Comments on: Brian Billick: Ray Lewis is the greatest leader I’ve ever seen

By: lilrob10201

lilrob10201 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:38:45 +0000

I would say the best leaders on defense when I was growing up had to be Ray Lewis and Brian Dawkins.

By: milkcan44

milkcan44 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:53:15 +0000

Apparently the District Attorney in Atlanta thought he was a great leader also — because they let him go.

By: pizzon

pizzon — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:25:19 +0000

sounds like a cheap slap in the face to me. if he was such a great leader why doesnt he just say he is the greatest MLB he has ever seen.

By: scoobies05

scoobies05 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:01:18 +0000

well pgh…you are correct…the titans were the number one ranked defense of 2000 based on the nfl system of ranking defenses by yards allowed. but there is a reason no one talks about that. actually a few reasons…one they didnt win the super bowl. two they didnt set the record for fewest points allowed in a season. ravens did both of those thing and they beat the titans in the playoffs. to not give credit to the ravens or the 85 bears for their amazing individual seasons just shows true ignorance

By: 1oldpro

1oldpro — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:51:20 +0000

When Billick was coaching, Lewis was one of the greatest players, also. If you make a list of the greatest leaders, don’t they usually fall into the greatest players’ list, too?

By: ravenmuscle

ravenmuscle — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:42:11 +0000

Its amazing how all these scum bags posting about using knives and stabbings aren’t banned from posting such garbage about Ray Lewis on this site on this site…MR. FLORIO.

Everyone knows Ray stabbed no one but you let these scumbags post such garbage.
Do these guys have dirty pictures about Mike Florio somewhere?

By: psuravens19

psuravens19 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:37:45 +0000

People can hate on Ray Lewis all they want, but I bet 99% of them will be watching Ray dance on Sunday.

By: the1bigbird

the1bigbird — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:33:06 +0000

Who can forget his leadership in the Atlanta prison as a captain of the inmate football team before they played the guards. His chicken dance was outstanding.

By: catfanatic1979v1

catfanatic1979v1 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:09:44 +0000

And probably the most obvious juicer the NFL has ever seen……….

By: gergie1957

gergie1957 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:00:12 +0000

He’s a tremendous leader on the field, but would you take him to a knife fight without a knife?

By: golonger

golonger — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:39:49 +0000

“I’ve seen greater. Like London Fletcher.” LOL. Now THAT is funny. London Fletcher is so over-rated it is not even funny. Average at best. But not surprising coming from a delusional Redskin fan. Enjoy the beat down by the Hawks this weekend!

By: oldirtyman

oldirtyman — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:17:20 +0000

That is Billick’s opinion. The greatest leader i have ever seen is Pat Tillman

By: godofwine330

godofwine330 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:07:28 +0000

As a lifelong Browns fan who found out his team was moving to Baltimore while in boot camp (Thanks MM1 Caesar), I root for the Ravens when they are not playing the Browns. I have seen a lot of Ray Lewis throughout his career and I have nothing but the upmost respect for the man for what he has done on the football field. An amazing leader of men. To watch how players respond to and respect him makes me wish that my Browns had never left because I would have been rooting for him these 17 years in the orange and brown. I hate that he is retiring and I wish him nothing but the best in the next chapter or his life.

By: pgh15212

pgh15212 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:06:20 +0000

Everybody forgets that the Titans were actually the number one defense that year. How could the 2000 ravens be the best ever when they were not even the best that season.

Just like the 85 bears, another flash in the pan one time championship team. How embarrassing!

By: paythevig

paythevig — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:02:38 +0000

It pains me to reflect on what could’ve been. For those who didn’t know; in ’95 the 9ers traded their first, third and fourth round picks in addition to their first round pick in ’96 to draft WR: J.J. Stokes.. The Ravens drafted Lewis with that pick in ’96…

Not saying that we would’ve picked Sugar Ray if we had a pick, but just sayin..

First Ballot, without a doubt.

By: tightend82

tightend82 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:02:19 +0000

Billick isn’t coaching in the NFL today because of this kind of commenting. Ray Lewis demonstrated the type of leader he is by the way he handled his friends in Atlanta. Since that episode, for some very strange reason, the NFL has portrayed him as a great Player, Role Model, and Leader….including him in as many promotional efforts as possible….what a joke, and for Billick who apparently didn’t need his Defensive Coordinator to coach his Defense to portray Ray as the BEST leader he ever saw….wow…thanks Brian, keep up that brilliant analyizing….while you remain out of the Football Coaching Ranks….with other dopes like D. Green and C. Weis…to name a few…

By: justwannawinna

justwannawinna — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:01:03 +0000

By far the greatest Linebacker of this era. Will be considered the greatest defensive leader. Hope he returns to coach one day. Is first ballot HOF. Ive been around for 56 years and have never seen a better linebacker than Ray.

By: backindasaddle

backindasaddle — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:56:04 +0000

I remember watching that Baltimore Ravens team that year and I remember how they just totally and completely shut teams down. That defense was the best defense I’ve ever seen…and that includes the 85 Bears. The 2000 Ravens defense was phenomenal. I went to a Superbowl party that year and everybody was picking the Giants. I picked the Ravens because I had watched multiple Ravens games that year….they had not. They had no clue what was coming.

By: Nofoolnodrool

Nofoolnodrool — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:51:25 +0000

ravenator | Jan 3, 2013, 9:55 AM EST
Lewis is one of the greatest of all time. So many jealous haters just wish their team drafted him.

First off no one is jealous for not drafting him light years ago for today’s what have you done for me today fans.
Second, having watched the nfl for 55 years ,IMO he would be in the top five or ten.
Lastly, since when does having a different opinion equate to hating? Tell us raven sage from your many years of life what is hate really?

By: pastabelly

pastabelly — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:49:48 +0000

He’s probably a great leader and definitely a great self promoter, since all of his speeches seem to be on audio clips. None of Tom Brady’s or Joe Montana’s speeches ever seem to make it to audio. Does that make them less of a leader than Lewis?

By: howitzer819

howitzer819 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:36:04 +0000

Did someone really say Lawrence Taylor was a better leader than Ray Lewis? Really? And also, the notion that “there are better leaders than Ray Lewis” ignores the premise of the article, which is, in Brian Billick’s OPINION, Ray Lewis is the greatest leader he has ever seen. And if you can, dig up some old ESPN footage of Manning v. Lewis, with the two spending the entire play-clock shouting audibles to their units, constantly countering what the other is doing pre-snap, it’s like watching two military tacticians devising strategies (or two chess masters if you don’t like the Modern Warfare vibe of the previous analogy).

By: stevemcilveen

stevemcilveen — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:32:06 +0000

this ishttp://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/gene-collier/collier-a-fumble-in-the-super-bowl-murder-526668/ how I remember RayRay

By: lovefootball4life

lovefootball4life — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:28:20 +0000

I find it interesting that fans, who have never even met Ray Lewis let alone seen him speak in anything other than video clips, can claim that Billick who personally knew and coached him for years is wrong.

By: ravensallday2012

ravensallday2012 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:27:49 +0000

Anyone who can’t appreciate ray for his leadership just doesn’t like the guy. If u can’t acknowledge what he had done for the game you r just an idiot Point blank

By: challer9

challer9 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:22:06 +0000

This story is amazing. It’s always good to hear a first hand account like this rather than the talking heads on ESPN just saying “Ray Lewis is such a great leader” even though they never played with or around him.

By: therealtrenches

therealtrenches — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:20:30 +0000

Ray Lewis is a cartoon character who shouts slogans at his teammates. Some people buy in to that kind of leadership. Others don’t.

If Billick thinks Lewis is a good leader, I’m willing to listen. They shared a foxhole.

By: steelers4385

steelers4385 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:19:30 +0000

I have a tremendous amount of respect for ray. No question one of the best leaders and football players of all time. I kind of do agree with the troll up top about lobdon fletcher tho. I think his play and leadership gets over looked alot. I wouldnt say he is better than ray but i do believe he deserves more recogintion.

By: turtlehut

turtlehut — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:17:53 +0000

The best example of his leadership is how Ray lied to the police to protect his cronies after they murdered two men who irritated Ray and his possee during the 2000 Super Bowl in Atlanta

By: rockthered1286

rockthered1286 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:12:03 +0000

Talk to anybody who has worked with Ray- players, coaches, front office personel, even people who have donated time to his charities- not one person will say one bad thing about the man.

Cannot wait until they unveil a Ray Lewis statue (mid-dance mind you) right next to Johnny U’s at The Bank.

By: hkdaddyo

hkdaddyo — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:11:04 +0000

Yep, that was a great season for Baltimore. Ray Lewis was amped up after having led the league in stabbings the previous season.