.Rich Cimini, ESPN Team WriterAug 28, 2024, 01:45 PM ETCloseRich Cimini is a staff author that covers the New York Planes and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Planes for over three decades, signing up with ESPN in 2010. Rich likewise organizes the Tour Deck podcast. He earlier was an exhausted writer for the The big apple Daily Information as well as is a graduate of Syracuse University. You can follow him using Twitter @RichCimini. Including depth at safety and security, the Nyc Planes signed former Minnesota Vikings first-round choice Lewis Cine to their method team on Wednesday, a source said to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.Cine, called up 32nd overall in 2022, was waived Tuesday after attempts to trade him were unsuccessful. After clearing waivers, he signed with the Planes along with the requirement that he will certainly be elevated to the 53-man lineup as soon as he's comfortable along with the playbook.Cine, who went through a lower leg bone fracture in Full week 4 of his rookie period, has played merely 10 defensive snaps over his very first two times (one tackle). In the preseason, he played a team-high 150 pops, documenting 13 takes on and also one sack.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe Jets' existing beginners are actually Tony Adams as well as Chuck Clark, along with Ashtyn Davis as well as Isaiah Oliver supporting all of them up. Oliver, an organic cornerback, was moved to safety in the offseason. Cine's appearance implies a return to his previous setting, nickelback.Also Wednesday, the Planes stated past Chicago Bears tightfisted end Brenden Bates on waivers.The Vikings cut Cine on Tuesday, shutting the door on one of the least efficient first-round picks in latest memory.Cine, 24, experienced a compound crack of his left side leg in the third video game of his newbie period in 2022. When he gave back in spring 2023, he was actually already a measure behind the plan put up through brand new defensive planner Brian Flores. Cine played in just 10 games over that stretch, finishing his 2nd time as the staff's 6th safety.He lost any sort of chance he had to go up the depth chart this summer season when he was slowed down through a lower-body injury.ESPN's Kevin Seifert helped in this report.