Bengals can create more cap space in 2021, by extending players this week.

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(12-31-2020, 01:32 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: 1 sack over the last 5 games.
2 sacks over the last 11 games.
9 solo tackles over the last 12 games.

More games missed (13) than sacks (11.5) over the last 3 years combined.

Just don't see how you can offer him starter money. Really seems like a contract where you'd have to just ignore all the red flags and would regret it pretty quickly.

While Carl Lawson doesn't have a lot of sacks, he has 31 QB Hits this year, which is 2nd in the NFL behind TJ Watt.
He also has 40 total pressures, which nearly double last year's.
For comparison, that's more than Carlos Dunlap or Geno Atkins have had in a season since prior to signing their extensions with the Bengals going into 2018. I can only get numbers for 2018, 2019, and 2020, as that's all that pro-football-reference shows.

Obviously sacks are preferred, but there is value to both hits and hurries.