One of the New York Jets‘ biggest decisions of the 2023 offseason will be whether or not they elect to keep Carl Lawson.
In March 2021, New York signed Lawson to a three-year, $45 million deal with $30 million guaranteed. The hope was that Lawson could be an elite pass rusher off the edge in Robert Saleh and Jeff Ulbrich’s 4-3 scheme.
Sacks were never the basis of Lawson’s game, as he only had 20 sacks in 51 games with the Bengals (about 6.7 sacks per 17 games). Lawson was brought in to do one thing: be a pressure machine.