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Ray Lewis Should Refrain From Talking Football After His Latest Comments About Tom Brady

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Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker and current ESPN analyst Ray Lewis may be one of the best defenders to ever play in the NFL (character issues aside), but he needs to stop talking football. Immediately.

Most would figure that Lewis knows his football, but he made some incredibly insane comments when he appeared on Stephen A. Smith’s show on Sirius XM’s Mad Dog Radio. The conversation segued into the Stephen A. and Lewis talking about controversial calls in the NFL.

The former Raven mentioned the “Tuck Rule” play, which is the infamous and controversial play that happened at the end of the 2001 AFC Divisional Round matchup between the Tom Brady-led New England Patriots and the Oakland Raiders. The call ended up going the Patriots’ way and they won the game, eventually going on to win the Super Bowl that season. Whether you believe the correct or incorrect call was made is irrelevant for this discussion. What needs to be discussed are Lewis’ comments. He didn’t just provide his opinion on whether or not it was a fumble, Lewis actually uttered the following words:

“The only reason we know who Tom Brady is, because of a tuck rule,” Lewis said. “There’s no such thing as a tuck rule! If the ball is in your hand, and I knock it out your hand, whether it’s going backwards, forwards, lateral, sideways, however it’s coming out, that’s a freaking fumble.

“But guess what we created? We created a freaking tuck rule!”

Many crazy things have been said by members of the media over the years, but this has to be close to the top of the list. The only reason everyone knows who Brady is? Really?

People know him because he’s 19-8 in the playoffs (most career playoff wins for a QB), he has three Super Bowl rings (and was two ridiculous plays from winning two others), and he’s taken the Patriots (without a stellar supporting cast) to the AFC Championship game the last four seasons. He also put together possibly the best single season ever by a QB (2007). Brady and Joe Montana are the only two players in NFL history to be named the regular season MVP and Super Bowl MVP multiple times. Brady and John Elway are the only two QBs in history to lead their teams to five Super Bowls (and Brady’s one victory over the Indianapolis Colts away from a sixth trip).

Lewis needs to stop talking. It’s obvious that NFL fans know Brady for a heck of a lot more than the “Tuck Rule.”

Justin Patrick is a New England Patriots writer for www.RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @calling_allfans, like him on Facebook and add him to your network on Google. You can also email him at [email protected]

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