- 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.
