Bengals’ offensive players and coaches say Dexter Lawrence is dominating practices

The Bengals’ offense has a problem in training camp: Dexter Lawrence.

Lawrence, the defensive tackle who arrived in Cincinnati in a trade with the Giants this offseason, has been a menace, even though he’s not allowed to touch the quarterback.

Bengals guard Dalton Risner told Jori Epstein of Yahoo Sports that Lawrence is bringing intensity to training camp.

“There’s certain guys in this league like Dexter who wreck a whole game play and you have to do everything around them and you change everything you’re doing,” Risner said. “You’re going to have to change how you block against certain guys. He’s just making us do it really early and really often.”

Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase said Lawrence is causing the Bengals’ offense problems.

“Honestly, he’s been terrorizing practice,” Chase said. “I can honestly say that.”

Bengals offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher said Lawrence is pressure testing the Bengals’ offensive line.

“When you have a man as big as [Lawrence], the quick twitch and the speed they’re able to play with just disarms you,” Pitcher said. “I don’t know what you do to counteract that other than you just really focus on the technique of this interior line and you got to be really cognizant of what types of schemes you’re trying to run and how often that guy’s truly one-on-one.”