Lewis said he hasn't talked to Ryan about this because he can't. Under NFL rules, teams can't speak to players under contract with other teams.
Because Lewis' deal doesn't officially expire until the end of the month, conversations with other teams would be tampering.
Lewis said he liked "the upside" with the Jets.
"You go take a young Jets team that has a lot of talent across the board," Lewis said. "You wiggle 52 into that equation, then that team goes from just being OK to 'let's go win this.' That scenario is attractive."
But Lewis never said he has ruled out coming back to the Ravens.
He continued to call Baltimore "my city" and seemed disappointed that the Ravens didn't address his contract situation earlier.
Before this year, the Ravens had never allowed Lewis to enter the final year of a contract. It would mark the first time in Lewis 13-year career that he would reach free agency.
"The uncomfortable thing about me is that I'm even having this conversation," Lewis said. "With everything I've given to that city, I've always felt that this is one conversation that I would never have and didn't want to have. That scenario in Baltimore ... that's nothing I don't love about my city."
