Lions Trade For Orien Harris

The Lions have traded wide receiver Ronald Curry, whom they had just added this offseason, to the Rams for defensive lineman Orien Harris.

Harris was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round in 2006. Well the Steelers sure do a fine job of drafting right? So Harris should be a pretty good player. Well, he never played for the Steelers. When the 2006 season started, he was already on the Browns. He never played a down in Cleveland. Then, he started 2007 with the Bills, but before the season started was a Saint. Once again, he never played a down for New Orleans. Last season he finally got on the field... for Cincinnati. He recorded 14 tackles, only four of those solo. He was then traded to St. Louis, and before he ever played a down there he's now a Lion.

Clearly, Harris isn't the most highly thought of player. However, he has one very important thing going for him; he's a defensive tackle (I know the link says DE as of right now, but everything else I see about him says he's a DT). The Lions are incredibly thin at defensive tackle. It's Grady Jackson (whose currently injured and might be suspended), raw rookie Sammie Hill, aged veteran Chuck Darby, and Andre Fluellen, whose been putting on weight to get up to size for the new defense. That, and a bunch of a guys of little to no consequence. Now, Harris provides some depth for the Lions at defensive tackle, depth they desperately needed.



(examiner.com)