New York Giants mailbag: Dexter Lawrence questions abound this week
The mail’s here! Lots of questions, answers about Dexter Lawrence.
Jack MacMullen asks: I keep up with Giants news on a daily basis, and I was surprised to see the postings about Dexter Lawrence’s contract grievances. Was never previously aware of the situation. Looking to re-work a contract, or an extension, is a lot different than a trade demand.
Do you have any insights on how the negotiations may be progressing? Ed says: Jack, you can see how the negotiations are going as well as I can. Lawrence taking the trade request step tells you they are not going well, maybe that they aren’t going anywhere at all.
John Brazel asks: When I received the notification on my phone that he was not reporting and asked for a trade I actually got upset. He still has two years left on his deal and isn’t coming off a great year. While he’s been great individually at times he hasn’t elevated the defense like some of the other premier DT’s in the league have.
We have been terrible against the run the last several seasons as well. If he played in ‘25 like he did in ‘24 I would have a completely different opinion. Trading him now would not only free up cap space, but we could get more draft capital.
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