How Cincinnati Bengals' Dexter Lawrence trade became about team ownership

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals weren’t spending more money.Free agency ended. The cash was allocated. In the mind of the front office, all eyes turned to the draft.“Completely locked down,” assistant general manager Steven Radicevic said. “We were done.”Then, on April 6, defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence went public asking for a trade from the New York Giants, and the tone of the conversation — and public perception of what Bengals ownership is capable of doing — changed forever.