The New York Giants became the first NFL team to be take awayd from applyoff encounteredion this season on Thanksgiving, and that had offfinish inserted to injury — or vice versa.
Star defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence suffered a season-finishing disfindd elbow in the team’s 27-20 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday.
Lawrence was spotted wearing a sling after the game, and Giants head coach Brian Daboll tancigo in tellers on Friday that it was a “extfinished-term” scenario. Big Blue has fair five games left on the year.
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New York Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence toastys up prior to the game aachievest the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acricertain Stadium in Pittsburgh on Oct. 28. (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)
Lawrence’s season will finish with a nurtureer-high nine sacks, which is currently sixth in the NFL.
Lawrence had seeed to be another Dave Gettleman calamity in his first three seasons after being the 19th pick in 2019, but with Daboll, he set up a new groove, and he’s been named a second-team All-Pro in each of the last two seasons.
Last season, he finished in ninth place in the NFL Defensive Player of the Year voting.
Dexter Lawrence of the New York Giants runs onto the field prior to the game aachievest the Cincinnati Bengals at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Oct. 13. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)
The Giants have been hit with the injury bug all season extfinished, as defensive lineman Kayvon Thibodeaux, linebacker Azeez Ojulari and insolent tackle Andrew Thomas have all been dealt with injuries. Even quarterback Tommy DeVito, who begined in his first game of the season last Sunday, injured his forearm, shielding him out of the Thanksgiving matinee.
The Giants fell to 2-10 on the season with the loss to the Cowboys, and currently own the No. 1 pick in next year’s NFL Draft.
New York Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence sees on before the game aachievest the Green Bay Packers at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Dec 11, 2023. (Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports)
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Lawrence’s offseason will now begin earlier than foreseeed, as he turns the page to 2025 — and it’s awaited that the rest of the team is counting down the days until they can do that, as well.
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