{"id":730155,"date":"2026-06-28T00:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/730155\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T00:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:26:11","slug":"dexter-lawrence-i-know-my-impact-on-the-game-even-without-sack-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/730155\/","title":{"rendered":"Dexter Lawrence: I know my impact on the game even without sack numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dexter Lawrence made a career-high nine sacks in 2024. In 2025, the then-Giants defensive tackle had career lows in sacks (0.5) and quarterback hits (eight).<\/p>\n

His three-year streak of Pro Bowl appearances ended.<\/p>\n

Lawrence heads into 2026 on a new team and with a chip on his shoulder.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m more managing it now, because you can\u2019t really beat up on other teams. So during the season you just let it go and you flow<\/a>,\u201d Lawrence said a week ago, via Joe Reedy of the Associated Press. \u201cI know how I approach this game and my impact to the game, even when it doesn\u2019t show up on the sack numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawrence faced the fifth-highest double-team rate among defensive tackles last season at 70.35 percent, per Pro Football Focus. The Bengals acquired Lawrence, along with adding defensive tackle Jonathan Allen and edge rushers Boye Mafe and Cashius Howell to their defensive line. <\/p>\n

That could help Lawrence avoid as many double teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know the caliber of player he is,\u201d Mafe said. \u201cHaving him on our side, it makes it so much easier. It makes everyone\u2019s job around us easier. He\u2019s a calming presence because we have him on our side.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawrence got some work in with his new team during the offseason program and vows to be ready for training camp late next month. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to be like a boxer before they\u2019re going into a fight. You\u2019ve got to put your head down and train,\u201d Lawrence said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dexter Lawrence made a career-high nine sacks in 2024. In 2025, the then-Giants defensive tackle had career lows…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-730155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730155","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=730155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}