New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman often expresses the desire to build a defensive line rotation deep in talent. Adding Olsen Pierre, one of four former Arizona Cardinals defenders on the Giants roster, in free agency was part of Gettleman’s effort to accomplish that.
Let’s look at Pierre as we continue our player-by-player profiles of the 90-man roster the Giants will bring to training camp in a few weeks.
The basics
Height: 6-foot-5
Weight: 293
Age: 27
Position: Defensive tackle
Experience: 3
How he got here
Pierre spent parts of two seasons on the Arizona practice squad before cracking the 53-man roster in 2017.