Carl Lawson when healthy

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(08-14-2020, 03:38 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Last year Carl Lawson had 22 QB hits in just 12 games  Projected over a full 16 games that would have given him 29 which would have been good for 6th in the league.

When you look at snaps per QB hit it gets even more impressive.  Last year Lawson had a QB hit every 20.8 defensive snaps played.  I don't have the time to calculate all the leaders, but that rate is better than any of the top 5 leaders in QB hits last year.

Shaq Barrett QB hit every 24.0 snaps
Darius Smith every 23.6
T.J. Watt every 26.0
Matt Judon every 23.6
Joey Bosa every 27.0

And last year was not fluke.  Lawson's Career rate (22.7) is also better than any of the top five from last year.

Those numbers may be skewed a bit because Lawson plays a higher percentage of his snaps in passing situations, but it is still pretty impressive.

Think what he and others on this defensive line could do if opposing QBs didn't have an easy check down to a RB or TE because of awful coverage by the LB corps.