It really didn’t make sense for the Giants to trade Dexter Lawrence II. Of course, we all said this in a world where few thought the No. 10 pick was attainable for a player who will turn 29 years old before Thanksgiving and will be hard pressed to find the deal he was squeezing the Giants for on the other side (especially in Cincinnati, where the team will have to create cap space to facilitate a deal that pushes Lawrence even halfway closer to the top of the defensive tackle market).
Sometimes, the most brilliant game of trade chicken results in a brilliant conclusion for everyone. We’ll get to the bigger picture from Lawrence’s perspective in a moment, but first a few smaller micro-thoughts on the trade:
