Dlaw aiming to be sack leader for 22'

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I'm rooting for D-Law, but let's be honest. This team's annual sack leader for the next decade is named Micah Parsons.
 
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Hardline said:
He cut his dreads off.
He must be dead serious .
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Funny. This time last year he said he was focused on winning a ring (implying that he wasn't beforehand).

Guess that's off the bucket list.
 
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gimmesix said:
I like Lawrence better than many of the fans on here seem to, but I don't expect him to lead us in sacks. I'm hoping he gets 10-plus, but I think players like Parsons and Williams can give us more than that.
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There are two people that walk earth that think that Lawrence is a sack guy. Maybe three.
 
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fivetwos said:
There are two people that walk earth that think that Lawrence is a sack guy. Maybe three.
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He's a good pressure player. He's been among the best in the league in that regard some years. But at this point, no one should expect him to put up more than the 14.5 he had in 2017. Reality says if he stays healthy, his sacks will land somewhere between 6.5 and 14.5, and likely on the lower end.

I have an appreciation for the player for the other things that he does for this team, which some do not seem to appreciate, but that doesn't mean I think he's a high-sack guy. If he can get back to the 10.5 he had in 2018, to go along with the pressure he creates and his run-playing ability, we should all be happy with that.
 
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gimmesix said:
He's a good pressure player. He's been among the best in the league in that regard some years. But at this point, no one should expect him to put up more than the 14.5 he had in 2017. Reality says if he stays healthy, his sacks will land somewhere between 6.5 and 14.5, and likely on the lower end.

I have an appreciation for the player for the other things that he does for this team, which some do not seem to appreciate, but that doesn't mean I think he's a high-sack guy. If he can get back to the 10.5 he had in 2018, to go along with the pressure he creates and his run-playing ability, we should all be happy with that.
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Oh I think he is a good player, but paid like a sack guy. Typical around here though. If it were up to me he would still be refusing to get his shoulder fixed.
 
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fivetwos said:
Oh I think he is a good player, but paid like a sack guy. Typical around here though. If it were up to me he would still be refusing to get his shoulder fixed.
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He's the 14th-highest paid DE in the league this year, tied with Brandon Graham and Josh Sweat. Graham's best sack year was 9.5 in 2017 (same year Lawrence had 14.5). He did have eight in 2020 before missing nearly all of last season. Sweat's best year was 7.5 last year.

I know Lawrence redid his deal, which he should have done based on the last few seasons, but I had no problem with him getting what he got. At the time, he was considered to be among the top DEs.
 
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9 sacks total in the last 3 years.
I know, I know.... "He was injured...."
2017 was so long ago.
 
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gimmesix said:
He's the 14th-highest paid DE in the league this year, tied with Brandon Graham and Josh Sweat. Graham's best sack year was 9.5 in 2017 (same year Lawrence had 14.5). He did have eight in 2020 before missing nearly all of last season. Sweat's best year was 7.5 last year.

I know Lawrence redid his deal, which he should have done based on the last few seasons, but I had no problem with him getting what he got. At the time, he was considered to be among the top DEs.
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Again, I think he is a good player, and don't judge that on pure sacks numbers like most.

But there's no way in the world he has lived up to the 100 plus million he was given by this team, and he was probably never that player. Jerry has this funny little idea that if you pay someone as if they are a certain something, they will be.

If you had no problem with it, then that's OK. I did and do. But, we couldn't let his holdout ruin that season, because that was our year.

Writing big checks and hoping are a big part of Jerry's GM skills.
 
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Again, I think he is a good player, and don't judge that on pure sacks numbers like most.

But there's no way in the world he has lived up to the 100 plus million he was given by this team, and he was probably never that player. Jerry has this funny little idea that if you pay someone as if they are a certain something, they will be.

If you had no problem with it, then that's OK. I did and do. But, we couldn't let his holdout ruin that season, because that was our year.

Writing big checks and hoping are a big part of Jerry's GM skills.
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I don't get riled up over deals. Most players get what the market is paying. At the time, that was the market for Lawrence.
 
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Doomsday101 said:
That is his goal I hope he reaches it. DLaw does a lot on defense but his sacks have fallen off. Man needs to get double digit sacks
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Right, because now that the league has had time to watch Diggs, I doubt they throw on him as much. And so we likely won't be getting double digit INTs out of him. So we have to make it up somewhere.
 

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The whole team is like this

All talk. When the niners came into their house and punched them in the mouth they cried like babies
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Worse. DLaw danced with their fullback. He either didn't want to get to the QB or he was resigned to the fact he couldn't beat the FB. :eek:
 

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other years he was just aiming to collect a check? Is that the unspoken part of this message?
 

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Just do your job. - Bill Belichek. Stats are for losers.
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Unfortunately, a large contingency of fans can't get it thru their head that it isn't all about stats.

I understand why players & agents want them .... but that is for winning a different game.
 
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Unfortunately, a large contingency of fans can't get it thru their head that it isn't all about stats.

I understand why players & agents want them .... but that is for winning a different game.
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Is that a Belichek quote? Love it
 
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amazing, I saw the interview the majority of it was him addressing what took place in Uvalde school, reporter then commented he looked to be in great shape and DLaw commented this was the 1st time in a while that he was not rehabbing, he then was asked about goals and that is when he talked of being sack leader and gave a shout out to Parson, all toll he spoke on this for about 25 seconds on this and people are making a big deal out of it? lol

I don't know if he will achieve this goal but I sure as hell want to see guys willing to put lofty goals in front of them instead of saying I'll be happy with 4 or 5 sacks. I want to see it on the field no doubt about it, talk is cheap but he set his goals and I hope he can achieve them and pulling for him to do just that
 
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