Big Dexter Lawrence impresses Giants so much, he'll play some DE

A 6-4, 342-pound mastodon of a defensive lineman taken with the 17th pick in the draft usually lands in just one spot: Right in the middle. Dexter Lawrence certainly has the dimensions to be the type of player a team can plop over the center to control the line of scrimmage. It’s what he did for most of his career in college at Clemson.

The Giants are going in a different direction, however.

So enamored are they by Lawrence’s athleticism and ability to be a pass-rusher that they have been using him as a defensive end in their 3-4 schemes so far in training camp.

“He can line up on the nose, he can line up as a three (tackle), and he can line up as a five (on the outside), on the center, guard…