The purge continues.
The Giants have traded defensive tackle Damon Harrison to the Lions for a fifth-round pick, a source confirmed to Newsday on Wednesday morning. It comes a day after they shipped cornerback Eli Apple to the Saints for a fourth- and a seventh-rounder.
"Goodbye New Jersey ... I gave everything I had. Y'all be good," Harrison tweeted Wednesday afternoon.
And they may not be done yet. The NFL trade deadline is on Oct. 30, giving the Giants another few days to continue to accumulate assets for their future at the expense of productive players on their current team.
With the two latest departures, the Giants have just 17 players on their 53-man roster who were part of the organization at the end of the 2017 season.
Harrison is one of the NFL's top run-stoppers. The 29-year-old signed a five-year, $46.5 million contract as a free agent with the Giants in 2016. The Giants will save about $4 million in salary cap space on the deal this year. The Lions, if they keep Harrison, will pay him $6.75 million in 2019 and $9 million in 2020.
