Monday, September 21, 2009

Meet Ray Lewis. Game Over.

Before we go off singing praises about how good a defensive football player Ray Lewis is, let's at least recall he was once charged with murder (recap and bio here). He was, of course, acquitted which is why he is back out playing football like he always has.

This past Sunday, at age 34, and with the clock winding down on the road at San Diego, the Chargers were closing in on the winning score but needed to clear a 4th and two. Enter Ray Lewis.



Wow. Out of all the defensive plays you will ever see in the NFL this one brought a game abruptly to a close. Game over.

It is the perfect highlight to sum up the unbelievably talented career of one of the NFL's best defensive players of all-time, the Baltimore Ravens #52. He has played with one NFL team his entire career. The Ravens won Super Bowl 35 and Lewis was named MVP. He is a 10-time Pro Bowl selection (every NFL season that he has started at least 14 games) including 1997 (his 2nd year in the NFL) and the last 3 seasons. He was picked #26 in the 1996 NFL Draft out of the University of Miami. Career stats here.