{"id":593602,"date":"2026-04-19T12:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/593602\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:29:08","slug":"grade-the-dexter-lawrence-trade-to-the-cincinnati-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/593602\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade the Dexter Lawrence trade to the Cincinnati Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Cincinnati Bengals officially shocked the world with a blockbuster trade as the 2026 NFL Draft quickly approaches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Bengals have sent the 10th overall pick to the New York Giants for superstar defensive tackle Dexter \u2018Sexy Dexy\u2019 Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The front office pulled off the historical franchise trade to help \u2018go all in\u2019 with Joe Burrow, Ja\u2019Marr Chase, and Tee Higgins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It is no secret that the Bengals\u2019 defense has been horrid the past few seasons, and it is clear the front office had full intentions to improve the unit this offseason with Boye Mafe, Bryan Cook, Jonathan Allen, and now Dexter Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Some may feel the 10th overall pick is a bit rich for Lawrence, but you won\u2019t find an instant-impact, proven All-Pro talent like Sexy Dexy at that point in this year\u2019s draft class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">I could sit here and explain how massive this trade is for the Bengals defense, but Warren Sharp summed it up perfectly in one post; it is worth the read:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Lawrence is an incredibly versatile talent at the defensive tackle position and will now be reunited with his former teammate, B.J. Hill, to help boost the trenches in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tell us your thoughts on the blockbuster trade and let us know your grade for the pick. Drop it in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cincinnati Bengals officially shocked the world with a blockbuster trade as the 2026 NFL Draft quickly approaches.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[71963,20939,99],"class_list":["post-593602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cincinnati-bengals-roster","tag-cincinnati-bengals-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}