Dexter Lawrence embraces high expectations in third season

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The expectations around Dexter Lawrence are different as he enters his third NFL season.

Once something of an afterthought on a defensive line that featured Leonard Williams and Dalvin Tomlinson, Lawrence will be one of the New York Giants’ primary pass rushers now that Tomlinson is on the Indianapolis Colts. Now more than ever, he needs to live up to his first-round draft status.

Speaking to the media on the second day of Giants training camp, Lawrence reaffirmed that he is up to the challenge.

“I expect more from myself,” Lawrence said. “My main focus is helping the team win games. I push everybody in practice, the whole D-line, we root for each other.”

Lawren…