{"id":59176,"date":"2019-03-04T16:54:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T21:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=59176"},"modified":"2019-03-04T16:54:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T21:54:11","slug":"demarcus-lawrence-franchise-tag-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/03\/04\/demarcus-lawrence-franchise-tag-cowboys\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys Place Franchise Tag on DeMarcus Lawrence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five-year NFL veteran <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LawrDe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeMarcus Lawrence<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0received the franchise tag from the Dallas Cowboys on Monday. It&#8217;s the second straight year he&#8217;s received such a designation from the team. As a defensive end, the move locks him into a one-year, fully guaranteed contract worth $17.143 million assuming the two sides can&#8217;t come to an agreement on a long-term deal before July 15.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Source: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cowboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Cowboys<\/a> are franchise tagging star pass rusher DeMarcus Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1102675777068380160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Demarcus Lawrence Receives Franchise Tag From Dallas Cowboys<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Last year, his first under the tag, Lawrence recorded 10.5 sacks, 64 tackles, 23 quarterback hits, and two forced fumbled while appearing in all 16 games. This performance comes on the heels of a breakout 2017 campaign. During the final year of his rookie contract, Lawrence recorded 14.5 sacks, 58 tackles, 26 quarterback hits, and four forced fumbles.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence initially entered the NFL as the Cowboys\u2019 second-round pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. Drafted to help replace <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WareDe99.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeMarcus Ware<\/a><\/strong>, Lawrence fractured his right foot during his first training camp. The rookie ended up on the short-term injured reserve but returned for the second half of the 2014 season. While he didn\u2019t record a sack in the regular season, the rookie recorded the game-clinching sack in the Cowboys\u2019 Wild Card victory over the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/lions\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detroit Lions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence built on his strong finish to 2014 with an impressive 2015 campaign. Playing in all 16 games, Lawrence recorded eight sacks, 55 tackles, 12 quarterback hits, and one forced fumble. Lawrence wasn\u2019t able to replicate that success in 2016, as injuries limited him to just nine games played. During those nine games, Lawrence recorded just one sack, 11 tackles, six quarterbacks, and one forced fumble.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining the NFL, Lawrence spent three years with Boise State. After not playing as a freshman, Lawrence recorded 9.5 sacks, 48 tackles, and one interception as a sophomore. Lawrence built on that performance in 2013, recording 10.5 sacks and 72 tackles during his Junior season.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"1pjm1LgNSllVvNQ1l1hsvA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1084379938\" 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:'1pjm1LgNSllVvNQ1l1hsvA',sig:'Su3ocQrxzgemPZul6ktmP5PFCI2ZL2hlminmQkWoMU8=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1084379938',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 Dallas Cowboys announced on Monday that they have placed the franchise tag on defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence, doing so for the second straight year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":59177,"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":[36,19],"tags":[4547,49,4660,61,40],"class_list":["post-59176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-cowboys","tag-2019-nfl-season","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-demarcus-lawrence","tag-football","tag-nfl"],"modified_by":"John Bava","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59176","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\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}