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New York Giants defensive tackle Roy Robertson-Harris (95) reacts after a missed field goal during the first half at Lincoln Financial Field, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in Philadelphia, PA. for the NY POST<\/p>\n
This offseason has featured big changes for the Giants among their interior defensive tackle positions, with longtime standout Dexter Lawrence being traded to the Bengals for a first-round pick.<\/p>\n
They ultimately used that pick \u2014 No. 10 overall \u2014 to select Miami offensive tackle Francis Mauigoa.<\/p>\n
The Giants then signed DJ Reader to a two-year, $12.25 million contract<\/a> this offseason to be a starter.<\/p>\n The 10-year veteran is more of a run stopper than a pass rusher, having tallied just 12 \u00b9\/\u2082 career sacks.<\/p>\n Big Blue also signed veterans Shelby Harris and Leki Fotu<\/a>, with Harris expected to fill more of a role than Fotu under new defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson<\/a>.<\/p>\n Harris has appeared in 146 career games with 89 starts, while Fotu \u2014 an ex-Jet \u2014 has played in just 66 games with 26 starts spanning six starts.<\/p>\n This injury also puts a greater emphasis on the development of 2025 third-round pick Darius Alexander after an inconsistent rookie season.<\/p>\n Alexander totaled 3 \u00b9\/\u2082 sacks across 16 games last season, and the Giants will need him to complement their veteran additions in the quest to replace Lawrence\u2019s production.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Giants also added some depth in the draft when they selected Auburn\u2019s Bobby Jamison-Travis.<\/p>\n Robertson-Harris had been readying for his 10th season in the league, having previously spent time with the Bears (2017-20), Jaguars (2021-24) and Seahawks (2024) before joining the Giants.<\/p>\n He has notched 19 career sacks across 134 games with 79 starts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Giants\u2019 new-look defensive tackle unit will be without one of its holdovers. Veteran starter Roy Robertson-Harris tore…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[977,349,99],"class_list":["post-660366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}