First, Dexter Lawrence’s coaches recommended that he's turning into a dominant participant for the Giants.
Then, Lawrence’s numbers hinted at it.
Now, an opponent is saying it.
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers heaped reward on Lawrence throughout his weekly look on “The Pat McAfree Present.” The irony is that Rodgers referred to Lawrence by his uniform quantity, not his title.
“Quantity 97 is a premier participant, and must in all probability get some extra recognition for the flexibility that he has,” Rodgers mentioned. “Speaking to our inside three [offensive linemen], they suppose he’s one of many prime guys within the league, for positive. And he performed rather well for them.”
Lawrence contributed 5 tackles and a sack to the Giants’ 27-22 win over the Packers. The sack knocked Inexperienced Bay out of field-goal vary and compelled a punt that led to the Giants’ game-tying landing drive.
Defensive coordinator Wink Martindale has unlocked Lawrence by permitting him to be extra of a cross rusher as a substitute of a block-eater for others to get free. Lawrence has 17 pressures, three sacks (profession excessive is 4) and is the NFL’s No. 5-ranked defensive sort out by Professional Soccer Focus.
Martindale described Rodgers final week as a “python” who will chew should you let your guard down and don’t notice he's as harmful as ever. The praise was returned after the Giants pitched a second-half shutout in opposition to the Packers.
“I've a ton of respect for Wink. I believe he’s a implausible coach,” Rodgers mentioned. “They've scheme, they've actually good gamers. They're aggressive, they arrive after you. That they had edge stress, that they had overload stress, that they had empty stress. They threw quite a bit at us, and I believed we held up fairly nicely. … They play rather well collectively and fly to the ball.”
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