Ray Lewis Outsmarts Manning, Brady

0:00It's March 18th, here's your NFL news in two minutes. Subscribe to stay locked in all season. Ray Lewis stands out as one of the Baltimore Ravens all-time greats, not just for his tackles and championships, but for his sharp football mind. A former teammate recently shared how Lewis outsmarted Peyton Manning in a key playoff game by keeping defenses unpredictable. Dominique Foxworth recalled their 2009 AFC divisional matchup against the Indianapolis cults. Lewis insisted everyone lineup exactly the same, no matter the play call, fooling Manning's film study habits and holding the cults to just 20, points in a 17-point Ravens loss. Quarterbacks dreaded facing Lewis. Tom Brady called him the defender he least wanted to hit, while Peyton Manning joked that Lewis's retirement was the best day of his life, admitting. It forced him to study film even harder. Lewis applied the same intensity against Eli Manning in their first meeting in 2004, eliminating him with sacks and turnovers.

1:01His film breakdowns led him predict plays, leading to over 40 career sacks and 30 interceptions as a 13-time pro-buller. Even in later playoffs, like the 2012 divisional win over Manning's Broncos, Lewis's leadership shown with 17 tackles, fueling. The Ravens Super Bowl run and cementing his defensive legacy. Support for this DNN episode comes from our sponsor, head in, sound on, lights out, that is the routine, S-O-L-L-I, solelypillow.com.