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Manny Lawson

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Buffalo Bills · OLB

Manny Lawson recorded 135 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 11 rostered seasons with Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, San Francisco 49ers.

▶Best highlights

3.1

tackles/gm

2

playoff games

10

indexed seasons

135

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Manny Lawson's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
2006
ST. LOUISRAMS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
SEP 17, 2006

St. Louis Rams vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Sep 17, 2006

3 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
2011
CINCINNATIBENGALS
HOUSTONTEXANS
JAN 7, 2012

Cincinnati Bengals vs Houston Texans

Wild Card · Jan 7, 2012

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
2012
CINCINNATIBENGALS
HOUSTONTEXANS
JAN 5, 2013

Cincinnati Bengals vs Houston Texans

Wild Card · Jan 5, 2013

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2008
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
OCT 26, 2008

Seattle Seahawks vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Oct 26, 2008

9 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2013
BALTIMORERAVENS
BUFFALOBILLS
SEP 29, 2013

Baltimore Ravens vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 29, 2013

4 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Manny Lawson's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 14 total tackles

Regular Season
2013
BUFFALOBILLS
NEW YORKJETS
SEP 22, 2013

Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Sep 22, 2013

14 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 sacks

Regular Season
2006
ST. LOUISRAMS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
SEP 17, 2006

St. Louis Rams vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Sep 17, 2006

3 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 tackles for loss

Regular Season
2015
BUFFALOBILLS
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
DEC 13, 2015

Buffalo Bills vs Philadelphia Eagles

Regular Season · Dec 13, 2015

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 3 quarterback hits

Regular Season
2009
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
DEC 6, 2009

San Francisco 49ers vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Dec 6, 2009

7 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
2013
BUFFALOBILLS
CLEVELANDBROWNS
OCT 3, 2013

Buffalo Bills vs Cleveland Browns

Regular Season · Oct 3, 2013

7 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Manny Lawson's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1999–2010

01
SFLAWSON—Manny Lawson
SFOWENS81Terrell Owens
SFGARCIA5Jeff Garcia

Brief Owens–Garcia fireworks precede a rebuild

San Francisco 49ers · The long reset

An explosive early-2000s offense supplied one last playoff comeback before instability took over and Willis became the next defensive foundation.

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Franchise era

2011–2019

02
CINLAWSON—Manny Lawson
CINDALTON14Andy Dalton
CINGREEN18A.J. Green

Dalton and Green make winning routine

Cincinnati Bengals · Five straight playoff trips

A young core reached the postseason in each of its first five seasons together, though it could not secure the franchise's first playoff win in decades.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

03
BUFLAWSON—Manny Lawson
BUFMOULDS80Eric Moulds
BUFJACKSON22Fred Jackson

Great defenses and near misses without January

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Buffalo cycled through coaches and quarterbacks while devoted fans waited through the league's longest active playoff drought.

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Career accomplishments

11 NFL seasons135 career games299 career solo tackles26 career sacksDrafted by: SFDraft pick: 22Jersey: 912 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 10, 2006Most recent: Jan 3, 2016

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history