{"id":869629,"date":"2026-04-19T04:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T04:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/869629\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T04:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T04:19:21","slug":"dexter-lawrence-trade-cost-not-realistic-for-jaguars-if-interested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/869629\/","title":{"rendered":"Dexter Lawrence trade: Cost not realistic for Jaguars if interested"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 18, 2026, 9:24 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

We do not know if the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> had any interest in New York Giants’ defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence<\/a>. When GM James Gladstone was asked about trading for Lawrence recently, he had little to say.<\/p>\n

“That’s not something we’ve gone into,”\u00a0Gladstone said<\/a>. “Obviously, he’s under contract with them, so not at liberty necessarily to even talk about it.”<\/p>\n

But even if some level of interest was there for the Jaguars<\/a>, acquiring Lawrence was likely never in the cards, given his price tag.<\/p>\n

Giants trade Dexter Lawrence to Bengals<\/p>\n

On Saturday evening, the Giants traded Lawrence to the Cincinnati Bengals for the 10th overall pick in this year’s NFL draft. The Bengals will also likely sign Lawrence to an extension.<\/p>\n

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The Jaguars could never compete with that offer. They do not have a first-rounder this year, and even if they were willing to part with their 2027 first-round pick, a future selection compared to one in the current year doesn’t carry the same value, not to mention that no one expects the Jaguars to be picking near the top 10.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars need help at the defensive tackle position — it is arguably their biggest need — making Lawrence an obvious fit. Depth and more pass-rush juice are required. However, Jacksonville will continue looking elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, the addition of Ruke Orhorhoro can help, but the need at this position isn’t solved<\/a> with that addition either. Investing in the defensive tackle unit in the draft should remain on Gladstone’s to-do list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 18, 2026, 9:24 p.m. ET We do not know if the Jacksonville Jaguars had any interest in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,31186,95933,95882,95936,95896,95888,95897,100763,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-869629","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-tagjacksonville-jaguars","19":"tag-tagnational-sports","20":"tag-tagnfl","21":"tag-tagoverall-negative","22":"tag-tagruke-orhorhoro","23":"tag-tagsports-news","24":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116429453049295192","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869629","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=869629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}