We all know Ray Lewis can sometimes be a little too dramatic once he gets on a roll about something. Monday night was no exception, but at least I can understand where he is coming from this time. Lewis was very upset with the possible fine that 49ers player Ahmad Brooks might receive for his hit on Saints QB Drew Brees on Sunday. For those who did not see the hit, hit the jump for the video. It was clearly a clean hit, but in the new age of the “soft” NFL, a personal foul was called and eventually helped the Saints win that game. Lewis offered to pay half of whatever fine Brooks may wind up facing. Hit the jump for more.

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Lewis was quoted:

“When you do your job, when you make the perfect play, if he takes the same hit and hits a quarterback like Peyton Manning who’s 6’4″-6’5″, he hits him in his chest area … Drew Brees is 6-foot or shorter. When you look at the hit, Ahmad Brooks took the hit and hit him exactly where he’s supposed to hit him. Drew Brees’ neck slid down to that man’s arm. For that to be a flag is embarrassing.

“The second part that’s embarrassing about this is for Drew Brees to say ‘I got hit so hard I knew it had to be a flag.’ This is the National Football League! I don’t understand what that means! When you get hit like that from the blind side, it’s supposed to hurt,” exclaimed Lewis.

“But I’ll tell you this: if they fine this kid, I’m going to do something personally — I’m going to pay half. I’m going to pay half his fine. Because of one reason — defenders have to be respected as men before anything else. They’re men. They have kids, they have families. You have to treat everybody fair and everybody the same in this game.

Ahmad Brooks hit with funny commentary