Ray Lewis has played for the Ravens since 1996, he's been selected to 10 Pro Bowls, and won the NFL defensive player of the year award twice, in both 2000 and 2003.á
Lewis boasts more than 1,700 career tackles and over 35 career sacks.
He's known as one of the most dominant middle linebackers in the history of the NFL.á
But it's not all of these accolades that make him so important to the Baltimore Ravens.
It's the intangibles.
Ray Lewis is one of the premier leaders in the NFL, it's this intangible that drove the Raven's to bring Lewis back for another seasonùpaying him 22 million dollars over the next three years.
If you've ever been to a Raven's game you've seen the way that Lewis interacts with both his teammates and the fans.á He gets everyone riled up and ...
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