{"id":616252,"date":"2026-04-19T02:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T02:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/616252\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T02:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T02:31:08","slug":"steelers-afc-north-rival-pulls-off-blockbuster-trade-before-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/616252\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers’ AFC North rival pulls off blockbuster trade before NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> aren’t the only AFC North team making a splash this offseason, as the Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> pulled off a blockbuster trade for a superstar defender.<\/p>\n

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Bengals are trading their No. 10 overall pick of the first round to the New York Giants<\/a> in exchange for All-Pro defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lawrence, one of Pro Football Focus’ highest-graded defensive tackles over the past several seasons, requested a trade from the Giants after contract negotiations reportedly fell apart.<\/p>\n

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While the Bengals have made it a clear emphasis to upgrade their defense this offseason, one can’t help but wonder if trading the No. 10 overall pick was too steep a price for a defender seeking a massive payday.<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Steelers’ rival Bengals trade for Giants DT Dexter Lawrence<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t the only AFC North team making a splash this offseason, as the Cincinnati Bengals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[24724,51276,64,63,25547,1252,24249,55397,794,1242,593,1241,85,48148],"class_list":{"0":"post-616252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-adam-schefter","9":"tag-afc-north","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-blockbuster-trade","13":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","14":"tag-defensive-tackle","15":"tag-dexter-lawrence","16":"tag-espn","17":"tag-new-york-giants","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-the-giants"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}