Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

Sports Illustrated did a poll of the meanest players in the NFL. The poll went out to 287 NFL players. Check who they had to say after the jump…

According to NFL players, the two meanest guys in football are part of the league’s chippiest rivalry. James Harrison and Ray Lewis were the runaway winners of Sports Illustrated’s poll of the meanest players in the NFL. The two combined for 50 percent of the votes in the magazine’s open ballot.

The top four, according to SI:

James Harrison, Steelers LB — 35%
Ray Lewis, Ravens LB — 15%
Ndamukong Suh, Lions DT — 5%
Richard Seymour, Raiders DT — 4%

SI didn’t discuss its methodology or how the question was phrased, other than to say 287 NFL players responded to the survey question. I’m curious to know what the question asked. Did it just say “who’s the meanest” without any further qualification? Was there the “on-field” caveat or was it assumed that we’re talking about off the field too.

Other players in the top 10 included Richie Incognito, Terrell Suggs, Hines Ward, Laron Landry and Steve Smith. The magazine reported that 68 players received at least one vote, 13 of which were linebackers, the most of any position.

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