Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that free agent DT Haloti Ngata is visiting with the Eagles on Thursday and will likely sign a contract with Philadelphia if things go well.
According to Rapoport, Lions are still interested in re-signing Ngata for another year should things not work out with the Eagles.
Reports from Tuesday said that Ngata was signing a one-year contract with the Eagles, so it would be surprising if this deal didn’t get done.
Ngata, 33, is a former first-round pick of the Ravens back in 2006. He spent nine years in Baltimore before he was traded to the Lions in return for a fourth- and fifth-round pick that eventually became Shaq Riddick and Za’Darius Smith.
Ngata played out the final year of a two-year, $12 million contract that included $6 million guaranteed and made a base salary of $5.5 million for the 2017 season.
In 2017, Ngata appeared in five games before landing on the team’s injured reserve and recorded seven tackles, two sacks and a pass defense for the Lions.
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