(06-14-2022, 02:51 PM)Tony Wrote: When I saw him gassing himself in both chief games to where he had nothing left, I was all in...

(06-14-2022, 07:15 PM)bfine32 Wrote: In my history as a Bengal fan; I've seen a few plays that make me think "That's pure heart". In no particular order:

Ced Benson trucking Troy Palomalu

Quan Crosby throwing 3 separate blocks on a Bernard Scott KO TD return

Chad Johnson jumping up after Ray Lewis cheap shot him in the head

Trey Hendrickson using the kicking net to stay vertical during the AFC Championship game 

(06-14-2022, 08:24 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: You need to get Trey in your sig.

(06-15-2022, 08:31 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Remember all the whining when they let Lawson go and signed Trey???    

(06-15-2022, 10:28 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Not really.

What I mainly remember is people hating on Lawson because he could not "finish".

Some people claimed Trey's production was the resuly of the other talent around him on the Saints line, but i don't remember a lot of people supporting Lawson over him.

(06-15-2022, 10:41 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Hmmmm, because I remember quite a bit of it, and pointed out Lawson was on schedule to be injured again last year, and he was.

(06-15-2022, 12:00 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I defended Lawson against the claim that he was not an effective pass rusher, but at the same time said we should not re-sign him because of injury issues.

(06-16-2022, 11:28 AM)wcu Wrote: I couldn't believe the wailing and teeth gnashing over replacing Lawson with Hendrickson. It is understandable that some people might have dismissed Hendrickson as a 1 year wonder (though watching his games and listening to Saints fans was a good way to dispel those notions), but I'll take a 1 year wonder over a no year wonder any day of the week. Lawson is/was all potential. If he ever puts it all together and stays healthy for a season, I'm sure he'll turn in very good results. But are you going to invest 5 years in him waiting for that to happen? The easy money says you'll never see a season out of Carl Lawson that is anything close to what Trey Hendrickson did last year.

(06-16-2022, 11:36 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: You are severely underrating Lawson here. When healthy - he’s a hell of a pass rusher. He proved that his 1st and last years here.

(06-16-2022, 11:53 AM)wcu Wrote: I'll give you that I was excited during/after his rookie season, but for me all of the "what if" got old with him.  There was always a reason why he was that one step away from being a magical unicorn, but that never happened.  I hope he can put it all together, but I'll be a skeptic until he proves it.

(06-15-2022, 08:31 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Remember all the whining when they let Lawson go and signed Trey???    

(06-15-2022, 10:28 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Not really.

What I mainly remember is people hating on Lawson because he could not "finish".

Some people claimed Trey's production was the resuly of the other talent around him on the Saints line, but i don't remember a lot of people supporting Lawson over him.

(06-15-2022, 10:41 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Hmmmm, because I remember quite a bit of it, and pointed out Lawson was on schedule to be injured again last year, and he was.

(06-16-2022, 11:36 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: You are severely underrating Lawson here. When healthy - he’s a hell of a pass rusher. He proved that his 1st and last years here.

(06-15-2022, 08:31 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Remember all the whining when they let Lawson go and signed Trey???    

(06-16-2022, 03:30 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I remember.

The argument was that while Lawson wasn't getting as many sacks, he got (far) more pressures than Hendrickson got, plus he didn't have Pro Bowler and former All-Pro Cam Jordan across from him.

2020 Lawson - 5.5 sacks, 44 pressures
2020 Hendrickson - 13.5 sacks, 33 pressures

Obviously, Hendrickson showed he was a great choice this past season, putting up 14.0 sacks and 45 pressures.

(06-16-2022, 05:48 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Well, he was an All-Pro after all.......