{"id":613490,"date":"2026-04-19T01:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/613490\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T01:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:12:11","slug":"bengals-trade-for-dexter-lawrence-ahead-of-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/613490\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals trade for Dexter Lawrence ahead of 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cincinnati Bengals;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cincinnati Bengals&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> have agreed to a trade with the <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/teams\/ny-giants\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Giants;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New York Giants&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Giants<\/a> for three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/900020\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dexter Lawrence;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Dexter Lawrence&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dexter Lawrence<\/a>, a source confirmed to The Enquirer on April 18.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals gave the Giants their first-round pick, No. 10 overall, in this year\u2019s draft, according to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter, to acquire Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence, the No. 17 overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft, fills a major need for the Bengals on defense. This trade also symbolizes the franchise\u2019s willingness to make a big swing in their quest to win a Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/04\/18\/dexter-lawrence-bengals-2026-nfl-draft\/89684240007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dexter Lawrence to Bengals ahead of 2026 NFL Draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Dexter Lawrence to Bengals ahead of 2026 NFL Draft&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Dexter Lawrence to Bengals ahead of 2026 NFL Draft<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cincinnati Bengals have agreed to a trade with the New York Giants for three-time Pro Bowl defensive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[7580,49,48,1740,68415,13096,1728,514,82,1215],"class_list":["post-613490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-adam-schefter","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-defensive-tackle","tag-dexter-lawrence","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-trade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}