EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Dexter Lawrence keeps it real by pretending to be someone he's not.
Now that the Rams' Aaron Donald has retired, Lawrence might well be the NFL's best defensive lineman. A first-round draft choice in 2019, he has been a Pro Bowler and a second-team all-pro in each of the last two seasons. Last year, he signed a multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract befitting a player of his stature.
But that all means nothing to Lawrence when he is on the field, whether in practice or during a game. He is the player every other Giants lineman wants to line up next to.
"I compete like I'm not a top player," Lawrence said after Friday's training camp practice. "I think I compete like I was the seventh rounder. I compete like I didn't get paid. That's just my mindset, and I think that's where the respect comes from. They can see that, and they can see how hard I work. I think that's the biggest thing for everyone."
The biggest thing might be Lawrence himself. He is listed as 6-4 and 340 pounds but is fast, quick and extraordinarily athletic for his size. One of those teammates, Rakeem Nunez-Roches, is a 10-year veteran who is beginning his second season with the Giants. The man everyone calls Nacho is 6-2 and 305 pounds.
"I'm telling you, God must have blinked when he was making me, but he had everybody in the lab with Dex," Nunez-Roches said. "Extra on the arms, extra on the legs. Don't forget the speed. Super powerful. Then he's extra big. Come on, that's what I'm playing with. It's just crazy. I take off running, he's running right beside me. I'm like, there's no way, there's no way."
Lawrence missed one practice this week and was limited in another with what he called, "a little virus I caught." It was barely a blip on his drive to greatness. He has been a dominant player, yet Lawrence's goal remains constant improvement.
"I think that comes from within and watching yourself and seeing things that you can improve on," he said. "Never a perfect player out there, so I'm hard on myself. Every day I come out here and I mess up on a little thing, and I write it down, and I correct it the next day, just so I'm making a new mistake everyday type of thing. That's kind of my thought process."
Asked for something specific he needed to write down, Lawrence said, "not necessarily messed up. It's more of a technique thing, like getting in a good stance and running off the ball, mentally having that in my head a lot because that's what makes me successful."
Lawrence is entering his sixth Giants season. With the offseason departures of Saquon Barkley and Sterling Shepard, he joins Daniel Jones and Darius Slayton - fellow members of the 2019 draft class – as the longest-tenured Giants. Lawrence doesn't seek the spotlight, but his ability, his accolades, and the team and league-wide respect for his accomplishments (he will certainly be selected a team captain for the third consecutive season) make him one of the faces of the Giants franchise as it enters its 100th season.
"Funny thing is, I was in college (at Clemson), I didn't really know what it meant," he said. "But I always said I wanted to be a household name in college. You get what you ask for, and I take that with pride. I'd rather be this way than the other way. That's why I try to set the example. I'm not a real verbal guy, but I lead by actions. That's just my biggest thing."
For the last 10 seasons, Donald, the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, was universally acclaimed as the league's top defensive tackle. With Donald no longer playing, should Lawrence assume that title?
"I wish I thought like that," Lawrence said. "I'm more of a 'I got to do what I got to do' and then whatever I do is going to prove whether it's worth it or not.
"You've got to keep earning that respect, and I think that's what legends do. At this point, I want to keep earning those respects, and keep having people feel my dominance and see the type of player I am."
That's keeping it real.
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New York Giants linebacker Brian Burns (0) )during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
New York Giants linebacker Brian Burns (0) during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
New York Giants center John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61), and quarterback Daniel Jones (8) during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
New York Giants punter Jamie Gillan (6) during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton (86) and cornerback Deonte Banks (3) during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
WR Jalin Hyatt (13)
New York Giants wide receiver Wan'Dale Robinson (17) during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
BRIAN DABOLL during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
New York Giants punter Jamie Gillan (6) and New York Giants kicker Graham Gano (9)during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
New York Giants wide receiver Wan'Dale Robinson (17) during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
New York Giants running back Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29) during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
New York Giants linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux (5) during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
\New York Giants linebacker Brian Burns (0) and New York Giants offensive tackle Andrew Thomas (78) during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
New York Giants wide receiver Jalin Hyatt (13) and New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton (86) during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
New York Giants linebacker Brian Burns (0) during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8), New York Giants wide receiver Jalin Hyatt (13) New York Giants wide receiver Wan'Dale Robinson (17) during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
New York Giants safety Jason Pinnock (27) intercepts a pass during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8) during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
New York Giants cornerback Deonte Banks (3), linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux (5) during a joint practice with the New York Jets (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
WR Darius Slayton (86)
New York Jets QB Aaron Rogers (8), DT Elijah Chatman (94)
TE Jack Stoll (89).
QB Tommy DeVito (15)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
WR Malik Nabers (9)
S Jason Pinnock (27)
OLB Brian Burns (0)
ILB Bobby Okereke (58)
ILB Bobby Okereke (58), S Tyler Nubin (31)
S Jason Pinnock (27)
ILB Bobby Okereke (58), S Tyler Nubin (31), CB Deonte Banks (3), CB Nick McCloud (44)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
CB Deonte Banks (3)
S Tyler Nubin (31)
New York Giants center John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61), quarterback Daniel Jones (8), quarterback Drew Lock (2) during Training Camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus\New York Giants )
WR Jalin Hyatt (13)
WR Isaiah McKenzie (87)
*As a longtime offensive coordinator and in his first two years as a head coach, Brian Daboll routinely rotated wide receivers to work with the starting quarterback. But in this camp, the foursome of rookie Malik Nabers, Wan'Dale Robinson, Jalin Hyatt and Slayton have worked almost exclusively with Jones.
"Those four guys, as much as he can throw to those guys (is beneficial)," Daboll said. "Obviously, Malik is new. Jalin played sparingly last year. Obviously, he has a good relationship with Slay. Wan'Dale is coming back fully healthy. So, the timing, the body language, there's a lot to the passing game to make it work. So, we're doing as much as we can, whether it's individual routes, whether it's certain plays we're trying to take a look at for those guys. But it's important to build that chemistry."
All four of the receivers played collegiate football in the Southeastern Conference: Nabers at LSU, Robinson at Kentucky, Hyatt at Tennessee and Slayton at Auburn. It's a close-knit group that wants to both help and outperform each other.
"Yeah, we're competing," Hyatt said. "That's why I love this game. I competed everywhere I was at. When I was at Tennessee, when I was here. Just having everybody in that room, Malik, Slay, Wan'Dale, Allen Robinson, Zay (Isaiah Hodgins). It's a lot of those guys, we're all competing, but at the same time it's making us better. And I think you just see our confidence out there when we're playing, and we just got to keep taking it day by day."
Nabers, the sixth selection in the 2024 NFL Draft, has impressed his fellow receivers in his first pro camp.
"He's confident, he's confident in his work," Hyatt said. "He has great hands, explosive. Not only that, he can run routes, and he's big, physical. Run after catch. He can do all of it. What he has done is raise that receiver room. Proud that we got him in the draft. He's one of my best friends now. Just knowing him and only that he's a SEC guy. I played against him. I'm just proud of what he has done. We all need to keep working, keep doing what we have to do but proud that we got him.
"I think what surprised me with him was really when I watched his film, he didn't really have any weaknesses. Watching him, he catches the ball, moves like a running back. He has great hands. Doesn't do a lot of body catches, great routes. He doesn't just do speed, speed, speed. He works his releases, he's explosive. There's a lot of things that he's good at. The only thing with him is we just need to keep adding confidence to him. Get him to learn the plays, he's getting there. And once he gets all that down, the sky's the limit for him."
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