OWINGS MILLS, Md. — In an era obsessed with legacy, Ray Lewis’s will be a complex one.
Long before he announced he would retire after 17 seasons as the fire-breathing identity of the Baltimore Ravens, he was a member of an exclusive fraternity that defined the linebacker position: Nitschke, Singletary, Lambert, Butkus, and Taylor as his only real company. His brand of intensity, a jolting mix of primal intimidation and joyful aggression, could be read as both genuine love for the game and self-aggrandizing bluster.
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Ray Lewis killed /was responsible for 2 men being stabbed. He is not a role model he is a thug who got away with murder.
I wasn't outside that nightclub in Atlanta that night and don't know what happened. But I believe in the presumption of innocence, and, more importantly, I believe in the transformational power of God's grace. Blind indeed and hard of heart is the man who, observing the words and deeds of Ray Lewis on and off the field since that tragedy, fails to conclude that here is a man who has found redemption. I love the Pats, but I consider Ray Lewis a great role model.