Ray and LT both were LB's but played incredibly different positions. Taylor was an edge rusher. Lewis was a mike LB. Without going deep, they are not the same at all.
@@kenmahoney5255 if it makes you feel better. We don't miss Troy Polamalu, James Harrison, Ike Taylor, James farrier ,Casey Hampton, or Brett Kiesel. ravens Steelers at it's peak nothing compared to it.
As far as raw talent, Lawrence Taylor was indeed better. But he was also playing a completely different role, he was playing outside and was rushing the passer a lot so he had a lot more flashier plays hitting the quarterback and causing turnovers. Ray Lewis was playing middle linebacker and they're often the "quarterbacks" of the defense. They're responsible for relaying calls from the coaches and they have to know everyone's assignments, and Ray Lewis was unmatched when it came to being the leader of his team. Everyone around him played better because they knew they had to answer to him if they messed up.
I'm probably the worst undercover fan with my profile pic here, but Ray Lewis and Ed Reed are the main reasons I became a Ravens fan.. what keeps me a fan, though, is how Ozzie Newsome and Eric DeCosta have carried on a tradition of excellence through the draft and through culture that's hard to beat from any team in any sport. Daz being partial to the number 8 and Aidan being newish to the NFL makes me want to sell you guys on switching to BAL fandom ("pure class" by Daz standards), but regardless of the teams you guys cover I'm a fan of the NFL reactions.
Ray Lewis and Lawrence Taylor DID NOT play the same position. 2 completely different responsibilities. Ray was the captain of the defense. LT was a pass rusher with only the destruction of the QB on his mind.
The channel That Good Sports did a funny and detailed video on why Patrick Mahomes is the best QB I think you guys would really enjoy it. It’s titled “Why I hate but respect Mahomes”.
Did I just hear that. Ray still holds the record for tackles 156.. I love me some Ray Lewis. All the haters can go away.. the man was a Beast on the field. Ravens won the Super Bowl on Defense and Matt Stover's leg in 2001. Facts
I was in Baltimore for the 2012 Super Bowl and had a completely torn ligament in my left ankle. Standing room only at the pubs! Most painful but enjoyable 4 hours of my life.
For every great Super Bowl winning MLB, there's a great Defensive Tackle playing in front of him. Notice Lewis was a great LB, but Baltimore wasn't winning until Goose and Sam Adams got there? They retired and he didn't win another SB until DT Haloti Ngata and NT Terrance Cody were on the team. QBs get all the credit but name a SB winning QB that didn't have a DT on his team playing at a high level and I'll show you the exception. I've been saying it for years, DT is a top 5 position of importance. Every expert with a mic will say QB, LT, DE, C, CB. Not me, DT belongs somewhere in there.
-As a Browns fan, this always hurt.... F#CK Art Modell!!!!! 🙄 -The crop top look has been around since the early 70s. Mostly by mistake, cause the jersey didn't fit tight to the body, but was made to tear away so that tacklers couldn't get a tight grip on their jersey and throw them down. During the game, it left a mid drift look to the uniforms. In the80's players cut the bottoms of their jerseys and tied them in a knot behind them. It was believed by doing this made it harder for them to be tackled. It was banned in 2010 by the NCAA after Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliot made it popular again and went and won the National Championships that year. -You should do a video on his linebackers coach, Hall of Famer and Chicago Bears linebacker "Samurai" Mike Singletary. He was the one that got Ray to the level he was at. That man had a crazy stare on the field... -16 out of 22 cover players have suffered the curse.... -LT was an outside linebacker... -Lewis was leaving a Super Bowl party in 2000 when 2 men were stabbed to death. He and two other men were charged with double murder and aggravated assault. He pleaded to a misdemeanor of obstruction of justice and the charges against him were dropped with his testimony against the other two. Both of the other men were acquitted of all charges. In '99 he had an assault case brought up on him from a woman who said he punched her.
Very debatable whether Ray was the best middle linebacker ever---Jack Lambert (a beast who won 4 Super Bowls), Dick Butkus (another beast), Mike Singletary. Ravens fans would say he is the best. Steeler fans would say Lambert and Bears fans would say Butkus. They are all great. These kinds of videos will have a recency bias---as though football history started when the creator of the video was born.
Ray Lewis's primary responsibilities were to plug the run in the middle of the defense as well as cover running backs and tight ends in the short and middle zones of the field. He had a few sacks here and there on surprise blitzes or if the QB stepped up in the pocket and Lewis came up to tackle them. Lawrence Taylor on the other hand played as an outside LB who was primarily responsible for rushing the passer from the edge and setting the edge on his side of the field against the run which means he was responsible for making sure a RB didn't get outside of him and forced him back toward the middle of the field so that his teammates can catch him from the backside. Another player who reminds me of the great MLBs of the old days like Ray Lewis, Dick Butkis, and Mike Singletary and was probably my favorite MLB back in the 90s was Chris Spielman. Spielman played 10 years but his career was cut short after a herniated disc in his neck ended his season early in 1997 and then after recovering his wife got cancer and he took more time off and he never played again. Great player and even a better person and may be worth a reaction. Not a ton of videos on him but here is a short one in you're interested ua-cam.com/video/vaVmKnPNboE/v-deo.html
Ray Lewis should have become a democrat politician when he retired . He had already literally gotten away with murder ,so he had experience for the role .
To tell the difference between outside linebackers and inside linebackers my old school football coach had a saying “ we call them outside linebackers because they think they are too athletic to be defensive ends . They are defensive ends “
I agree with everything, but “greatest leader to play the game”? C’mon. There’s a guy named Tom Brady, 7 Super Bowl. With all due respect to Ray, #12 is the greatest leader to ever play. That’s 100% facts over feelings. Like all these Lebron fans, it’s cute but Lebron’s not Michael, shouldn’t even be in the same argument. That’s also like comparing Ray Lewis to Tom…. really? Are they close? Lewis is closer to Tom than Lebron is to MJ. Ray Lewis amazing, but the greatest leader? Brady took that title indefinitely years ago….
MLB is basically the quarterback of the defense whereas outside linebackers mostly protect the edge/rush or cover sometimes. middle is more complicated. ray was the most studious of any ever
@@officeblokedaz Loved Tiki. The worst part is, they only used him as a kick returner for his first few years on the Giants. Barkley is better though. Tiki was quick, but not fast.
I feel like the Madden curse is only "real" in the sense that, most players in their downtime on the road...play Madden. Anyone who has seen Hard Knocks on HBO knows it's true. So maybe consciously or subconsciously, people are aiming for you. Theirs a bulls-eye on your chest.
You know it's a good video when they only paused a couple times. This was a great reaction even tho I hated the guy back then because I was a Cleveland browns fan and Cleveland never won anything Ever, so they got rid of the browns and all the players went to the ravens and that's when they won championship lol
Havent played madden in years and i forgot which madden in particular but growing up me and my brother always played and he always went the ravens with ray lewis ed reed and terrel suggs he was whooping my behind like everyday of the week
The cover-athlete curse has just been people getting injured. Several times, the players just have a crappy season or they fall off completely. I cant remember his name but an mlb player made the cover of their game bc he hit like .405 the prev year and after being on the cover he never hit above like .230 for a season the rest of his career
Jersey styles changes over the years decades, back in the 90s and 90s pads wear much bigger and during the 90s players ofter crop thier jerseys or tie the shoulders on thier jersey tops to keep it snug or comfortable so opponets dont pull or grab. Later years to today technology made pads and jerseys form fitting including helmets
Yes sure do the guy he killed was from Akron Ohio and I was living there at the time he’s a hated man in that city def committed murder and got away with it
@@guymontgomery1414 "After initially being charged with murder, Lewis pleaded guilty to obstruction in a plea agreement that dropped his murder charge. " He didn't stab the guys, he just helped his boys get away with the murders and lied to the police. Totally cool.
To the morons talking about Ray Lewis murdering someone, here's what happened. Lewis and his entourage were engaged in an argument with some men when leaving a SB party in 2000. A fight broke out and two men were stabbed and killed. Initial suspicions were on Lewis and 2 of his friends. Since Ray was in the near vicinity of the stabbings, blood splattered onto his white suit, to which the genius legal expert commentators here imply that means Lewis was the murderer, even though BLOOD SPLATTERS when you're close to the stabbing and is not evidence of ANY SORT that he was the murderer (ask any prosecutor or defense lawyer). However, it did show he was near the stabbing. Lewis initially lied to the police about not being there, thus he accepted a plea deal for misleading police. Charges were eventually brought against Lewis' two friends from that stabbing, but they were found not guilty. Later on, although he did not have to and there was no civil suit, Lewis gave significant amounts of money to the families of the victims. Lewis turned his life around after the incident and became a mentor and counselor to many fellow and future NFL players.
Ray and LT both were LB's but played incredibly different positions. Taylor was an edge rusher. Lewis was a mike LB. Without going deep, they are not the same at all.
It's about the same difference as players like Xavi and Busquets. Both are midfielders but play very different types of midfielder.
Regardless of the difference in positions, no one compares to LT.
LT was one dimensional…Ray excelled at it all
Hey Daz, you know you gotta do Ray Lewis mic'd up now for Aidan right, haha, Then definitely go down the rabbit hole of NFL mic'd up, Love yall
Ray Lewis "Deck of Cards" for Aiden. He would enjoy that video.
Go Steelers!
Big correction on this video.
The ravens biggest rivalry is and always will be the Pittsburgh Steelers!
Idk ray had some legendary matchups with the colts and the Pat's too. U gotta put the titans in the argument too for the early years
@@trappestarrgaming3422 I'm talking about the steelers/ravens rivalry.
Man as a ravens fan I miss that defense
Man as a steelers fan, I dont!😅
@@kenmahoney5255we have had a lot of good battles
@@CoreyJ23 yes sir we sure have!
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@@kenmahoney5255 if it makes you feel better. We don't miss Troy Polamalu, James Harrison, Ike Taylor, James farrier ,Casey Hampton, or Brett Kiesel. ravens Steelers at it's peak nothing compared to it.
@@1grandpa654 I don't think anyone has ever said anything nicer to me ever😪👍👍👍
As far as raw talent, Lawrence Taylor was indeed better. But he was also playing a completely different role, he was playing outside and was rushing the passer a lot so he had a lot more flashier plays hitting the quarterback and causing turnovers.
Ray Lewis was playing middle linebacker and they're often the "quarterbacks" of the defense. They're responsible for relaying calls from the coaches and they have to know everyone's assignments, and Ray Lewis was unmatched when it came to being the leader of his team. Everyone around him played better because they knew they had to answer to him if they messed up.
NOPE
@@mr.smithgnrsmith7808 Riveting case you've made there, Mr. Smith
I'm probably the worst undercover fan with my profile pic here, but Ray Lewis and Ed Reed are the main reasons I became a Ravens fan.. what keeps me a fan, though, is how Ozzie Newsome and Eric DeCosta have carried on a tradition of excellence through the draft and through culture that's hard to beat from any team in any sport. Daz being partial to the number 8 and Aidan being newish to the NFL makes me want to sell you guys on switching to BAL fandom ("pure class" by Daz standards), but regardless of the teams you guys cover I'm a fan of the NFL reactions.
Love it. 💙
03:01 - rolling the bottom of your jersey up is like air-conditioning when you're playing in the Floridia humidity/heat.
Ray Lewis and Lawrence Taylor DID NOT play the same position. 2 completely different responsibilities. Ray was the captain of the defense. LT was a pass rusher with only the destruction of the QB on his mind.
The channel That Good Sports did a funny and detailed video on why Patrick Mahomes is the best QB I think you guys would really enjoy it. It’s titled “Why I hate but respect Mahomes”.
Ray will forever be a legend in Baltimore. This video gives me chills even after watching him play his whole career
Him going against Peyton Manning was one of the best match ups
Him going against big Ben was even better!
I would make sure I watched every Ray vs Peyton match-up because that was must see TV!
Loved this, loved Ray Lewis even though I'm a Bengals fan.
Awesome reaction.
Did I just hear that. Ray still holds the record for tackles 156.. I love me some Ray Lewis. All the haters can go away.. the man was a Beast on the field. Ravens won the Super Bowl on Defense and Matt Stover's leg in 2001. Facts
I was in Baltimore for the 2012 Super Bowl and had a completely torn ligament in my left ankle. Standing room only at the pubs! Most painful but enjoyable 4 hours of my life.
For every great Super Bowl winning MLB, there's a great Defensive Tackle playing in front of him. Notice Lewis was a great LB, but Baltimore wasn't winning until Goose and Sam Adams got there? They retired and he didn't win another SB until DT Haloti Ngata and NT Terrance Cody were on the team. QBs get all the credit but name a SB winning QB that didn't have a DT on his team playing at a high level and I'll show you the exception. I've been saying it for years, DT is a top 5 position of importance. Every expert with a mic will say QB, LT, DE, C, CB. Not me, DT belongs somewhere in there.
-As a Browns fan, this always hurt.... F#CK Art Modell!!!!! 🙄
-The crop top look has been around since the early 70s. Mostly by mistake, cause the jersey didn't fit tight to the body, but was made to tear away so that tacklers couldn't get a tight grip on their jersey and throw them down. During the game, it left a mid drift look to the uniforms. In the80's players cut the bottoms of their jerseys and tied them in a knot behind them. It was believed by doing this made it harder for them to be tackled. It was banned in 2010 by the NCAA after Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliot made it popular again and went and won the National Championships that year.
-You should do a video on his linebackers coach, Hall of Famer and Chicago Bears linebacker "Samurai" Mike Singletary. He was the one that got Ray to the level he was at. That man had a crazy stare on the field...
-16 out of 22 cover players have suffered the curse....
-LT was an outside linebacker...
-Lewis was leaving a Super Bowl party in 2000 when 2 men were stabbed to death. He and two other men were charged with double murder and aggravated assault. He pleaded to a misdemeanor of obstruction of justice and the charges against him were dropped with his testimony against the other two. Both of the other men were acquitted of all charges. In '99 he had an assault case brought up on him from a woman who said he punched her.
Very debatable whether Ray was the best middle linebacker ever---Jack Lambert (a beast who won 4 Super Bowls), Dick Butkus (another beast), Mike Singletary. Ravens fans would say he is the best. Steeler fans would say Lambert and Bears fans would say Butkus. They are all great. These kinds of videos will have a recency bias---as though football history started when the creator of the video was born.
I will never get tired of watching Ray Lewis...
The tucked jerseys were massive in the 90s especially in college football. Pretty sure it’s illegal now, purely for looks
Ray Lewis's primary responsibilities were to plug the run in the middle of the defense as well as cover running backs and tight ends in the short and middle zones of the field. He had a few sacks here and there on surprise blitzes or if the QB stepped up in the pocket and Lewis came up to tackle them.
Lawrence Taylor on the other hand played as an outside LB who was primarily responsible for rushing the passer from the edge and setting the edge on his side of the field against the run which means he was responsible for making sure a RB didn't get outside of him and forced him back toward the middle of the field so that his teammates can catch him from the backside.
Another player who reminds me of the great MLBs of the old days like Ray Lewis, Dick Butkis, and Mike Singletary and was probably my favorite MLB back in the 90s was Chris Spielman.
Spielman played 10 years but his career was cut short after a herniated disc in his neck ended his season early in 1997 and then after recovering his wife got cancer and he took more time off and he never played again. Great player and even a better person and may be worth a reaction. Not a ton of videos on him but here is a short one in you're interested
ua-cam.com/video/vaVmKnPNboE/v-deo.html
Now, I’m a Ravens fan… but RayRay is the best ever! LT was amazeballs. No disrespect here to him.
always must pay respects to the Ray Lewis statue outside the bank! #kakaw #ravensnation
we will always be an underdog team.
As far as energy, Nobody was even close
I’ve gotta Ray Lewis jerseys in 3 different colors but sorry I can’t give up my ravens gear but would love to see one on your table
Ray Lewis should have become a democrat politician when he retired . He had already literally gotten away with murder ,so he had experience for the role .
To tell the difference between outside linebackers and inside linebackers my old school football coach had a saying “ we call them outside linebackers because they think they are too athletic to be defensive ends . They are defensive ends “
IF YOU STAY READY, YOU AIN'T GOTTA GET READY! IT'S SUGA FREE! - Ray Lewis
Its the 90s baby we was showing off the abs we built my dude. Lol thats why the jerseys were rolled up
LT played outside, he played middle when they needed him to
The only man to be on Demon Time Roaming the mid to secondary area. A man you did NOT wanna meet in the middle ! He truly put fear in grown men !
Look up Ray Lewis mic'd up it is amazing but your dad already seen it
I agree with everything, but “greatest leader to play the game”? C’mon. There’s a guy named Tom Brady, 7 Super Bowl. With all due respect to Ray, #12 is the greatest leader to ever play. That’s 100% facts over feelings. Like all these Lebron fans, it’s cute but Lebron’s not Michael, shouldn’t even be in the same argument. That’s also like comparing Ray Lewis to Tom…. really? Are they close? Lewis is closer to Tom than Lebron is to MJ. Ray Lewis amazing, but the greatest leader? Brady took that title indefinitely years ago….
Ray Lewis was awesome…
But he did get away with stabbing to guys to death in Atlanta
Someone was shot at an establishment and Ray ain't no snitch ... That's what happened
LT was basically a stand up defensive end. You can't even compare that to a middle linebacker. They are completely different positions.
MLB is basically the quarterback of the defense whereas outside linebackers mostly protect the edge/rush or cover sometimes. middle is more complicated. ray was the most studious of any ever
Ray was on sports science and hit a reinforced door off it's hinges with a lot more force than a police handheld battering ram.
Lakeland Florida like most people anger and Baltimore Maryland will make you crazy
He got away with murder. He should never be held in esteem.
Have to do micd up ray lewis!
LT was outside not inside LB
Cant forget ed reed also
Daz if you're a real Giants fan like myself, you should do a video on Saquon Barkley. Dude is a freak of nature physically.
I don’t want to biased. I’d do a barber video first 😂
@@officeblokedaz Loved Tiki. The worst part is, they only used him as a kick returner for his first few years on the Giants. Barkley is better though. Tiki was quick, but not fast.
I can't admire anything about Ray Lewis because he is just not a good human.
How so? One of the most generous guys we had when it came to giving back to Baltimore
I feel like the Madden curse is only "real" in the sense that, most players in their downtime on the road...play Madden. Anyone who has seen Hard Knocks on HBO knows it's true. So maybe consciously or subconsciously, people are aiming for you. Theirs a bulls-eye on your chest.
You know it's a good video when they only paused a couple times. This was a great reaction even tho I hated the guy back then because I was a Cleveland browns fan and Cleveland never won anything Ever, so they got rid of the browns and all the players went to the ravens and that's when they won championship lol
I live in Tallahassee which is where Florida State is located and I didn’t know they passed on him. I bet they are kicking themselves for that
Havent played madden in years and i forgot which madden in particular but growing up me and my brother always played and he always went the ravens with ray lewis ed reed and terrel suggs he was whooping my behind like everyday of the week
The cover-athlete curse has just been people getting injured. Several times, the players just have a crappy season or they fall off completely. I cant remember his name but an mlb player made the cover of their game bc he hit like .405 the prev year and after being on the cover he never hit above like .230 for a season the rest of his career
Jersey styles changes over the years decades, back in the 90s and 90s pads wear much bigger and during the 90s players ofter crop thier jerseys or tie the shoulders on thier jersey tops to keep it snug or comfortable so opponets dont pull or grab. Later years to today technology made pads and jerseys form fitting including helmets
The Purple Browns were quite a team.
Anybody remember when he stabbed a person _ Maryland _ when the Colts left Maryland and eventually Baltimore Ravens
"Allegedly" 🤣
he stabbed 2 men. Both died.
Yes sure do the guy he killed was from Akron Ohio and I was living there at the time he’s a hated man in that city def committed murder and got away with it
Straight up criminal
@@OhioTies cute
Watch his teammates Ed Reed and Terrell Suggs . That trio were absolute hell to deal with on Sundays
Yep, you don't have to remind me. Says us steelers fans.
@@kenmahoney5255y'all was hell too to deal back then and still are.
Skipped right over the part when he helped his boys murder a couple guys but whatever, he dances.
You left out the part where he wasn't convicted of murder. But your an idiot so what ever 😂
I remember allegedly 🤷🏻♂️
You’d think if that was true he’d be in jail🤔
@@guymontgomery1414 "After initially being charged with murder, Lewis pleaded guilty to obstruction in a plea agreement that dropped his murder charge. " He didn't stab the guys, he just helped his boys get away with the murders and lied to the police. Totally cool.
what about that silly murder thing?
I remember allegedly
Didn't happen
I'm sorry,
I don't remember Ray being convicted of murder? And I'm a steelers fan.
To the morons talking about Ray Lewis murdering someone, here's what happened. Lewis and his entourage were engaged in an argument with some men when leaving a SB party in 2000. A fight broke out and two men were stabbed and killed. Initial suspicions were on Lewis and 2 of his friends. Since Ray was in the near vicinity of the stabbings, blood splattered onto his white suit, to which the genius legal expert commentators here imply that means Lewis was the murderer, even though BLOOD SPLATTERS when you're close to the stabbing and is not evidence of ANY SORT that he was the murderer (ask any prosecutor or defense lawyer). However, it did show he was near the stabbing. Lewis initially lied to the police about not being there, thus he accepted a plea deal for misleading police. Charges were eventually brought against Lewis' two friends from that stabbing, but they were found not guilty. Later on, although he did not have to and there was no civil suit, Lewis gave significant amounts of money to the families of the victims. Lewis turned his life around after the incident and became a mentor and counselor to many fellow and future NFL players.
no mention of murder charges? hmm
Good. Thus is shot his career not his life. Foh
he mentioned it at the end
Maybe because there weren’t any charges
The best NFL player all time, REGARDLESS of position