Why Giants decided on trading Dexter Lawrence to Bengals
The Giants hoped they could figure out something to keep Dexter Lawrence with them. But couldn’t agree to the structure of a reworked deal and decided to stop trying and ship him away.
The Bengals reached out to the Giants two weeks ago about Dexter Lawrence . They believed, with him, they’d be a Super Bowl contender. That’s why they were willing to part with the No.
10 pick for the former Pro Bowl nose tackle. The Giants weren’t there yet. On Saturday, they arrived.
Lawrence, a captain who spent the first seven years of his career in New York, is headed to Cincinnati . The return: That No. 10 selection in this year’s NFL Draft.
An offer like that seems like a no-doubt, slam-dunk. The Giants, though, still hoped they could figure out something to keep Lawrence with them. No matter what they did, though, per sources, it “wasn’t good enough.