New York Giants defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence has been racking up awards this off-season.
Lawrence, who has already been named to his second straight Pro Bowl, plus All-Pro by the AP (second team), Pro Football Focus’s All-Pro Team, and the NFLPA (first team), was voted to the All-NFC Team by the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA), the only Giant to be included in this latest post-season honor.
Lawrence joined Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald on the PFWA all-NFC Team but missed the cut to Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones for inclusion with Donald on the All-NFL Team.
Lawrence just completed the first year of a four-year extension, paying him $90 million. He finished third on the Giants in sacks (4.5) and first in quarterback hits (21).
The normally durable Lawrence, who up until this season had never missed a game due to injury, missed his first career outing against the New England Patriots in Week 12 due to a hamstring strain that forced him to go on a pitch count for the remainder of the season.
The effective cap space is important in this instance as it’s the space a team will have after signing at least 51 players and its projected rookie class to its roster.
The Top 51 rule goes into effect on the first day of the new league year, which this year is March 13.
For information purposes, the Giants, who hold the sixth spot in the 2024 draft, are estimated to need $13.398 million for their rookie class;
however, because the rookie signings will push players out of the Top 51, the actual difference in what is needed is $7.833 million.
That amount has been accounted for in the available effective cap space.
