{"id":858318,"date":"2026-04-07T06:01:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858318\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T06:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:01:24","slug":"a-mock-vikings-giants-trade-that-sends-dexter-lawrence-to-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858318\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mock Vikings-Giants Trade That Sends Dexter Lawrence to Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All-Pro defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence has requested a trade from the New York Giants and will not be participating in the start of the team&#8217;s offseason program this week, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2041193382022619174\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter<\/a>. He&#8217;s seeking a raise that reflects his value, but the two sides apparently have not made any progress.<\/p>\n<p>There should be plenty of interest across the NFL in a player of Lawrence&#8217;s caliber. The Vikings are probably something of a long shot, given their cap situation and the fact that they already have a star defensive player (Jonathan Greenard) who is seeking a raise. Still, it can&#8217;t be ruled out. The Vikings have a need at defensive tackle, and there are ways in which Rob Brzezinski could make it work.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMock trade<\/p>\n<p>Vikings get: DT Dexter Lawrence<br \/>\nGiants get: 2026 second-round pick (No. 49), 2027 fifth-round pick<\/p>\n<p>Why it makes sense<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence, who the Giants drafted 17th overall in 2019, put together a dominant run as an interior pass-rusher from 2022-24. He made three straight Pro Bowls and recorded 27 sacks in that span. Lawrence also had a PFF grade of 89.9 or better in each year, with 60-plus QB pressures in &#8217;22 and &#8217;23. He was one of the best players in the league at his position.<\/p>\n<p>Last season was oddly quiet for Lawrence from a sack perspective, but his pressure numbers and pass-rush grade remained very good. And unlike previous big-name Vikings DTs Jonathan Allen and Javon Hargrave, Lawrence is still on the back end of his prime. He doesn&#8217;t turn 29 until November. <\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine adding the man nicknamed Sexy Dexy \u2014 all 6&#8217;4&#8243;, 340 pounds of him \u2014 to the middle of Brian Flores&#8217; defensive line? Alongside Jalen Redmond and the Vikings&#8217; edge rushers, Lawrence would have a chance to put together a major bounce-back season in 2026. He could be the piece the Vikings need to reach legitimate Super Bowl contention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All-Pro defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence has requested a trade from the New York Giants and will not be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2073],"tags":[7,233,259,2529,6,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-858318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-minnesota","10":"tag-minnesota-vikings","11":"tag-minnesotavikings","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-vikings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858318","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=858318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}