For the New York Giants, nothing about the trip to Detroit is simple -- not the context of their season, not the injuries that have reshaped their depth chart, and certainly not the task of slowing down one of the NFL’s most balanced and explosive offenses.
But if there’s one clear focal point for New York heading into Week 12, it’s the same truth defensive coordinators across the league have learned the hard way: if you don’t stop running backs Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery, you don’t stop the Detroit Lions. And no one on this Giants roster is more important to that mission than Dexter Lawrence.