Even though Micah Parsons is feasting with the Green Bay Packers, he isn't the only player Dallas Cowboys fans are missing right now. Former pass rusher DeMarcus Lawrence, now with the Seahawks, is making Cowboys fans regret his departure following a dominant performance in Week 7.
While it's surprising that the Seahawks were willing to meet the $42 million mark for a 33-year-old with numerous lower-body injuries, Seattle's defense is clearly much more dominant with him in the lineup. A lineup of Lawrence, Jarran Reed, Byron Murphy II, and Leonard Williams is one of the more lethal defensive fronts in all of football.
Sure, the Texans are all kinds of banged up on the offensive line now, but Lawrence is proving that he might have been worth keeping around as the Cowboys scramble for pass rush help.
Cowboys are quietly regretting letting DeMarcus Lawrence walk to the Seahawks
Lawrence posted four pressures, two defensive stops, and a sack in Seattle's win against the Texans on Monday night. That seems like a quiet game, but his pressures on C.J. Stroud were enough for Cowboys fans to remember what they once had with the pass rush woes they've been experiencing all season long.
On one play, Lawrence broke through the Texans' offensive line and stuffed running back Woody Marks behind the line on a fourth-down play. Cowboys fans will remember Lawrence's penchant for showing up when it mattered most.
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On the season, Lawrence has 19 pressures, four sacks, 13 defensive stops, and a 72.8 run-defense grade, per PFF. Just a trace of that production could be used on one of the NFL's worst defenses.
Lawrence didn't want to stay because he didn't feel the Cowboys could compete for a Super Bowl, and while he might point to the Parsons trade to argue that case, Lawrence and his energy alone could change everything for this Cowboys team.
Nobody's saying that Lawrence would return to Pro Bowl form, but he's proved over the first seven weeks that he still has a few good seasons of football left. While it might've been time for both sides to move on, his hot start in Seattle makes you think what difference his presence would make on this version of the Cowboys' defense as Sam Williams and Marshawn Kneeland continue to falter.