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I was very critical of Ray Lewis on one of my previous blogs, mainly because he seemed to be so over the top to me. I thought to myself that there was no way that this guy can be this animated and high-strung all the time. He has an engine that never turns off no matter what the situation is. I just figured that this could not be real. Well I would like to say, “I was wrong”.
I know it may sound fake or insincere on my part, but after all of Ray Lewis’ speeches, he won me over with his speech to his teammates after they suffered a tough loss to the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game. Let me also add that I was rooting for the Patriots for most of that game, but for the Baltimore Ravens to lose the way that they did really bothered me. The Patriots didn’t win the game; the Ravens gave it to them. Now back to Ray.
After the game was over, Ray Lewis pulled his teammates together and told them in the most sincere fashion that I have ever heard anyone speak, “We win as a team and we lose as a team”. Now I know that statement has been made hundreds or even thousands of times, but for some reason it just seemed different this time. He also lifted up Joe Flacco and told him that he played his ass off. I thought that was big of Ray to make Flacco feel good about himself especially since there had been so many negative comments about Flacco leading up to the game. Flacco actually outplayed Tom Brady, now who would have thought that?
Ray Lewis may never read my blog or even care what Slab World Sports has to say about him, but I would like to apologize for what I wrote and say that after hearing that last speech, I got it.
Written by: Gminski Stubbs
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