Nose Tackle · Cincinnati Bengals

Dexter Lawrence

No. 97 · 8th season

League executives already know what the Bengals just got

There is a version of this where a big signing takes a year to prove itself. Dexter Lawrence is not that version.

Lawrence came into Cincinnati carrying a reputation that preceded him. People who evaluate talent for a living — people paid to be skeptical — have him near the top of the list at his position. That is not a projection. That is a verdict.

For the Bengals, this is the kind of addition that changes the conversation before a single snap. A defensive line gets a player the rest of the league already respects, and an offense somewhere gets to worry about it.

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