We already knew that the New York Giants would have to make a roster move when they claimed Louis Nix iii off waivers from the Houston Texans.
It was generally assumed that with five defensive tackles already on the roster, either Cullen Jenkins or Markus Kuhn would be waived to make room for Nix. The Giants, evidently, decided to go with option C "None of the above", and cut free agent signee Kenrick Ellis.
Ellis was expected to add depth as a run-stuffing defensive tackle to a defense that desperately needed to upgrade their run defense.