I would be so intimated to play against a man who is that big and that fast. As a roving linebacker who controls most of the middle of the field, he changes the way that offenses operate. Now the offense must prepare their gameplan around Lewis, who takes away most of the field, as Deion used to take away whichever side of the field he was on. Regardless of what people think of him and his off-field adventures, he is the best defensive player in the game. OK, so he has yet to play an NFL game, but after watching him all year as an ASU fan, the Rams got themselves a tackling machine who can really run and hit.
Middle linebacker is the toughest defensive position with the most responsibility.
Ray Lewis is the best middle linebacker since Mike Singletary. Too bad Lewis cannot live up to Singletary off of the field. Mich. Put Junior Seau in there to stop the short third. Look at what the Chargers have done against the rush. They have been at the top of the league in defensive rushing, and a large part of that is because of Junior.