Possible 2021 Free agents

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(11-20-2020, 05:11 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Lawson still is our best pass rusher and we need pass rushers worse than anything. Pay the man is my opinion.

Lawson has also got better at stopping the run this year, something I always hated on him about.

Hope you are right about Geno.

I am fine with paying Lawson, just not as a starter. I don't know the backup pass rush specialist market so I can't propose a number.

Lawson has gotten better at stopping the run, but it's come at the cost of his pass rushing. It is hard to tell how much of it is Anarumo... but in the first 3 games Lawson played <60% of the snaps. He had 3 sacks. In the next 6 games he's played >60% of the snaps and he's gotten 0.5 sacks including 0.0 in the 4 games he started.

Lately he is still getting QB hits but no sacks. That makes me think the extra snap load has taken a step away from his pass rushing leaving him quick enough to get a hit, but too slow for a sack.

So it doesn't look like he can be a productive player both against the run AND pass (or with a large workload), and he has dubious-at-best durability. Just can't invest real money into that huge of a red flag. 

Dunlap would play 75-85% of the defensive snaps and stay healthy and productive. You're almost certainly never going to get that from Lawson.