The Sexy Dexy era is over in New York.

The Giants parted ways with their three-time Pro Bowler and one of the best defensive tackles in football on Saturday night, agreeing to a blockbuster deal with the Bengals in which they get back the No. 10 pick in the NFL Draft this coming Thursday.

The deal became official on Sunday when Lawrence passed his physical. He then signed a one-year, $28 million extension with Cincinnati through 2028, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The Giants are now the only team with two top-10 picks (fifth and 10th) and have eight selections overall in John Harbaugh’s first year running the show. They will also pick 37th (Round 2), 105th (Round 4), 145th (Round 5), 186th (Round 6), 192nd (Round 6) and 193rd (Round 6).

Although the Giants hoped to end Lawrence’s contract dispute with a new deal, Cincinnati’s offer was too good to pass up after they recently hit an impasse in negotiations with Lawrence.

According to Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer, the last time that a veteran non-quarterback was traded for a top-10 pick was 21 years ago, when the Vikings sent Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss to the Raiders for the No. 7 pick.

Other players have been traded for future first-rounders, but not when a team already had a top-10 pick in hand.

This made it an easy call for the Giants to move on. Lawrence has essentially been holding out since April 6, when his camp leaked to reporters that he wanted to be traded and would not be attending the start of the Giants’ voluntary spring workouts on April 7.

Lawrence, 28, still had two years remaining on the four-year, $90 million extension that he signed in 2023, but the deal had no guaranteed money left and his salary had fallen from third to 12th among defensive tackles.

The Giants reportedly made offers to Lawrence, and although GM Joe Schoen said Tuesday the two sides were having “productive” conversations, the New York Post reported Thursday that Lawrence was “done” with the Giants.

A first-round pick in 2019, Lawrence started 102 games in seven seasons with the Giants. He had a career year in 2024 with nine sacks in 12 games before dislocating his elbow, which required surgery and limited him throughout the offseason.

Lawrence remained an important run-stopper for the Giants in 2025 and faced one of the highest rates of double-teams in the league, but he had only half a sack in 17 games and appeared disengaged at times as the Giants plummeted toward another lousy season at 4-13.

This is now an opportunity for both sides to start fresh.

Lawrence was clearly unhappy with not just his contract but six losing seasons in seven years, combined with seeing close friends like Saquon Barkley and Leonard Williams leave in free agency and win Super Bowls with other teams.

For the Giants, losing Lawrence is painful in the sense that their group of defensive tackles is currently among the worst in the league. At the same time, they now have $13 million more in cap space to spend this year and another premier pick in the draft.

This is also about Harbaugh eliminating a distraction and setting the tone early in his tenure as head coach.

“We need guys that love everything about football,” Harbaugh said Jan. 20 at his introductory press conference. “They love the games. They love the practices. They love the weight-lifting. They love the meetings. They love the dining hall. They love every part of football. If you love football you’re going to want to be here. … If there’s guys around that don’t love football, we’re probably going to let those guys go play someplace else.”