Giants Now: Next Gen Stats highlights Dexter Lawrence’s dominant start

“It’s not just me, honestly,” Lawrence said. “It’s the game plans, it’s the DBs covering, it’s the guys outside of me rushing as well. I do what I can when I can. Whenever I get that one-on-one or whenever I got to hustle to a ball – effort plays – is more than what the numbers say that goes along with me getting sacks.”

Lawrence’s 30.5 career sacks place him 13^th on the Giants’ official list (since 1982), just a half-sack behind linebacker Jessie Armstead and nose tackle Erik Howard. Lawrence has played 89 regular-season games. Armstead and Howard played 144 and 122 games, respectively, for the Giants.

Defensive tackle Keith Hamilton, who played 173 games for the Giants from 1993-2002, holds the franchise record for interior linemen with 63.0 sacks, which place him fifth on the list.

With Lawrence’s help, the Giants currently lead the NFL with 31 sacks, their highest total through seven games since they had 37 in 1985. A year ago, the Giants had 11 sacks through seven games and finished the season with 34.

The Giants are the fifth team since 2000 with at least 31 sacks through seven games. The 2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and 2013 Kansas City Chiefs had 35, and the 2000 New Orleans Saints and 2017 Jacksonville Jaguars had 33.