The Detroit Lions added to their injury-plagued secondary Monday, acquiring safety Andre Cisco in a trade with the New York Jets.
The Jets received a sixth-round pick in the 2028 draft.
Lions coach Dan Campbell said Monday that Detroit has "liked Cisco from afar" and it's a plus that Cisco knows the Lions' system and verbiage from playing in a similar system under Jets coach Aaron Glenn, the Lions' former defensive coordinator.
Cisco, 26, played in nine games this season with the Jets but lost his starting job in the preseason to Dane Belton.
Cisco joins a Lions team that is without star safety Kerby Joseph, who remains on the physically unable to perform list with a knee injury, and depth defensive back Thomas Harper, who is on injured reserve.
"[The trade] gives us flexibility," Campbell said Monday. "Cisco can play safety and play nickel. He can play other things on third down in our dime package. So can [safety Brian] Branch. We get [Joseph] back eventually here and he gives you flexibility to play where you need him.
"It gives us flexibility is what it does. And it gives us depth, too. It's good to have here because now we're on the home stretch."
A six-year veteran, Cisco has 23 tackles and one sack this season with the Jets.