EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Giants locked up defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence to a four-year extension and on Friday morning, head coach Brian Daboll expressed his excitement for both the player and organization.
Lawrence was coming off a 2022 season where he had a career-high 7.5 sacks, seven tackles for a loss and 28 quarterback hits. The defensive tackle also registered 68 total tackles, three passes defended and two forced fumbles.
“Good to get Dexter done. Happy he’s back,” Daboll said before the start of rookie camp on Friday. “A good player for us. Good leader, good person. So congratulations to Dexter and happy for our organization as well.”
The Giants’ head coach said that he had already spoken to Lawrence both on Thursday and Friday and said that Lawrence was excited to get the deal out of the way. During Friday’s first day of rookie workouts, Daboll was seen hugging Lawrence.
Lawrence had not been attending the team’s offseason program while the two sides negotiated a deal, but was still under contract for another season with the Giants. The defensive tackle later said that he had been in contact with the coaching staff the whole time while negotiations had been taking place.
Lawrence and the Giants coming to terms seemed like an inevitability with general manager Joe Schoen indicating that talks had been going well. Now, New York has locked up one of the best players at his position for the foreseeable future and Lawrence became the third highest-paid DT in the NFL.
Dexter Lawrence is here on the sideline at rookie camp. Got a big hug from Daboll. #Giants pic.twitter.com/5peuzUvb3Q
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“I didn’t have like a set number in mind or anything like that,” Lawrence said. “I just knew that I wanted to be respected for my production. And, you know, my leadership around here and everything else.”
The former first-round pick reiterated that he hadn’t been looking to set any…
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