Ray Lewis rallied the Baltimore Ravens for 17 seasons with his infamous speeches, but since he’s retired they needed another leader to get the team going. He criticized quarterback Joe Flacco for not being that person. Today, however, Lewis issued an apology to Flacco with a video he posted on his Twitter account.
“I’m a Raven for life, but Joe Flacco, what I was talking about, my brother, it wasn’t even about you,” Lewis said. “It wasn’t even personal. It was just me being frustrated of watching something that I had control over for so many years, which was men and inspiring them to go on and do things. And guess what, like everybody else, I lashed out at the quarterback, because quote, unquote, that’s the person who is supposed to carry us or do whatever.”
“Brother, your personality is what it is,” Lewis said. “You’re a man, and you put your pants on one leg at a time just like everybody else. Listen, from a man, you’ll never hear it again. Sorry, for ever even calling out your name in the context of making you try to be anything that I am or anything that you’re not.”
The Baltimore Ravens are currently No. 1 in the AFC North but they are 5-5 and have lost five of their last seven games. Some extra rallying wouldn’t hurt…
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— Ray Lewis (@raylewis) November 21, 2016
h/t ESPN
