The New York Giants didn’t expect 17th overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, Dexter Lawrence, to emerge into one of the league’s top interior lineman in his rookie season. Maybe the Giants brass did, but the perplexed look on the faces of fans didn’t exactly indicate, “happiness.”
Interior defenders aren’t “sexy” picks, but “Sexy Dexy” is rounding himself into a force on the defense and one of the best at his position. In a 3-4 defense run by James Bettcher, the Giants expect their interior defenders to rush the passer as well. Lawrence has been stellar in nearly every category.