Giants ‘doing everything we can’ to keep Dexter Lawrence

Dexter Lawrence | Getty Images Despite reports that Dexter Lawrence wants to be traded, the New York Giants are “doing everything we can” to keep the star defensive tackle, according to exclusive reporting from Paul Schwart of the New York Post . “We are working together to get the best outcome for the Giants team,’’ head coach John Harbaugh told The Post. “We also respect Dexter fully as a person and player and want him to be happy.

We are doing everything we can, as best we can, as responsibly as we can. ’’ There have been reports that talks between the two sides on a new or revised contract were at an impasse and had broken off completely. Schwartz, though, said Joel Segal, Lawrence’s agent, and the team are “still talking.

” Schwartz wrote: The team is willing to give him a significant financial upgrade. However, Lawrence is dug in on what he wants, and the two sides might not be able to get the negotiations over the finish line. Schwartz wrote that Lawrence wants “much more” than the $19.

5 million he is scheduled to make in each of the final two years of his contract. Here are other points made by Schwartz, with some of my thoughts following each: This is strictly about money. Lawrence, who turns 29 in November, could see this as his last opportunity to cash in with a lucrative new deal.