Roy

Robertson-Harris

Robertson-Harris will likely play inside for the Giants on passing downs next to Dexter Lawrence. Entering his age-32 season, Robertson-Harris has had a solid career as an interior pocket pusher, but he’ll need to rebound off a down half-season with the Seahawks to be worth this deal.

Just days after being released by the Seahawks, Robertson-Harris will now meet with the Cardinals, who are hoping to improve a defensive line that finished bottom six in pressure rate in 2024. Robertson-Harris split time between the Jaguars and Seahawks last season, earning a PFF defensive grade of 52.8 while totaling 16 pressures and two sacks. He saw his snaps dwindle as his time with the Seahawks went on, as his 398 defensive snaps wound up being his fewest since 2020.

Robertson-Harris kicked off trade deadline season by coming over from the Jaguars in mid-October. His playing time dwindled for Seattle, as he didn’t play more than 20 defensive snaps in a game once after Week 9. Robertson-Harris was also used more as an edge player in Seattle than he ever had been in his other stops. The release saves Seattle $6 million in cap space. Robertson-Harris will look to revive his career elsewhere in his age-32 season, preferably somewhere where he can rush the passer from the interior again.

Robertson-Harris has totaled seven tackles and two sacks for the Jags this season and is in the second year of a three-year extension he signed with them last offseason. A former UDFA from the 2016 draft class, Robertson-Harris has carved out a solid career for himself. He’s totaled 11.5 sacks in his four seasons with the Jaguars and should provide an immediate boost to a Seahawks defense that’s hit a rough stretch since their 3-0 start to the season. In their last three games, the Seahawks have allowed 430.7 yards per game and 35.7 points per game.

Despite the dollars, this likely will knock some cap space off the Jaguars books this upcoming season. Robertson-Harris was due to have a $10.1 million cap figure in 2023. Robertson-Harris has three sacks in each of the last two seasons while starting the majority of Jacksonville’s games in the interior of the defense. He should continue to provide splash plays inside in 2023.

He gets $14 million guaranteed. Robertson-Harris will turn 28 in July. He missed half the season last year after requiring shoulder surgery. Prior to going down, he failed to register a sack. Robertson-Harris was one of the rising stars in the middle of the Chicago defense headed into 2020 after tallying 7.5 sacks the previous three seasons. He slides in next to Taven Bryan and 2020 third-rounder Davon Hamilton in the middle of the Jaguars’ defensive line.

The 27-year-old missed Week 9 against the Titans after going down in Week 8. After managing 7.5 sacks as a disruptive interior rotational player the previous three seasons, Robertson-Harris failed to record a sack through eight 2020 games while playing 39% of the snaps. He’s scheduled to be a free agent next offseason.

Roy Robertson-Harris has appeared in 44 games over the past three seasons with the Bears, most recently being called upon for a career-high seven starts in 2019. With 30 tackles, 2.5 sacks and three pass breakups last year, the former UDFA figures to play more off the bench all the while keeping his role on special teams this upcoming season.

Robertson-Harris made a career high seven starts last year, helping lead Chicago to a top-10 run defense while adding 2.5 sacks. The second-round tender should be enough to chase off interested teams. A 2016 UDFA, Robertson-Harris will enter unrestricted free agency next offseason.

Robertson-Harris (6'6/255) made 33 starts for the UTEP Miners, logging 24 career tackles for loss and 10.5 sacks. He turned in a strong Pro Day workout, running 4.8-flat with a 35-inch vertical and 9-foot-11 broad jump. Lean, long armed, and plenty athletic, Robertson-Harris should’ve been a more dominant college player considering his physical prowess. He’s a ball of clay his NFL coaching staff will try to mold into a useful edge player.