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>>152969866
All that is true, but if you're strictly talking about his play on the field and you strip away all that extra stuff, he was fairly one-dimensional (although still elite). For that generation, I'd say Urlacher was more well rounded and had amazing pass coverage ability and hands while also being able to stop the run

>you now remember that Joe Flacco pointed out that a lot of the stuff Ray Lewis said didn't make any sense

>>152970075
Lewis had better instincts and timing, I think. Lewis was MLB, he was the quarterback of the defense and he could often seem to sense what an offense was about to do. He made tons of tackles in the backfield that blew up plays from the beginning because he could tell what was coming.

>>152969866
Also one of the greatest murderers of all time. He could really motivate them to stop living.

>>152970335
>He could really motivate them to stop living.
that's not how homicide works

>>152970335
>He could really motivate them to stop living.
Compared to my wife he's Tony Robbins

>6' tall
>"greatest of all time"

LOL, pick one.

>>152971849
Ray Lewis: "They were measuring our height [at the NFL combine] and I was like 6-feet. [Steelers coach] Bill Cowher kinda smiled and was like, 'Hmm, little on the short side.' I smiled back and said, 'Great things come in small packages.' It was classic."

Ozzie Newsome, Ravens vice president of player personnel: "[The Browns] were a height-weight-speed team [under Belichick]. We had a height, a weight and a speed that would make you clean. And Ray did not make that height quota."

Phil Savage, Ravens director of college scouting: "When we moved and Ozzie was elevated, that was one of the first conversations we had when we were revamping our scouting and player personnel situation. Ultimately, that cap was lifted off of Ray and a number of players who were either short or considered slow for their position. It’s safe to say there is no way to know if Ray Lewis would have become part of the Browns or the Ravens had the move not occurred and the change in leadership taken place."

Marvin Lewis, Ravens defensive coordinator: “Scouts are always going to differ because they don’t have a vision of what you’re going to do on game day. There’s a feeling that if a middle linebacker isn’t 6-2 and 250 pounds, they can’t do it. Ray was very short and about 235 pounds."

Ozzie Newsome: "I remember Mike [Lombardi, Browns director of player personnel] and I ended up doing the interview with Ray at the combine. We put in the Baylor tape. It was a highlight tape. I think he made every tackle. To sit there and listen to him explain why he was doing what he was doing, his instincts were really amazing. He would say, 'I’ve seen this before so that’s why I was playing that.'"

Phil Savage: "Why was he not seen as a top-10 pick? Probably because he didn’t have the ideal measurables. You got to think, this is 20-something years ago, he’s from Miami. He has the earrings. He’s got his demeanor. He was short. It probably scared some teams away."