bengals to signing him and ignoring his injury history. As a matter of fact I because of how civil the posts were on the Lawson thread, I made a point about how nice people were being. They are saying it sucks for Lawson and "I told you so" to the spastics that went off about how letting him go was a mistake. Now maybe that thread has devolved in the last day or so cause I haven't been checking it, but what you're referencing I haven't seen at all and if it exists is a very small percent of the posts. You might want to go back and have another look.
Pretty much the only people virtue signaling about "making fun" of Lawson's injury are the ones who ripped the Bengals for not "paying to keep their own top players".
I like Lawson a lot. I was constantly defending him against fans who claimed he was not that good because sacks are the onlky pressure stat that matters. But I also said we should not give a guy like him a big long term deal. This injury means that Carl has only had 3 healthy seasons in 8 years ('14-'21), and it will be the second time he has missed an entire season.
Hendrickson may not be a better player than Lawson, but I am glad we gave him the big long term deal. There are no guarantees, but the odds are much better that Trey will stay healthy.
