Giants' Dexter Lawrence likely out for the rest of the season with an elbow injury
Dexter Lawrence II of the New York Giants reacts after his sack against the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field on Oct. 6, 2024. Credit: TNS
To add injury to insult in the Giants’ Thanksgiving Day loss to the Cowboys, the Giants likely lost their best player, defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, for the rest of the season.
Lawrence appeared to suffer a dislocated elbow during the 27-20 loss, the Giants’ seventh straight.
“He’s got an elbow,” coach Brian Daboll said on Friday. “I would say that I anticipate it being long term, which is the rest of the season.”
Daboll said additional tests would be performed on Lawrence but that he is “not very optimistic” about a positive outcome.
The Giants have been hit by a wave of injures at that position that might require adding players just to get through the final five games of the season. The Giants were eliminated from playoff contention on Thursday.
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
