DeMarcus Lawrence

[Midswat]

Is he still on the team?

Has he made a single play this year?

It's early but he was a non factor basically all last year and thus far this season.

Another 2nd round whiff by our front office?

 

[Bluenoser]

Hasnt looked great. Noticed a few tackles for a loss but that's it. Gregory and Hardy will hopefully be our DE's and then Lawrence comes in on passing downs with Hardy kicking inside.

 

[Mr.Po]

Second coming of Kavika Pittman.

 

[bbgun]

he had a sack in the Saints game.

remember, he represents two players since we forked over a third to move up

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

Been saying all year I've never seen anything notable about him. He doesn't seem to have any special quality to make me think he'll ever be anything other than an average end. Not really sure why people ever got so fired up about him, other than we were so end-poor that people were hoping.

But Gregory does have that something special, and he and Hardy will take care of things.

 

[cmd34]

He'll be okay IMO. He's a right defensive end that has been asked to bulk up and play the strong side. There's going to be a learning curve. He's going to see bigger right tackle types and a lot more chip blocks from TE's than he has before.

I'm just glad we aren't going with one trick pony Jeremy Mincey at LDE.

Next year's draft has a lot of depth at strongside DE's. Hopefully Lawrence improves enough to where we won't need one.

 

[NoShame]

I think he'll be fine too.

Keep in mind he's only 23 years old and has only like 14 pro games under his belt. He's still learning and adapting.

The addition of Hardy and the attention he requires will only help some of these other guys out. Along with Gregory's speed. I think our dline is in great shape right now.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

He actually looked good against the Pats.

Like cmd said, he's a RDE being asked to play LDE. So while he's learning to play with power, he's also still learning how to use his athletic ability as well because he's a young guy. So far he's trying to get by on raw, athletic ability. That works in college but not in the pros.

He has to refine his pass-rushing technique.

 

[Midswat]

Seems the consensus is he sucks.

Alrighty then. Good talk everyone.

 

[Doomsday]

Seems the consensus is he sucks.

Conclusion you would get, only if you didn't read the replies.

 

[Bluenoser]

Isn't Gregory also a LE?

 

[cmd34]

Isn't Gregory also a LE?

Nope. He's a RDE.

Now, you can line these guys up different places but his size and skill set matches what teams want out of a weakside pass rusher.

 

[dbair1967]

He's been pretty good last two games.

With Hardy back, T Crawford getting healthy, Gregory coming back and that Irving kid garnering attention, Lawrence is going to get a lot of 1 on 1 chances.

 

[dbair1967]

Isn't Gregory also a LE?

They played him mostly at RDE

In preseason they experimented having Lawrence at LDE, Crawford and Hardy and DT and Gregory at DE some.

 

[ravidubey]

Second coming of Kavika Pittman.

Ouch.

Unlike Pittman, DLaw gets a lot of cred though for his game-ender vs Detroit.

But he needs a stout and powerful player to play next to. He can't last playing next to Nick Hayden or playing LDE.