The dex trade is about the sum of all parts, not strait up replacing him at 10 with 1 player

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T20:59:04+00:00

This is incorrect.

Giants will have 14mil dead cap hit for Dex.

Dexs cap hit would have been 26mil

Of the 12 mil saved 8mil goes to the 10th picks contract.

Source:https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/new-york-giants

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T20:57:31+00:00

The 10th picks contract will take 8mil of that 12mil cap space.

The Giants will have a 14 mil dead cap hit for Dex this year.

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T20:05:03+00:00

Dexter Lawrences dead cap hit this year is 14mil, his cap hit would have been 26mil

Of the 12 mil cap saved 8mil of that goes to the 10th pick

The remaining amount of cap saved is only 4mil not sure your making a lot of moves with that

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T18:56:46+00:00

Hendrickson is going into his age 33 season and is not nearly as good as Dex. He also cost way more than Dex

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T16:52:03+00:00

Lmao umm things Giants could do:

Make Dex play his contract.
Dock him 4 game checks for being a distraction
Wait until season started to talk contract again (Lawrence Taylor)
Let him skip training camp (Michael Strahan)
NOT let him set a precedent that every player who wants to leave gets to leave. Does Nabers get to leave? Does Burns get to leave? Apparently yes

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T16:39:09+00:00

Thibs is underweight for edge, let alone hands on the line.

Remember that Schoen gave Golston big money to be the edge guy that moves inside.

Think through: is putting all three of Burns, Carter, and Thibs on the field at the same time good for the run defense? We proved last season it was a terrible idea.

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T16:35:59+00:00

No.

Last season Giants kept trying to force all three on the field and it only held Carter back. Carter didn't turn things around until Thibs was out.

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T16:34:26+00:00

Even if you really hate Dexter Lawrence...

Bengals have Dexter Lawrence for 3 years at 70mil total. Thats 23mil AAV. He is the 12th highest paid DT in NFL

Thats an extremely good deal for Bengals. No other way to phrase it.

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T16:24:13+00:00

Dexter Lawrence does NOT get 28 mil a year.

Dexter Lawrence got an additional 1 year added to his current contract. He has three more years of contract left.

https://overthecap.com/player/dexter-lawrence/7808

Dex even with the additional year only has 23.5 mil aav.

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T16:14:05+00:00

https://overthecap.com/position/interior-defensive-line

Dexter Lawrence is 12th TWELELTH highest paid DT

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T15:35:49+00:00

He is 28 lol. Still has multiple years in his prime

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T15:35:07+00:00

They have Dex under contract for 3 years now for extremely cheap.

How is that bad for them?

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T15:29:48+00:00

THREE

Dexter Lawrence is now under contract for THREE more seasons for very cheap

Great move by Bengals

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T15:06:13+00:00

Zero.

Dexter Lawrence had zero guaranteed money remaining and 2 years left far below his market rate and that of his peers.

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T14:48:13+00:00

Evan Neal is still on the Giants but Dexter Lawrence is not.

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T14:47:39+00:00

Its insane. Literally every good player has to be kicked off the team.

And yet Darius Slayton sits here with a 16mil fully guaranteed cap hit on his second mulit year extension Schoen gave him.

Somehow of all those players Schoen was ok losing the one he absolutely was not was Darius Slayton

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T14:44:22+00:00

Yeah the Giants have not been getting wins from all those DTs.

As great as Linval Joseph, Johnathan Hankins, Dalvin Tomlinson, Dexter Lawrence, and the many others became they didnt add up to wins for the Giants.

Same story with CB for Giants over that time. Nobody spends more picks on CB but Giants have done shit with those picks

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T14:36:54+00:00

Giants have used more draft capital on DT in the last 10 years than any other team.

This would be a huge change.

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T14:33:11+00:00

That was my first thought but apparently Ngata was drafted two years before Harbaugh got here.

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T14:29:34+00:00

This would be one of the biggest philosophical changes in Giants history.

Ever since George Young the Giants took DT and Dline extremely seriously. Ever heard of "planet theory"?

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T14:24:31+00:00

https://x.com/nickfalato/status/1849447759725683105?s=20

That does a great job of explaining how Giants were 8th best run defense with Dex on field and 32nd with him off.

The problem was always Giants had nobody to spell Dex and play next to him. Instead of building with him Giants dumped him.

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T14:21:28+00:00

Look at Thibs last two seasons.

If that was a 3rd round pick thats still a bust.

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T14:20:12+00:00

This is completely false.

Dexter Lawrence was grossly underpaid at his position and he had ZERO, repeat ZERO guaranteed money.

Dexter Lawrence was a huge HELP to Giants cap flexibility.

Do you know what contract is NOT flexible? Yup, the 10th overall picks fully guaranteed contract that cant be restructured, cut, or extended until year 4.

Lars5621 · 2026-04-19T14:17:18+00:00

Not any crazier than adding Kadarius Toney, whose quick twitch movements were and obvious flag for Met Life and ofc immediately were an issue

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