The 4i-shade: Pros and cons

The New York Giants were blessed with excellent defensive tackles in recent memory. Damon “Snacks” Harrison, Leonard Williams, B.J. Hill, and Dalvin Tomlinson are former Giants who recently represented the organization well when donning blue.

Dexter Lawrence remains a Giant and is one of the most dominant defensive players in the NFL. Lawrence is correctly heralded for his unique ability to generate pressure from the nose tackle position (directly over the center).

Since 2022, Dexter Lawrence has had 103 pressures from the nose tackle position alone. The next closest player is Tampa Bay Buccaneer Vita Vea with 23 pressures. However, Lawrence isn’t and wasn’t always exclusively used as a nose…