Source: Giants expected to sign veteran DT Shelby Harris

The New York Giants are expected to sign veteran defensive deal with Shelby Harrisa supply advised ESPN.

Harris will sign a one-year deal.

The transfer comes simply over every week after the Giants traded standout defensive deal with Dexter Lawrence II to the Cincinnati Bengals for the tenth total decide within the draft. The Giants didn’t add a defensive lineman till Bobby Jamison-Travis within the sixth spherical.

New York had been planning to add to its defensive inside even earlier than the commerce of Lawrence. It completed final within the NFL this previous season, permitting a whopping 5.3 yards per carry.

Harris, 34, was one among a number of veteran defensive lineman to go to the Giants in latest weeks. The staff might nonetheless add one other skilled piece to the road.

But the addition of Harris is a begin. New Giants coach John Harbaugh has made it an emphasis to enhance the staff’s run protection.

Harris is coming into his twelfth skilled season. He had 32 tackles and one sack in 17 video games final season for the Cleveland Browns. The veteran has 358 profession tackles and 28.5 sacks in his profession for the Raiders, Broncos, Seahawks and Browns.