.Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterAug 28, 2024, 01:45 PM ETCloseRich Cimini is a personnel author that covers the New York Planes as well as the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Planes for over three decades, participating in ESPN in 2010. Rich also throws the Tour Deck podcast. He formerly was a beat writer for the The big apple Daily News and also is a grad of Syracuse College. You can easily follow him using Twitter @RichCimini. Adding intensity at protection, the New York Planes signed past Minnesota Vikings first-round choice Lewis Cine to their strategy squad on Wednesday, a source said to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.Cine, signed on 32nd total in 2022, was actually waived Tuesday after efforts to trade him were not successful. After clearing waivers, he authorized along with the Planes along with the expectation that he will definitely rise to the 53-man lineup as quickly as he fits with the playbook.Cine, who experienced a lower leg fracture in Full week 4 of his rookie period, has actually participated in merely 10 defensive pops over his 1st pair of seasons (one tackle). In the preseason, he participated in a team-high 150 snaps, tape-recording thirteen takes on and one sack.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe Jets' current beginners are actually Tony Adams and also Chuck Clark, along with Ashtyn Davis and Isaiah Oliver backing all of them up. Oliver, an organic cornerback, was relocated to safety and security in the offseason. Cine's landing suggests a go back to his previous position, nickelback.Also Wednesday, the Planes asserted previous Chicago Bears tightfisted point Brenden Bates on waivers.The Vikings cut Cine on Tuesday, shutting the door on some of the minimum effective first-round picks in current memory.Cine, 24, experienced a compound crack of his remaining lower leg in the 3rd video game of his newbie time in 2022. When he returned in spring season 2023, he was actually already a step behind the scheme put up through new defensive coordinator Brian Flores. Cine played in simply 10 video games over that extent, completing his second season as the group's 6th safety.He shed any sort of odds he needed to move up the intensity chart this summer season when he was reduced through a lower-body injury.ESPN's Kevin Seifert added to this report.