{"id":869696,"date":"2026-04-19T06:42:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T06:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/869696\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T06:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T06:42:30","slug":"afc-north-adds-another-star-as-bengals-trade-for-dexter-lawrence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/869696\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC North adds another star as Bengals trade for Dexter Lawrence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The AFC North just added another elite defender, with the Bengals trading for New York Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter reported Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The trade reportedly includes the Bengals sending their first-round pick \u2014 No. 10 overall \u2014 in the 2026 draft to New York. Now, Cincinnati\u2019s first pick is scheduled to be No. 41 overall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Lawrence, 28, is widely regarded as one of the best \u2014 if not the best \u2014 defensive linemen in the NFL. In 2025, he recorded 31 total tackles, half a sack, and four tackles for loss. A three-time Pro Bowler, Lawrence has made a name for himself as one of the most disruptive nose tackles in football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cincinnati has spent numerous resources retooling its defensive front in recent seasons, signing Boye Mafe and Jonathan Allen in 2026 free agency. Defensive ends Shemar Stewart and Myles Murphy were the team\u2019s first-round picks in 2025 and 2023, respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cincinnati is expected to agree to a long-term deal with Lawrence in the near future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In 2025, the Bengals finished with a 6-11, good for third in the AFC North.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The AFC North just added another elite defender, with the Bengals trading for New York Giants defensive tackle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[45790,7,6,520,57,2374,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-869696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-afc-north-news","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","14":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","15":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116430015398137683","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869696","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=869696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}