Joe Schoen said the Giants still had more work to do, and now the move is on the board.
New York added 32-year-old defensive tackle Dean Lowry, a former Packers lineman who most recently played for the Steelers. Lowry, listed at 6-foot-6 and 300 pounds, is joining the Giants as a veteran presence for the interior of the defensive line, though he’ll begin on the practice squad.
The addition fits what Schoen hinted at last week, when he said the team would “probably be signing a veteran defensive tackle early next week.”
Lowry gives the Giants another experienced option in a group that has been in flux all summer. New York has shuffled pieces in and out along the defensive interior, and the result now is a room that blends veterans and rookies.
After seven solid years with the Packers, Lowry served as a rotational player for the Steelers before tearing his ACL and missing the entire 2025 season.
For the Giants, the appeal is obvious. Lowry brings size, versatility and a role that can shift depending on what the defense needs.
He can line up as a bigger edge-setting defensive end or work head-up and in a gap. He doesn’t win with rare athletic traits or bend off the edge, but that’s not really the assignment here.
That part belongs to Brian Burns and Abdul Carter.
What Lowry does offer is the kind of rugged, dependable play that can help a front hold up against the run. He brings veteran leadership, experience and, most importantly for this group, run stuffing.
His game is built on energy, effort and motor. At 6-foot-6, he also has the length to get into passing lanes and knock balls down at the line.
He’s the sort of heavy-handed space eater who can absorb double teams and free up linebackers, and the Giants now have linebackers in Tremaine Edmunds and Arvell Reese who can take advantage of that.
New York also has younger defensive tackles in Darius Alexander, C.J. Okoye and Bobby Jamison-Travis, all of whom are expected to see time this season while still developing. Lowry gives that group another veteran to lean on.
The signing is also in line with the type of flexible front-line piece the Giants have been adding, similar to Chauncey Golston in the sense that he can handle both EDGE and DT work. For a defense still sorting out its pieces up front, Lowry adds another experienced body who can help on the field and in the room.
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