16, 15, 14…Ray Lewis can’t quite tell you how many games he and his Baltimore Ravens’ teammates will play next season. The NFL and the players are both seeking mediation and disagree on who should preside over new talks after a judge urged both sides to go “back to the table.”
Lewis was unsure when asked about the lockout earlier this week, “I don’t know. I’m more on the inside of it of talking to NFLPA Leader DeMaurice Smith and talking to all those guys. But a lot of it, I’m totally away from them because I look at it totally different, and I’ll share that at another time.”
The players have been locked out by the owners since early March. Lewis is upbeat despite the disagreement.
“I would hope and pray all the guys I talk to … the thing I try to tell them is please do something else,” Lewis said. “You have to have many things going on. To me, this is probably the greatest window of opportunity I’ve ever had in my life. It’s been 25 years of my life that I’ve never had a summer to myself.”
Healthy, Lewis is pushing forward with his workout routine and also promoting his clothing line RL52 Style and his annual “Ray’s Summer Days” in Baltimore next month.
