The Cincinnati Bengals decided to make Saturday night as hyped as the first round of the NFL draft when they shipped the 10th overall pick to the New York Giants for defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence.
As we wrote in our instant analysis of the Bengals trading for Lawrence, it’s a generational moment. The Bengals have never done something like this and never been so obviously all-in.
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It’s all about sending a message to Joe Burrow, the rest of the locker room and the fans. And it’s about paying a serious tax for years of bad drafting.
And all of that showed in the reactions from Bengals players and the broader NFL world.
NFL world reacts to Bengals trading for Dexter Lawrence
This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: Top reactions by Bengals players, NFL world to Dexter Lawrence trade