Giants' Dexter Lawrence has shot to be NFL sack leader in unusual way
There is certainly a chance the best Giants player will accomplish what an interior defensive lineman is not supposed to claim on his résumé.
It most likely will not happen because it almost never does.
But with Dexter Lawrence not getting any smaller or weaker or less willing to dominate, there is certainly a chance the best Giants player will accomplish what an interior defensive lineman is not supposed to claim on his résumé.
Big Dex could actually finish this season leading the NFL in sacks.
“He’s on pace for it now, so … he’s doing a great job,’’ inside linebacker Bobby Okereke said Wednesday.
It is one of the many wasteful aspects to this season for the Giants.
They are 2-5 and seemingly headed nowhere, other than to Pittsburgh soon enough for a Monday night meeting with the Steelers.
Tucked inside another losing campaign is one of the best stretches for a defensive player in the history of a franchise that is commemorating its 100th year of existence.
Lawrence is leading the NFL in sacks with nine in seven games.
That puts him ahead of Will McDonald of the Jets (eight sacks), Aidan Hutchinson of the Lions (7.5 sacks but out for the remainder of the season), Trey Hendrickson of the Bengals (7) and Kyle Van Noy of the Ravens (7).
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