On Sunday in Week 7, the Giants have been at house to face the Eagles. They misplaced 28-3 and dropped to 2-5 on the season. New York has misplaced back-to-back video games after a win in Week 5 vs. Seattle. One shiny spot for the Giants in 2024 is Professional Bowl DT Dexter Lawrence.
His (9.0) sacks via Week 7 leads the NFL. It’s not simple for a NT to place up that kind of manufacturing however Lawrence just isn’t the typical participant. New York employed former Titans defensive coordinator this offseason as their DC and Lawrence has been thriving in his system. The 26-year-old has six sacks in his final three video games. The Giants are on the street in Week 8 on MNF vs. the Steelers.
Dexter Lawrence is dominating in 12 months six with the Giants
Dexter Lawrence has been double-teamed on 63.3% of his cross rushes this season, the very best fee confronted by any participant since at the very least 2018 (min. 100 cross rushes).
Lawrence at the moment leads the NFL in sacks (9).@Giants | #Giants100 pic.twitter.com/eimnjegPZc
— Subsequent Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) October 21, 2024
With the seventeenth general decide within the 2019 NFL draft, the Giants chosen DT Dexter Lawrence out of Clemson. The 2-time second-team All-Professional is in his sixth season with the Giants. He’s performed in 87 video games and has 80 begins for New York. In 5 seasons with the Giants, Lawrence has performed in at the very least 16 video games yearly. His greatest season with New York was his 2022 marketing campaign when he had (7.5) sacks, three passes defended, two compelled fumbles, 68 mixed tackles, seven tackles for loss, and 28 QB hits.
Seven video games into the 2024 season and Dexter Lawrence is main the NFL in sacks (9.0). Per NFL Subsequent Gen Stats, Lawrence is being double-teamed at a 63.3% fee this season. That’s the most of any defensive lineman this season. The following closest is Inexperienced Bay’s Karl Brooks at 55.1%. If Lawrence can sustain this type of manufacturing, he may very well be on his option to a first-team All-Professional choice. Lawrence’s (9.0) sacks in 2024 is already a brand new career-high for the previous first-rounder.