EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Giants were not without the services of one of the N.F.L.’s Andrews brothers for long.
One week after releasing the reserve tackle Shawn Andrews in a salary cap-related move, the Giants signed his younger brother Stacy to a contract on Wednesday.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Andrews was at Giants headquarters meeting with the team on Wednesday afternoon.
Stacy Andrews, who is 18 months older than Shawn, played for the Bengals from 2004 through 2008, starting at right tackle in his final two seasons. His Bengals career ended when he tore an anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in Week 16 of 2008.
Last year, he started 12 games at right guard for the Seahawks. He is expected to provide depth on an offensive line that lost both his younger brother and the starters Shaun O’Hara and Rich Seubert in a salary purge.
He is not expected to compete at left tackle, a position he has never played.
This is not the first time that Andrews has followed in his brother’s footsteps. Andrews signed with the Eagles in 2009, where Shawn Andrews was a Pro Bowl-caliber guard. The brothers never played together, however; Shawn was injured for the whole season, and Stacy was benched after two games due to the lingering effects of his knee injury.
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