Overview
- The trade, finalized Sunday after Lawrence passed a physical, includes a one-year, $28 million extension that keeps him under team control for three seasons.
- Cincinnati sent the No. 10 pick to New York, giving the Giants the Nos. 5 and 10 selections in Thursday’s draft.
- Lawrence pushed for a new deal after talks stalled with the Giants, requested a trade on April 6, and skipped voluntary workouts that cost him a $500,000 bonus.
- The Giants weighed his 2025 downturn and lack of future guarantees on his 2023 contract, while the Bengals bet on a bounce-back from a three-time Pro Bowler.
- The move is unprecedented for Cincinnati, which had never traded a top-10 pick for a player in the common draft era, per ESPN research.