How exactly should Ray Lewis be introduced?

It's easy to say that this is a football player with a North American influence comparable to Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, and he's not a quarterback but a lineback, and more importantly, he's on a team like Baltimore, not a big ball city like Los Angeles or New York, and he's still done so brilliantly, even in the whole history, it's extremely rare.

In the 1996 draft, Lewis was one of the most favored midlinebacks, but overall, he was not the best lineback in that draft, and scouts generally believed that Kevin-Hardy was the best lineback, and Hardy was eventually picked by the roster, and Lewis was only the fifth lineback to be drafted.

Scouts consider Lewis' speed, tackling ability and defensive toughness to be commendable, but sadly, he's not tall or big, and the general opinion is that he's maxed out to his potential. It was for this reason that Lewis's draft pick slipped to No. 26, the Baltimore Ravens' second pick.

But the story after that was different, Kevin Hardy did a really good job, but it was just a Pro Bowl and a National Team; And Ray Lewis? He became one of the greatest linebackers of all time and one of the Baltimore Ravens' most iconic leaders.

On January 22, 2012, Fort Fox Gillette Stadium was cheering and celebrating, celebrating a last-minute escape — the Ravens missed a free-kick and watched the Patriots enter the Super Bowl, and although the Ravens cut off all of Brady's passing lanes and left the future Hall of Fame quarterback untouched for the first time in nearly 36 games, it fell short.

There was dead silence in the visitors' dressing room, and kicker Billy Condev, who had missed a 32-yard free-kick, sat desperately on the cold, damp ground of Fort Fox, sobbing lowly, gnawing at his heart, and the whole team was disoriented, and even the media reporters couldn't help but lower their voices.

In the end, it wasn't quarterback Joe Flacco who stepped up, but Ray Lewis.

Lewis came to Condive's side, patted the 32-year-old on the head, and said to all his teammates in the dressing room, "I never thought that a single ball could make the difference between a game and a game. Brother, don't bow your head! We win as a group and we lose as a group. ”

As the leader of the locker room, Lewis stepped up to shoulder the weight of the entire team in the saddest moment. And he himself knew that he was thirty-six years old at the time, and he probably never had the chance to hit the Super Bowl again.

That's Ray Lewis!

Surely, Is Lewis perfect? Apparently not.

As a lineback, "Thor" is his greatest reward and pursuit, proving his unparalleled dominance on the court, and all statistics are top-notch; But as an ordinary person, like Kobe Bryant's 2003 sexual/assault/abuse allegations, Lewis has been involved in serious negative press.

In 2000, at a celebration party after the Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl, Lewis was involved in a murder in Atlanta.

The two groups of people disagreed on the street, and after heated words, they began to fist and kick each other - Atlanta is a city with legal guns, and the explosion of adrenaline and male hormones collided and became a mess, burning all the chaos like hellfire, and death came.

Later, someone reported that Ray Lewis was noticed in the crowd, which immediately detonated the powder magazine -

At that time, the famous running back O-J Simpson (O-J-Simpson) (O-J-Simpson's "wife murder case" even caused a sensation throughout North America, because Simpson was black and his wife was white, which also triggered a riot between the two races, and the influence continues to this day; The 2017 documentary, "The Simpson: Made in America," captured the event and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature the following year.

And now Lewis is involved in murder again?

It ensued with a long and complex period of investigation, victory, appeal, and court debate, and eventually, Lewis's attorney and the prosecution struck a plea bargain in exchange for a reduced penalty for Lewis' perjury in exchange for Lewis' testimony against his two friends, which resulted in Lewis being sentenced to a year of probation and a $250,000 fine to the NFL league.

Still, there is a lot of complaining that this is a powerful group of lawyers, just like Simpson, because Lewis's clothes were never found, and the police did find a deceased's blood in Lewis's car, but Lewis clearly wasn't telling the truth.

All of this had a serious impact on Lewis's reputation; Since then, Lewis has avoided his words and actions and his spare time, focusing all his energy on the court.

Later, Kobe Bryant found himself in the same predicament, and Lewis became good friends with Bryant, who generously opened his arms and gave Bryant a lot of support, saying, "No one can guarantee that they won't make mistakes." What we need to do is to forget the shadows left in our hearts by those mistakes and move in the right direction. ”

That year was a mixed year for Lewis, above the Super Bowl, he led the defensive team to completely crush the opponent New York Giants, winning easily with a score of "35-7", and Lewis was also voted the Most Valuable Player of the Super Bowl, which was the second lineback in history to win such an honor; But the ensuing celebration party was a turning point in his career.

After that, Lewis put all his energy on the pitch and became one of the most influential football players on the North American continent.

At a time when quarterbacks dominate all discourse on and off the court, it is a miracle that Lewis has become a leader in the Baltimore Ravens and the entire league as a lineback; What's even more remarkable is that in a league with an average career of only three to five years, Lewis played for 17 years and played for only one team, and his achievements and status are unique in the entire history of the league.

Just looking at the 2000 Baltimore Ravens defense, this is an iron-clad team comparable to the 1985 Chicago Bears defense!

Hall of Fame lineback Mike-Singletary was undoubtedly one of the key figures in the Chicago Bears defensive team that year, and incidentally, Singletary was the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers in 2009 and 2010; Singh Tari is Lewis' idol, as well as his motivation and role model for Lewis to enter the professional league.

The Chicago Bears' defensive team set an insurmountable record, conceding 12.4 points per game and keeping four clean sheets, while it was the Baltimore Ravens in 2000 who conceded just 10.3 points per game, and the two teams are also known as the top two most feared defensive teams in NFL history.

Lewis could go down in history with just one season's performances, but that's not all!

Throughout Lewis' current 17-year career, he has been selected to the Pro Bowl thirteen times, All-America First Team seven times, All-American Second Team three times, and was named Defensive Player of the Year twice in 2000 and 2003; He is also the only player in NFL history to have at least 40 tackles and 30 interceptions, and Lewis was ranked 18th on the league's 90th anniversary in 2010.

As an interior defender, Lewis's dominance on the defensive front line is phenomenal, and there is no need to say anything else, the two American League finals last year and this year, the first game made Brady invisible all over the court, and the latter game made Brady tired, these two games can show Lewis's top ability.

It's no exaggeration to say that Lewis has shown enough ability to deter any quarterback on the defensive front. At this time, Lewis was already thirty-seven years old, and it was even more incredible to be in such a fierce competition and confrontation in rugby, and it can even be said to go down in history.

But the years are aging, even if he is "Thor", he can't resist the pain of time and injury after all, and only at this moment can people feel that Ray Lewis is still a mortal after all.

In the 2012 season, during the sixth week of the regular season against the Dallas Cowboys, he was sidelined due to a torn tricep muscle, and after a doctor's examination, Lewis needed to miss at least eight to ten weeks; But the media speculated that Lewis might make an early comeback in mid-December, but the speculation was pushed back again and again, and in the end, instead of Lewis's comeback declaration, he waited for his retirement announcement.

"Guys, as much as I would like to, I really can't accompany you to the end with my beloved rugby. The 2012 playoffs were over, and it was time for me to retire. ”

When Lewis made his announcement, the entire league and even the whole of North America were in a sensation, and Thor, who had dominated the arena for 17 years, was finally tired and about to stop his steps.

Countless other topics and gimmicks, focal points and hot spots are far less shocking than the "Last Battle", so tragic and so moving, this is the last time every fan saw the Baltimore Ravens 52 on the playing field, whether they like it or dislike it, whether they are fans or sworn enemies, everyone is saying goodbye in their own way.

Lewis has won his respect with his own efforts!

That topic alone is enough to make this Super Bowl special.

What's more, Thor's last opponent is still Lu Ke?

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