Manny Lawson notes - Dallas Cowboys Forum

BigDFan5 · 01-25-2006

Manny Lawson DL North Carolina State 6050 240 9 3/4 35 3/4

Weigh-In Notes: Cut and well built....not much room for a lot of growth.

Monday Practice Notes: The most athletic player along the defensive front here in Mobile. His drops in punt protection were VERY smooth and could give an indication as to his comfortability as possible linebacker. Explosive off the line. Does a great job getting across the face of lineman on all downblocks which leads him to make more than his share of plays in the running game. Uses his hands effectively. One point even showed his strength by blowing Marcus McNeill into the backfield on a bulrush.

Tuesday Practice Notes: Speed, speed, and more speed. Lawson registered two practice sacks using nothing by his explosiveness off the edge. No pass rush moves, just blew right past the left tackle. Another example would be when Lawson was not ready for one play, actually was still on a knee, the lineman came off the ball on a zone block, and Lawson got off the knee to stop the back five yards in the backfield Also uses his hands very well which is underrated on the defensive line side of things. The one knock for the day was that he allowed himself to be hooked at one point by the offensive tackle.

Wednesday Practice Notes: Quickly becoming apparent one of Lawson’s strengths is his recognition. By recognizing a screen and reacting to it, Lawson picked off a pass. Later in practice Lawson was not fooled by any boot actions. He recognizes blocks and scrapes hard down the line of scrimmage. What a lot of scouts will love is his hustle on and off the field. Manny continues runs on and off the field. Also displays a nasty streak to his game.

50cent · 01-25-2006

The best part of that review was about his nasty streak.

JohnsKey19 · 01-25-2006

Hmmm...sounds like a nice guy to grab in the 1st round. IMO the 3-4 is all about the LBs. You can never have enough playmakers at that position.

Mr Cowboy · 01-25-2006

Sounds like one ot the best prospects out there, and today on ESPN, I heard Kiper mention that he is a second round prospect. He is also a punt/kick blocker and great special teams player.

JPM · 01-25-2006

If he keeps this up he'll be gone when we pick.
BLAST !

AdamJT13 · 01-25-2006

Watching the Senior Bowl practices, the disappointing thing is seeing all of the 'tweeners playing 4-3 defensive end and not getting any time at linebacker. Lawson seems to be the only one getting time at linebacker, and he sure seems like he'd be a good complement to DeMarcus Ware.

THUMPER · 01-25-2006

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Originally Posted by BigDFan5

One point even showed his strength by blowing Marcus McNeill into the backfield on a bulrush.

Considering many would love for us to take McNeil if he is available it doesn't say much that a 240 lb guy was able to bullrush him into the backfield. It does say a lot for Lawson though.

Nors · 01-25-2006

Few De's get the Ware/Lawson treatment and dual workout at LB......

This kids making some money this week. He's a thought in 1st if he can demonstrate 3-4 OLB and situational DE use.

AsthmaField · 01-25-2006

I wouldn't be upset at all if we ended up with this guy. Seems like just the type of player to switch over to LB very seamlessly.

Clove · 01-25-2006

Looks like he's going to be there at 18, but not much longer after that - so if we're going to snag him, that's the time to do it.

Also, I like the part about him having great recognition out there and blowing up folks in the backfield, and having a mean streak. For those who thought he didn't have the meaness and passion.

The way things look now, he may be better than Ware and Merriman, we MUST get this guy.

KD · 01-25-2006

That's if N.E. doesn't trade in front of us to get him. Will happen if he has a great Combine, they have the extra picks to do it.

Joshmvii · 01-25-2006

I'm loving this guy more and more every day.

Clove · 01-25-2006

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Originally Posted by 123456

That's if N.E. doesn't trade in front of us to get him. Will happen if he has a great Combine, they have the extra picks to do it.

That would be a nightmare.

neosapien23 · 01-25-2006

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Originally Posted by 123456

That's if N.E. doesn't trade in front of us to get him. Will happen if he has a great Combine, they have the extra picks to do it.

NE nevertrades up. Billichick and Parcells have always traded down. Besides, NE needs a running back, reciever, and maybe corner in the worst kind of way. We all saw what happened to them when Dillon got hurt. They might lose a few recievers in FA and their corners have gotten toasted all year long. Maybe they should have kept Ty Law.

KD · 01-25-2006

N.E. has and extra 3rd, 4th, AND 5th round draft pick. They wouldn't have to trade much to jump a few spots. There is no such thing as NEVER They want him bad enough, he's as good as a Patriot.