.Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterAug 28, 2024, 01:45 PM ETCloseRich Cimini is a team author that covers the New york city Planes and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Planes for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich likewise holds the Trip Deck podcast. He recently was an exhausted author for the The big apple Daily Information and is actually a grad of Syracuse College. You can follow him through Twitter @RichCimini. Incorporating deepness at protection, the New York Planes signed previous Minnesota Vikings first-round choice Lewis Cine to their strategy squad on Wednesday, a source informed ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.Cine, signed on 32nd overall in 2022, was actually waived Tuesday after initiatives to trade him were actually unsuccessful. After picking up disclaimers, he authorized along with the Planes with the expectation that he will certainly be elevated to the 53-man roster as quickly as he fits with the playbook.Cine, that experienced a lower leg bone fracture in Week 4 of his newbie season, has actually participated in simply 10 protective breaks over his 1st pair of seasons (one handle). In the preseason, he played a team-high 150 snaps, recording 13 addresses as well as one sack.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe Jets' existing starters are actually Tony Adams as well as Chuck Clark, with Ashtyn Davis and also Isaiah Oliver backing all of them up. Oliver, an organic cornerback, was moved to safety in the offseason. Cine's landing means a come back to his previous placement, nickelback.Also Wednesday, the Planes asserted former Chicago Bears penny-pinching point Brenden Bates on waivers.The Vikings reduced Cine on Tuesday, shutting the door on among the least successful first-round picks in latest memory.Cine, 24, went through a compound fracture of his left leg in the 3rd video game of his rookie season in 2022. When he sent back in spring season 2023, he was actually currently an action behind the scheme mounted by new protective planner Brian Flores. Cine played in just 10 games over that extent, finishing his second season as the crew's sixth safety.He lost any type of chance he had to go up the deepness chart this summer months when he was actually decreased through a lower-body injury.ESPN's Kevin Seifert added to this record.