Unfortunately, the Cincinnati Bengals’ defense ended the 2020 season on a historically bad note. However, there were stretches in the season wherein the unit showed significant growth from the prior year.
Even so, there were some great individual performers on that side of the ball. Cast your vote for the winner of the 2020 Bengals’ Defensive MVP and sound off on your winner!
Carl Lawson, edge defender:
The fourth-year player continues to be one of the lone, consistent pass-rushers on this team. He finished with 5.5 sacks, but another telling stat was his finishing seventh in ESPN’s sacks created metric.