{"id":120332,"date":"2021-08-29T16:58:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T20:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=120332"},"modified":"2021-08-29T16:58:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T20:58:35","slug":"texans-jets-agree-shaq-lawson-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/08\/29\/texans-jets-agree-shaq-lawson-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Texans and New York Jets Agree to Shaq Lawson Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Texans have reportedly agreed to trade defensive end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LawsSh00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shaq Lawson<\/a> to the New York Jets. Compensation for Lawson is a sixth-round pick the Jets received from the San Francisco 49ers. The Jets received this pick last season in exchange for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WillJo09.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan Willis<\/a> and a seventh-round pick in 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Compensation update: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Jets<\/a> are sending the SF 6th to Houston for Lawson. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vH7ara8v5y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/vH7ara8v5y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1432042283554295811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><b>Shaq Lawson Traded to the New York Jets<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The Jets have been in search for a replacement pass rusher ever since losing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LawsCa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carl Lawson<\/a> to a season-ending Achilles rupture a few days ago. Even though the Jets are not expected to contend for a playoff spot this season, the team is clearly making every effort to be competitive. Meanwhile, the Texans are already giving up on the player they just traded for this past off-season. Houston received Lawson and a 2021 sixth-round pick from the Miami Dolphins in exchange for linebacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/McKiBe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Benardrick McKinney<\/a> and a 2021 seventh-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>Lawson was drafted with the 19<sup>th<\/sup> pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills. He would go on to play for four seasons in Buffalo, but never lived up to his first-round billing. During his four seasons in Buffalo, Lawson recorded 108 tackles with 16 and a half sacks, five forced fumbles, and 10 pass deflections. This all came in 24 registered games started.<\/p>\n<p>After spending four seasons in Buffalo, Lawson signed a three-year, $30 million deal with the Dolphins. During his first and only season in Miami, Lawson started just seven games as an outside linebacker. During those starts, he recorded 32 combined tackles with four sacks and one forced fumble. Lawson also registered one pass deflection and one defensive touchdown. Overall, a pretty underwhelming season in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>A veteran presence is what Lawson will bring to the Jets. While the impact he will have is hard to forecast, he most likely will continue to play outside linebacker. Lawson carries a cap hit of a little over $3 million this season. His cap hit for the 2022 season is close to $11 million. Because of this, a possible restructuring of his contract may be in his future.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"ydZnCYBBQ8dkBQKeCQfKXA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1281316303\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ydZnCYBBQ8dkBQKeCQfKXA',sig:'P68Ti-ATAzkmuMeoKyJ0PnGwMCQMrr1CYj9jXJ0hjL0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1281316303',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Texans have agreed to trade Shaq Lawson to the New York Jets for a 2022 sixth-round pick the Jets received from the 49ers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3003,"featured_media":120336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,14,6],"tags":[8615,1764,246,2130],"class_list":["post-120332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-texans","category-jets","tag-benardrick-mckinney","tag-carl-lawson","tag-nfl-news","tag-shaq-lawson"],"modified_by":"Will Noltie, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}