Carl Lawson and Pass Rush Win Rate

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(05-08-2020, 01:27 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: Carl Lawson is the John Ross of the defense. Ya, I said it.

If you take the GB game outlier out of his career numbers his sack numbers look like this:

2017: 6
2018: 1
2019: 5 (even padded his stats here with 2 sacks in the week 17 CLE game)

0 FF's with minimal tackles, and we know his run defense is sub-par

He has all the physical tools but gets injured and seems to disappear at times.

I guess year 4 is still his 'rookie' season... when we gonna move on from this guy?

They are similar in that they had injuries in college and have continued to have injuries in the NFL.
However, Lawson was a 4th round pick whereas Ross as a 1st round pick because aside from injuries, there were minimal concerns from Ross as a prospect. Lawson had actual concerns aside from injuries, which primarily were not being good enough in the run game and not being bendy enough to consistently win off the edge as a pass rusher.

Lawson, like Ross, is at best the 3rd option at his position right now. Both can be worth keeping around, but it has to be under the following conditions:
- Produces well in this contract year
- The price is right to account for being unreliable