Updated April 6, 2026, 3:54 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
Whether or not the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> will pursue New York Giants’ defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, who has requested a trade, remains to be seen. But the recipe<\/a> for GM James Gladstone to do does seem to exist.<\/p>\n So, if the Jaguars<\/a> were to look into landing Lawrence, what might the cost to acquire him be?<\/p>\n What would it cost the Jaguars to trade for Dexter Lawrence?<\/p>\n Jordan Raanan, who covers the Giants for ESPN<\/a>, asked around the NFL to see what New York could get in return for Lawrence. The general consensus, according to Raanan, was that it would be in the range of a late first-round pick to a second-round pick.<\/p>\n If that holds true, the Jaguars would be unable to match a first-round pick, since they do not have a selection in this year’s draft. And while they do have a first-round pick in 2027 that could be dealt, generally speaking, NFL teams will value a 2026 first-round pick much more than a 2027 first-round pick.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n So that means the Jaguars may have to sweeten the deal with multiple early-round selections — again, if Lawrence’s asking price is in that ballpark. Or ideally, if the Jaguars do want to trade for Lawrence, a second-round pick gets the deal done, still leaving Gladstone with three third-round selections and 10 picks in total to bolster his roster.<\/p>\n Don’t forget about Dexter Lawrence’s contract<\/p>\n Whichever team acquires Lawrence will also inherit his contract. As of now, he still has two years remaining on his current deal. According to Spotrac<\/a>, the team that trades for Lawrence will take on cap hits of $20 million this season and $19.5 million next season.<\/p>\n At the moment, the Jaguars do not have<\/a> that kind of cap space, although Travon Walker’s extension<\/a> is not yet factored into the equation. Also, Lawrence will likely earn a new contract wherever he ends up, and that will help lower the 2026 cap hit. However, his cap hit in future seasons would then likely increase.<\/p>\n Trading for Lawrence will be costly, between the draft capital that has to be sent away and the salary cap hit that he will come with. But adding Lawrence to the Jaguars’ front would address their greatest need in a big way, not to mention that it was\u00a0reported at last year’s NFL trade deadline that Jacksonville made a\u00a0“strong push”<\/a>\u00a0for Quinnen Williams. So Gladstone has previously shown a willingness to take a big swing in this regard.<\/p>\n (This story was updated to add new information.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated April 6, 2026, 3:54 p.m. ET Whether or not the Jacksonville Jaguars will pursue New York Giants’…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,31186,95933,95882,96713,95892,95936,95896,95888,95897,95899,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-858048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jacksonville","11":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","12":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","13":"tag-jaguars","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnfljaguars","16":"tag-sstsnjaguars","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagdexter-lawrence-ii","19":"tag-tagespn-inc","20":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagoverall-negative","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116361246041235563","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}