Jamal Lewis Not Ready To Retire: RB Visited With The Saints

Jamal Lewis’ career was once thought to be over after suffering injuries while with the Browns last season. After his release from the Browns, his agent said he can still play and it appears he’s trying to prove that.

The Saints lost RB Mike Bell to restricted free agency and also brought in RB Justin Fargas for a visit.

Mitch Frankel, agent for recently released Browns RB Jamal Lewis, says his client can still play if given the opportunity.

The key words there are “cleared to play” because Lewis had concussion-related injuries that ended his season in 2009. The thought at the time was that the injuries could end his career.

When the Cleveland Browns released Jamal Lewis on Wednesday afternoon, it was expected that Lewis would soon announce his retirement considering the concussion-related injuries that landed him on IR in December of 2009.However, Lewis says he hasn’t made up his mind.

What’s interesting about all this is that Lewis may need to keep playing for financial reasons. Via Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, there’s a civil lawsuit out there against Lewis and two other defendants totaling a whopping $25 million.

The Cleveland Browns announced this afternoon they have released RB Jamal Lewis.

Lewis, 30, came to the Browns in 2007 when a lot of folks didn’t think he had much left in the gas tank. He turned a few heads by rushing for over 1,300 yards and then another 1,000 the next.

If Lewis goes through with his plans to retire, he will finish his career with 10,607 yards and 58 touchdowns. Lewis ran for an eye-popping 2,066 yards in the 2003 season.