So much for a slow injury comeback for Cincinnati Bengals pass rusher Carl Lawson.
One doesn’t have to look far to find praise for Lawson, who only suited up in seven games a season ago and at one point was expected to potentially miss a chunk of training camp.
But Lawson has been out there and dominant, looking physically like he’s even better than before. Teammates have noticed. Here’s Sam Hubbard, via Bengals.com:
“That was something else. (Lawson) looks amazing. He was supposed to be back in October, but he’s a freak of nature. He came back strong and faster than last year.”
Some other commentary:
The Bengals knew they had something special on their hands with Lawson when they deployed him situationally as a rookie in 2017 and he totaled 8.5 sacks on limited snaps. The injury, plus being lost in a defense that misused talent and got a coordinator fired last year, has helped him fall back under the radar.
While Hubbard and Carlos Dunlap are currently listed as starters on the edges, the Bengals clearly aren’t going to have a good excuse to avoid letting Lawson get out there often.
