Cap and contracts change year to year. Jones, Vernon, and Houston are all getting 17+ - Lawrence getting an extra 3 mil with this market wouldn't be too much of a shocker. The "not showing up" stuff, I would like to see more context to this - he can't constantly beat double teams. JJ Watt and Mack both played next to some really dang good players, Lawrence doesn't have that luxury.
....which is why looking at a DT like Rankins would be a huge benefit.
DLaw is not constantly double teamed. In fact he plas against the RT 1:1 a lot. Idk where people get this info from. Maybe it just fits their agenda.
DLaw plays nect to Collins who is pretty good. Not Watt like but he is no wash either. Irving when on the field is also good.
DLaw had 8 good games in 2017 then disappeared. The same thing can be said about 2018. Good start but after 7 or 8 games he essentially was a no show. He is a great run player and i like that in a LDE. But for that i dont pay him the money he likes to get.
Then came the Rams game. Where he totally disappeared. I want my best players to step up their game in important games. He couldnt. Great players are able to step up their game because when competition gets better they have the talent to compete with other greats. Good players disapear. Like DLaw. He was double teamed this game alot by TEs, WRs and/or RBs. They didnt even need the RT for him most of the time.
A player who had and still has some serious back concerns and now seems to have a torn labrum, which btw is a very serious injury wont get a longterm contract from me.
And a player who plays good but is nothing really special wont get paid special money.