Inside The Bills

Bills Lawson can play coverage

For those that are wondering if Manny Lawson is athletic enough to cover tight ends and running backs out of the backfield you don’t have to worry.

Lawson is a rare athlete. In addition to football he was also an accomplished track athlete in high school competing in four events, the triple jump, long jump, 55-meters and the 55-meter hurdles.

At the NFL Combine as an incoming rookie in 2006, Lawson put up some pretty impressive numbers for a guy that stood 6’5 1/2″ and 240 pounds. He ran a 4.43 40-time, had a 39 1/2-inch vertical, a 10’4″ broad jump, a sub seven-second three cone drill (6.9) and 23 reps on the bench despite having very long arms.

Buffalo has a strong side linebacker that can do just about everything making him a legitimate three down option for defensive coordinator Mike Pettine.