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10 Burning Questions: #8 - Will The Cowboys’ Underachievers Step Up This Year?
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2017...underachievers-step-up-this-year-david-irving
Demarcus Lawrence
Demarcus Lawrence, not Taco Charlton, was supposed to be the first major piece to fix the Cowboys defensive line and pass rush. The Cowboys traded their second- and third-round picks to Washington to move up to the top of the second round where they could grab Lawrence, the last edge rusher they coveted in the draft. Unfortunately, he’s been an underachiever ever since.
His first year, 2014, he suffered an injury in training camp and missed half the year, but came on to make an impact in the Cowboy’s first playoff game with a sack and forced fumble late in the game (which he proceeded to fumble himself), and then another sack to ice the game.
In 2015, he was moved to left defensive end to play opposite Greg Hardy. With mostly single players to beat, he ratcheted up to eight sacks and 7 AV to lead the defensive line. But then in 2016, he was suspended the first four games for substance abuse, and ended up missing three more with back issues he had hoped to clear up with offseason surgery. He got in only 329 snaps, had one sack, and finished with 2 AV...
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2017...underachievers-step-up-this-year-david-irving
Demarcus Lawrence
Demarcus Lawrence, not Taco Charlton, was supposed to be the first major piece to fix the Cowboys defensive line and pass rush. The Cowboys traded their second- and third-round picks to Washington to move up to the top of the second round where they could grab Lawrence, the last edge rusher they coveted in the draft. Unfortunately, he’s been an underachiever ever since.
His first year, 2014, he suffered an injury in training camp and missed half the year, but came on to make an impact in the Cowboy’s first playoff game with a sack and forced fumble late in the game (which he proceeded to fumble himself), and then another sack to ice the game.
In 2015, he was moved to left defensive end to play opposite Greg Hardy. With mostly single players to beat, he ratcheted up to eight sacks and 7 AV to lead the defensive line. But then in 2016, he was suspended the first four games for substance abuse, and ended up missing three more with back issues he had hoped to clear up with offseason surgery. He got in only 329 snaps, had one sack, and finished with 2 AV...
