Lewis buys into Harbaugh's approach

Jun/18/08 06:18 PM Filed in: Ray Lewis
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Ray Lewis has reportedly bought into new Ravens coach John Harbaugh's more demanding offseason approach.
Lewis, entering a contract year, knows the only team he's going to get a big extension from is the Ravens, so he'd better buy in. Lewis also needs to stay healthy, and perhaps the more intensive program will help him do that.

Sources tell me that the most pivotal Raven in terms of being a team bellwether -- middle linebacker Ray Lewis -- has fully signed on to Harbaugh's program and has embraced Baltimore's culture change in all ways. If nothing else, Lewis is no dummy. He's seeking one more huge contract before retirement beckons, and he knows he has no shot of getting it from the Ravens -- or anyone else -- if he doesn't play ball and play it well this season.

"Ray wants the whole world to see who the real Ray Lewis really is,'' a Ravens source said. "The perception of him out there, it isn't right. Ray is totally in line with things here this year and has grabbed onto it as his own.''

(cnnsi.com)