Bengals rookie edge defender Carl Lawson dominates against Buffalo

By Sam Monson
Posted Oct 9, 2017 9:48 am EDT • Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals rookie edge rusher Carl Lawson continues to dominate in his first season in the league, notching a pair of sacks as well as a hit across his 23 pass rushing snaps against Buffalo this week.
Lawson has an overall PFF grade of 84.1 for the season, good for 14th among all edge defenders and by far the highest rookie mark in the league.
Lawson has 25 total pressures so far this season, the fourth-best mark among edge defenders and the fifth-best among all defenders.
He has the second-best pass-rush productivity score (16.5) among all edge defenders, a metric that factors pressure on a per-snap basis and weights towards sacks.

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