{"id":883347,"date":"2026-05-05T19:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/883347\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T19:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:12:27","slug":"dj-reader-to-leave-detroit-lions-sign-with-new-york-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/883347\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Reader to leave Detroit Lions, sign with New York Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:USA TODAY;\" href=\"https:\/\/uw-media.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"USA TODAY\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"174\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/506fdd20-ee43-11eb-8f33-8a4102cf7edb.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nolan Bianchi, The Detroit News<\/p>\n<p>Updated Tue, May 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Defensive tackle DJ Reader will not be returning to the <a href=\"https:\/\/detroitnews.sports.gracenote.com\/football\/nfl\/team\/1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Detroit Lions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Detroit Lions<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Reader, who spent two years in Detroit (2024-25), intends to sign a two-year deal with the New York Giants, a source close to negotiations confirmed to The Detroit News on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Defensive tackle DJ Reader will not be returning to the Lions in 2025, signing with the New York Giants.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"907\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0c31ac7f4c7b9ca424ec4bec24e9e65d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Defensive tackle DJ Reader will not be returning to the Lions in 2025, signing with the New York Giants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/sports\/looking-closer-detroit-lions-nine-162203403.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Looking closer at the Detroit Lions&#039; nine undrafted free agents;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Looking closer at the Detroit Lions&#8217; nine undrafted free agents<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reader, 31, played 1,091 snaps over his two seasons in Detroit and played an important role on the defensive line last season, when the Lions were dealing with the absence of Alim McNeill and Levi Onwuzurike.<\/p>\n<p>Over two seasons in Detroit, Reader played in all but two games. He had three sacks, 51 combined tackles and four tackles-for-loss.<\/p>\n<p>nbianchi@detroitnews.com<\/p>\n<p>@nolanbianchi<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/lions\/2026\/05\/05\/dj-reader-to-leave-detroit-lions-sign-with-new-york-giants\/89949079007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:DJ Reader to leave Detroit Lions, sign with New York Giants;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">DJ Reader to leave Detroit Lions, sign with New York Giants<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nolan Bianchi, The Detroit News Updated Tue, May 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM UTC Defensive tackle DJ Reader&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":883348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[1518,146,113,59157,2506,14967,7,6279,147,56,6],"class_list":["post-883347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-lions","tag-alim-mcneill","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-lions","tag-detroit-news","tag-detroitlions","tag-dj-reader","tag-football","tag-levi-onwuzurike","tag-lions","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116523562293703439","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}