Bengals dey eye draft picks for defense, Giants star Dexter Lawrence wan comot

Wahala dey for NFL side as two big gist dey shake body. For Cincinnati Bengals side, dem dey look sharp for dis year NFL draft wey go soon start. Bengals get top 10 pick and some oda picks wey dem fit use collect better players. Dem sabi say if dem wan reach Super Bowl for next few years, defense na di main tin wey dem need to fix.

Bengals get two cornerbacks wey dey okay for dia roster, but dem still dey find anoda one from di draft. For first round, pesin don dey yarn say dem dey look Mansoor Delane and Jermoc McCoy side. But di better plan fit be say dem go pick anoda defensive player like Caleb Downs, Rueben Bain Jr., or Sonny Styles for second round.

One cornerback wey dem don meet na Chris Johnson from San Diego State. Johnson yarn say, “I don dey all over those Zoom meetings, man. I don meet almost every team so far. Some teams like Philadelphia Eagles, I don meet dem two times.” Johnson mention say im don meet Houston Texans, New York Giants, Seattle Seahawks, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, and Green Bay Packers. Im talk say Los Angeles Rams even send pesin come meet am for San Diego State facility to watch tape togeda.

Dem dey expect say Johnson go fall between late first round to second round. Dat mean say e fit dey available for Bengals for pick number 49. Johnson dey good for zone coverage and e fit still learn how to do man-coverage. Im no too big—six feet, 190 pounds—but im speed and how e fit change direction quick dey make up for dat. Bengals dey consider am as one option for dat pick.

For New York Giants side, big wahala don burst. Dexter Lawrence, dia star defensive tackle, don ask for trade. Im no go show up for di voluntary offseason program wey start Tuesday because contract extension talk don dey drag for two years and no agreement dey.

Dis one na big u-turn for Lawrence. Before last season, im tell The Post say im dey see im name for Giants Ring of Honor. But now, im don change mind. One league source talk say di $20 million wey im suppose collect for 2026 “just not reasonable.” Lawrence im contract don old pass because defensive tackle market don blow up. Im dey 12th for average annual value for im position—behind Eagles’ Jordan Davis and Patriots’ Milton Williams, even though dem no be Pro Bowlers like Lawrence wey be three-time Pro Bowler and two-time second-team All-Pro.

One agent project say Lawrence fit get four-year, $110 million extension. One source close to Lawrence talk say im dey vex because of im contract, consistent losing throughout im career, and frustration with how dem dey manage roster—including how dem treat im friends Leonard Williams, Julian Love, and Saquon Barkley. All dem don win Super Bowl since dem comot New York.

Giants try calm Lawrence down by add $3 million unreached incentives to im contract for 2025. Julian Love talk about am for Super Bowl 60 say, “Dex is probably the best player I’ve ever played with. Cream always rises. Hopefully, Dex can make the best out of any situation.”

Giants head coach John Harbaugh don dey praise Lawrence. Im talk say, “He’s super, super important. He’s a cornerstone football player—not really a cornerstone, more like the middle stone. He’s a very big stone, and he’s a very active, athletic one.” Defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson get big plans for Lawrence.

But now, trade talk dey on table. Jets collect first-round pick, second-round pick, and former first-round pick Mazi Smith when dem trade Quinnen Williams last October. One talent evaluator talk say Lawrence fit command similar package because im better player. But difference be say Lawrence dey find new contract, Williams no dey find am.

One executive talk say fair value fit be first-round pick for 2026 and Day 2 pick for 2027. Lawrence get leverage because defensive tackle na di weakest spot for Giants roster—dem no touch am for free agency. If Lawrence comot, Giants go remain with journeyman Roy Robertson-Harris and unproven Darius Alexander as starters.

Giants dey try end di narrative say dia best homegrown players dey comot and become better for oda places. But dis one sticky because Lawrence get only half-sack for im last 22 games, after 21.5 sacks for 44-game stretch from 2022-2024. Lawrence and im former position coach Andre Patterson defend im play by talk say na im dey double-teamed pass any oda player for NFL.

One source talk say, “For the last three years he’s been the best interior lineman in the league. Last year you may say was an off year, but he’s still double-teamed [more than 50] percent of the time. GMs in the NFC East, they’re scared of him, they scheme for him, he’s the best player.”