Talk:Ray Lewis Wants Out of Baltimore?/@comment-101732-20060214183438

Well, granted that the opinion is slightly biased, but a 2006 Ray Lewis could still be a great player on an NFL defense, provided he&quot;s happy...He&quot;s still a guy that&quot;s going to rally a defense, a motivator. And, he doesn&quot;t tackle like he used to, but he&quot;s still able to run sideline to sideline and he&quot;s still able to make some big plays at the MLB position.

Basically, the ideal situation to take a Ray Lewis is if you have a defense that&quot;s young, needing of a big role model for a year or two. He&quot;s 3 years younger than Seau was when he signed with the Dolphins in 2003, and that was an age where I felt he should&quot;ve retired. So, you figure Ray probably has about 3-4 good years left in him.

However, Baltimore&quot;s defense is one with several emerging stars who are several years younger than Ray. We have a MLB who, although he&quot;ll never by Ray Lewis, he&quot;ll be a force in the middle. Ed Reed and Adalius Thomas are both coming up in free agency and I&quot;d rather make them long term deals than Ray.