Le s Jose Fernandez Jersey than two weeks after being released by the , running back has relocated to the Northeast, signing a one-year contract with the . A league source has confirmed the news, which was first reported Monday by . Lewis, 29, was cut by the Titans in advance of free agency, saving Tenne see approximately $4 million in 2020 and clearing the way for the team to exercise its franchise tag on fellow RB . earlier this month, the Giants were among the three teams most expected to make a play for the nine-year veteran upon his release. Now, Lewis has reunited with a handful of former a sistants, including new coach Joe Judge, to serve as a complement to .Days earlier, per a source close to the situation, both Lewis and the , mainly in the name of reuniting Lewis with longtime Pats quarterback . Talks never materialized, however Giancarlo Stanton Jersey , and the Giants had been on the radar of the RB’s camp since the start of the offseason. After a 2019 season in which Barkley mi sed three games and battled injury, New York was expected to be in the market for more proven depth at the position.Judge, who served as the Patriots’ special teams coordinator during Lewis’s previous three Wei-Yin Chen Jersey -year run in New England, was a factor in the reunion, as was the presence of other ex-Pats coaches like Jerry Schuplinksi. It was not, however, the driving factor in luring Lewis from other teams, per a source: “It was more about a fit and role in the offense.” The former Pittsburgh product getting to move closer to home in Albany, New York, was an added bonus. Originally a fifth-round draft pick of the in Jeff Locke Jersey 2011, Lewis spent two years behind before brief stints with the and , then broke out as a member of the Patriots between 2015-2018, scoring a career-high nine touchdowns as one of Brady’s Starlin Castro Jersey top targets out of the backfield in the lead-up to Super Bowl LII. He opened his Titans career as an integral part of Tenne see’s offense, totaling more than 900 yards from scrimmage while splitting carries with Henry. In 2019, Lewis was le s involved as Henry racked up a career-best 1,540 yards on the ground.