 Baltimore Ravens inside linebacker Ray Lewis speaks during a news conference after the team's arrival for the NFL's Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, Louisiana January 28, 2013. (REUTERS) |
Ray Lewis remembers his first career sack vividly.
It was in his rookie season – 1996. Against the Indianapolis Colts.
The quarterback? Jim Harbaugh.
Yes, the same man who’s now head coach of the San Francisco 49ers – the team against which Lewis will end his brilliant 17-year career on Sunday in Super Bowl XLVII.
The sack of Harbaugh was the first of 41.5 in his career.
“How could I forget it?” he said Monday night, shortly after the Ravens arrived at their Warehouse District hotel.
|
“It’s one of those things that when you first come in as a rookie, you’re just running around – and I was just running around making plays. And when I sacked him, I remember getting up and doing this dance with my shoulders – shaking my shoulders.”
Two years later, Harbaugh was traded to the Ravens and became Lewis’ teammate for a season.
“I think he was exactly as he is as a coach. He’s a hard worker. He understands what he wants to get done. (And) he is
