Two of the biggest moves the Detroit Lions made this free agency period involved re-signing their own players. Last week we broke down one of those moves—grading the Tracy Walker re-signing. Today, let’s talk about the other: handing edge defender Charles Harris a two-year, $13 million deal.
Last year, the Lions signed Harris to an unassuming one-year, $1.75 million deal, hoping to realize some of the potential the former first-round pick hadn’t yet discovered in the first four years of his NFL career. The strategy worked, as Harris was arguably the Lions’ best defender in 2021, notching 65 tackles, 7.