{"id":336779,"date":"2025-10-27T20:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T20:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/336779\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T20:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T20:15:16","slug":"giants-legend-carl-banks-crushes-dexter-lawrence-nobody-respects-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/336779\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants legend Carl Banks crushes Dexter Lawrence: &#8216;Nobody respects you&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Giants legend Carl Banks is putting Dexter Lawrence on blast.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence, an elite interior defensive lineman considered one of the best players in the NFL, is having a substandard year as the Giants sputter through a 2-6 start, and Banks believes the players lining up against him don\u2019t see him as a threat anymore, particularly after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/02\/sports\/dexter-lawrences-giants-season-is-over-after-being-placed-on-ir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dislocating his elbow last season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDexter Lawrence, nobody respects you anymore. Nobody,\u201d Banks said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LJi6tc8BfX4&amp;list=PLx1t0RBHW6Qr7ojtpJDJRgf2GmohPJ2t6&amp;index=1&amp;t=510s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his \u201cBleav in Giants\u201d podcast<\/a> with radio partner Bob Papa after Sunday\u2019s loss to the Eagles. \u201cYour opponents do not \u2014 the pre-injury Dexter is not there in their heads. They don\u2019t respect you. And there\u2019s a difference. You\u2019re on the field, they\u2019re blocking you with a [five]-year backup center. You\u2019re not making a difference. The old Dexter would. There are a lot of things that go into your performance, only you know what that is. Whether you\u2019re still recovering or not, I\u2019m just telling you now, I\u2019m looking at enough tape to know that your opponents don\u2019t respect you, not like they used to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.79980469;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37498506\" width=\"472\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/new-york-giants-defensive-tackle-112368103.jpg\" alt=\"Giants defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence.\" class=\"wp-image-37498506\"  \/>Giants defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.86369427;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37498519\" width=\"510\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/banks.jpg\" alt=\"Carl Banks\" class=\"wp-image-37498519\"  \/>Carl Banks YouTube\/Bleav in Giants<\/p>\n<p>Brett Toth, a 29-year-old backup guard, filled in as the Eagles\u2019 starting center on Sunday with Cam Jurgens out injured, and Lawrence, 27, did not take advantage in one-on-one situations.<\/p>\n<p>Banks said that the Giants\u2019 other interior linemen \u2014 Darius Alexander, Roy Robertson-Harris and D.J. Davidson \u2014 were making plays against the same guys blocking Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for you to start expecting more of yourself,\u201d Banks said of Lawrence. \u201cI don\u2019t know if you\u2019re injured, I don\u2019t know if you\u2019re fully recovered, but it\u2019s time to start asking more of yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>After racking up a career-high nine sacks in 12 games and earning his third straight Pro Bowl nod last season before his injury, Lawrence has just half a sack \u2014 which he recorded Sunday \u2014 in eight games this year. He has just one tackle for a loss and four QB hits.<\/p>\n<p>A first-round pick by the Giants in 2019, Lawrence signed a four-year, $90 million contract extension before the 2023 season that runs through 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giants legend Carl Banks is putting Dexter Lawrence on blast. 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