Ravens| J. Lewis Still A Raven

[Encore]

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article.jsp?id=8462

Lewis Still A Raven
March 13, 2006

The Baltimore Ravens announced today that they have agreed in principle to a three-year deal with Jamal Lewis, retaining one of the NFL's top running backs.

After undergoing offseason ankle surgery, the 5-11, 245-pound back led the Ravens with 1,097 combined yards last season, including 906 rushing and 191 receiving. Lewis, a 2003 Pro Bowler, returns to a backfield that also added former Denver Broncos running back Mike Anderson.

"We are so excited to have Jamal back," said Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome. "If you look at his history, he always rebounds in a big way from adversity. He had a tough 2005 that started with surgery, his incarceration, and then dealing with all of the turmoil during the season with the contract hanging over his head. We expect big things from him."

Lewis, who will enter his seventh year, will stay with the team that drafted him out of the University of Tennessee with the fifth overall selection in the 2000 NFL Draft.

 

[SoTex]

Wow. I thought Lewis was a good as gone. The Ravens are going to have a pretty good backfield with Lewis and the newly acquired Anderson.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

What will the Colts do? Draft a rookie I guess?

 

[SoTex]

What will the Colts do? Draft a rookie I guess?

I think Hambrick is available. :laugh2:

 

[Avery]

What will the Colts do? Draft a rookie I guess?

I'm betting that they'll hope Maroney slips that low.

 

[lkelly]

A decent back will slip to the Colts. Look at what happened the year that Dallas picked Julius Jones. Most teams don't go in NEEDING a back since that's a position with plentiful talent most years. They will get a Maroney, Lendale White, DeAngelo Williams type player most likely. If they are really high on one of those guys and they get nervous, they will just trade up a few slots.