Panthers 20, Giants 17
Q. Today you didn't get to the quarterback quite as much as in the past few weeks --
DEXTER LAWRENCE: We did. We did. He just threw the ball.
Q. Did you do anything up front at all --
DEXTER LAWRENCE: He just threw the ball. That's it. If you watch the game, we was beating them on the O-line. He just threw the ball before we could get there.
Q. You've taken such a leadership role in this group this year. What do you say to guys after this?
DEXTER LAWRENCE: Really just evaluate yourself before you start pointing fingers or starting cliques or stuff like that. It's a young team, and that can happen really easily if the leaders don't jump on top of it, so the message is evaluate yourself and see what you can do better and be critical of yourself this week when you watch tape.
Q. Is that something you've seen?
DEXTER LAWRENCE: No, it's not anything I've seen, but it could happen. It's the nature of humans.
Q. Is that something you said in the locker room?
DEXTER LAWRENCE: Yeah, we spoke on it in the locker room.
Q. The captains did?
DEXTER LAWRENCE: Yeah, mm-hmm. Well, as a team.
Q. Coming into this game (indiscernible) what are you seeing out there?
DEXTER LAWRENCE: We've just got to do better on the edges. With the crack tosses they was getting the main play was getting yards on, the only play really. We've just got to do better at setting the edge and crack replacing.
Q. You weren't out there the first five plays of the second half. I was curious why.
DEXTER LAWRENCE: Yeah, I don't really play a lot of plays. I mean, I don't play 100 percent. Devontae was getting the start the second half.
Q. How are you feeling at this point in the season?
DEXTER LAWRENCE: You know, where I play and what teams do to me, I take a lot of a beating, they say. But I feel good. This bye week is definitely going to help. Definitely not 100 percent. I don't think anyone is.
But this week is just for me to get my body right and my mind right and decompress and come back and be the guy that the team needs.
Q. Are you okay with not playing the first five minutes of the second half?
DEXTER LAWRENCE: Yeah. I mean, that's just the way the game went this time. Yeah.
Q. Talk about the German crowds, the experience.
DEXTER LAWRENCE: Oh, it was really loud all the time. I really didn't know what the cheering was for some of the time. But it was cool. It was cool to play here and get this experience. The grass wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. But it was fun just to be a part of the culture.
Q. Next season there are games in Dublin and Mexico City and new locations. Would you like to go back with the Giants to different destinations?
DEXTER LAWRENCE: Oh, I might want to just stay in Met Life. It's a long way during the season to travel. It's a little rough.
Q. What's the psyche of this team in your opinion?
DEXTER LAWRENCE: Honestly, right now I don't know. We just got off the game, so we haven't really been able to talk or communicate for real, so I can't really tell you the psyche, but my psyche is to get ready for whoever we play next, do all I can to get my mind and body right, and just go out there and just be ready to play.
Q. Do you think Dabes' message is getting through in the locker room?
DEXTER LAWRENCE: I think it is. Just got to be comprehended a little better. Yeah, I think it's getting through. It's just critical moments, and we've got to understand what those critical moments are to be able to win and come out on top.
Q. You're saying to not be comprehended. Isn't that troubling to you?
DEXTER LAWRENCE: Yeah, it's annoying for sure. But I'm not in other people's heads or brains. Maybe it's got to be communicated differently or got to hear it from somebody else.
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