***Official Bengals Free Agency Thread***

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(03-16-2021, 12:06 AM)Au165 Wrote: PFf has total pressures (cumulative of all QB disruptions) at 64 and 44 so a little different but still emphasizing there is a difference. Also, run defense wise Lawson is actually a better run defender and that’s saying something because he isn’t very good there.

Injuries? He has missed games in two years for neck injuries, which is a kind of scary thing to have reoccurring for a rusher.

Lawson definitely generated more pressures, but how big that gap is very much in the eye of the beholder, it seems.  That's the unfortunate issue with QB Pressure/Hurry/Hit stats.  There's no uniform scale to them.  Would love it if we could get Next Gen stats for defenders getting within a yard of the QB before the ball comes out.

At the end of the day, each guy is a piece of the puzzle, not the solution in and of themselves.  Good pieces, but just pieces nonetheless.