{"id":861920,"date":"2026-04-09T00:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/861920\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T00:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:58:17","slug":"giants-get-35-million-dexter-lawerence-contract-update-from-team-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/861920\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants get $35 million Dexter Lawerence contract update from team insider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/new-york-giants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Giants<\/a> and star defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence aren&#8217;t on the same page regarding his contract, which has <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48412861\/giants-dt-dexter-lawrence-requests-trade-sources-say\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">led to him requesting a trade.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lawrence <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/37421059\/giants-give-dt-dexter-lawrence-90-million-4-year-extension\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">signed a four-year extension worth $87 million<\/a> with the Giants during the 2023 offseason, but the three-time Pro Bowler is now looking for a new deal and a significant raise.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence could ask for $35 million annually in next contract<\/p>\n<p>According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sny.tv\/articles\/giants-dexter-lawrence-next-4-7-26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Connor Hughes of SNY<\/a>, Lawrence is expected to seek $30 million per year in his next contract, and that number could even be as high as $35 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The decline in production likely prevents Lawrence from resetting the market, but one source expected him to demand $30 million annually. Another front office source, because of the salary cap increase, foresaw something closer to $35 million,&#8221; Hughes said.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence is coming off a down year in 2025 with just 0.5 sacks and 31 tackles. The 28-year-old wasn&#8217;t the dominant force that we were used to seeing, even in the run game.<\/p>\n<p>Though Lawrence&#8217;s play left a lot to be desired this past season, he&#8217;s still arguably the best defensive tackle in football on his best day, and could be in for a bounce-back 2026 season under a new coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>With the Giants <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/salary-cap\/new-york-giants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">slated to have a nice amount of cap space<\/a> over the next few years and young quarterback Jaxson Dart on his rookie deal, the franchise should just pay Lawrence and retain one of their cornerstones.<\/p>\n<p>However, his play in 2025 raises some concerns and could be why New York is hesitant to sign him to another lucrative contract.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Giants and star defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence aren&#8217;t on the same page regarding his contract,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2067],"tags":[7,519,1917,56,2321,2469,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-861920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-giants","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkgiants","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116372039900519457","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861920","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=861920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}