Carl Lawson

[grampahol]

I never thought MJ was done. We have several players who frankly just play better when everyone else on the dline can do like one thing better. Geno does better when we have 2 DEs doing better and our DEs do better when DTs do just a bit better and so on. Having just one guy not cutting it drags everyone else down just a notch and I think MJ was victimized in the past by players like Hunt and a few others not quite getting their jobs done and I think Paulie understood that which is why MJ is still playing at a high level and having the season he's having now. To top it off having great LBers makes their jobs easier as well as the secondary players too..
Defenses and offenses alike always play better when everyone else is getting the job done individually. 
Our running backs would be just that much better with better offensive line play and visa versa. Imagine our '3 headed monster' if we had a 5 headed monster blocking correctly for them and it works the other way around as well. Same goes for QBs and receivers, Oline protection for receiving and on and on. It's always 22 players on the field at any given time. 
One phrase I've always loved and it applies well in football as well,  great pitching stops great hitting and great hitting stops great pitching.  
Having CL in there is like having Joey Votto up to bat in the bottom of the 9th with bases loaded. He might strike out, but he might hit a grand slam too.