"I got around the edge, and I thought I got a sack, but they said the ball was going forward," Lawson said. "When I was bringing him down, I just see my teeth in the air for like two seconds. I was like, 'Holy crap.'"
Lawson looks like a prototypical 4-3 defensive end, and he’s produced as well as the Bengals could hope over the season’s first month. But Sunday gave him an NFL revalation: This game is tough.
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Teammates teased Lawson because he wasn’t wearing his mouthpiece, which they repeatedly told him not to do.
"He was not wearing a mouthpiece. He won't listen," linebacker Kevin Minter said. "But he looks like a fool now."
In the end, Lawson’s not complaining. He produced his intended pressure.
"If it had gotten knocked out any other play, I probably would've been more upset, but that was a good rush,” he said. “I sacrificed my teeth for it."
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