Receiving such a high selection back is a massive get for the Giants to kickstart the John Harbaugh era.<\/p>\n
Already stocked with a potential franchise quarterback in Jaxson Dart<\/a> and a difference maker like Malik Nabers<\/a> at wideout, it’s a huge opportunity for New York to build around Dart on a cheap rookie contract, either by adding another weapon or bolstering his protection. The Giants will also need to plug a massive hole now at DT along a defensive line that was already in need of some upgrades regardless of if Lawrence had remained in town or not.<\/p>\n The move marks an increasing openness by the Bengals, often risk averse in the past, to take big swings. With Lawrence heading into his age-29 season, this is undoubtedly a win-now move, and coupled with the lucrative extensions<\/a> for wide receivers Ja’Marr Chase<\/a> and Tee Higgins<\/a> last offseason shows Cincinnati’s willingness to give Joe Burrow<\/a> what he needs to compete.<\/p>\n Though he had a down year in 2025, dropping from a career-high nine sacks the season prior to 0.5, Lawrence is still an enforcer whose impact goes far beyond the stat sheet.<\/p>\n Lawrence eats up blockers, having seen a 53.2 double-team percentage since 2021, the highest in the NFL during that span (minimum 750 snaps), per NFL Research. That percentage has amounted to 1,103 double teams on his pass rushes over the past five seasons, making him the only player in quadruple digits. Considering his new teammate defensive end B.J. Hill<\/a> ranks third in that same timeframe with 980 double teams, a nightmare could be incoming for opposing offenses.<\/p>\n Blockers will have to choose, and either Lawrence, Hill or another Bengals pass rusher should benefit.<\/p>\n The Bengals-Giants blockbuster will have ripple effects to follow for many seasons to come, with Cincy loading up for a run and New York now ready to rebuild in a hurry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Receiving such a high selection back is a massive get for the Giants to kickstart the John Harbaugh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1227,787,256,1489,7,56,88,6,609,4267],"class_list":{"0":"post-869713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-around-the-nfl","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","11":"tag-dexter-lawrence","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-new-york-giants","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-no-minute","17":"tag-offseason-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116430148953403465","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869713","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=869713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}