One might safely assume that Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider asked the New York Giants how much Dexter Lawrence might cost Seattle to bring the defensive tackle to the Pacific Northwest. In reality, Schneider was likely never in the running to acquire the DT.
Lawrence requested to be traded by New York a week ago, as the player and the team couldn't come to terms on a new extension. Lawrence suggested his request didn't have to do with money, but the lack of respect he felt from the Giants for all the years he had put into trying to help the team make the playoffs.
He wanted to be paid what he thought he was owed, and New York didn't seem to want to do that. The Cincinnati Bengals did make an offer for Lawrence that New York couldn't refuse, and the price was something Seattle literally couldn't do, and likely wouldn't have even if they could have.
Seattle Seahawks likely had no chance for former Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence
New York said it wanted a top-10 draft pick, and the Seahawks don't choose until No. 32. The Bengals sent the No. 10 selection to the Giants for Lawrence, and then gave the defensive lineman a one-year extension worth $28 million. All parties were happy.
Not only did the Seahawks pick too late in the draft to have the value the Giants wanted if they were going to give Lawrence up, but almost certainly, John Schneider would have never given up such high draft value in return for nearly any player, especially a 28-year-old defensive lineman. Lawrence is capable of greatness, but Seattle would value an edge rusher more.
Moreover, the Seattle Seahawks don't seem to be aggressively pursuing any player at this point. Maxx Crosby might be available for the right price, and Schneider might have even called the Las Vegas Raiders about a potential deal, but that hasn't happened, of course, and seems unlikely to.
Seattle also reverted to the way it had done in previous free agency periods and did not overpay for a free agent from another team. This isn't Schneider holding tight the purse strings, but the normal way Schneider has done business in most years other than 2025. Even then, the Seahawks didn't truly overpay for quarterback Sam Darnold or edge rusher DeMarcus Lawrence.
12s won't get to see how well Dexter Lawrence and Leonard Williams could do once reunited (they both played for the Giants from 2019 through the middle of the 2023 season), but maybe the hope for that was too greedy. The Seahawks should be good again next season, regardless of whether Lawrence became part of the team or not.
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