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Signing Ray Lewis would be the worst possible move Dallas could make this offseason.
He's - at best - an accomplice to murder. I don't see how any self-respecting person wants him on the team under any circumstances.
Ignoring that, he's about to turn 34. He's as the end of his rope. He's played fairly mediocre the previous few years, and then blows up and has a huge year in his last contract year. No way I'd trust that.
He's also complained in the past about being in the 3-4. A bad fit that way as well.
And it's almost never the same with free agents. Look at the UFAs Dallas signed in recent years. Most of them have been disappointments. Odds are that Lewis would be no exception. Except with him, you'd be stuck with $30M or whatever it is he's going to get. The last thing the team needs is another old player with a big contract, with the growing # of 30+ players already on the team with huge guaranteed $. Good organizations - Philly, Indy, Pitt, NE - ditch players at this stage of their careers......so that foolish teams like Dallas will cripple themselves by signing them.
It's not a move that makes the least bit of sense. And perhaps most importantly, the "leadership" he brings would do little to correct the ultimate problem, the total lack of leadership at the top of the organization.
He's - at best - an accomplice to murder. I don't see how any self-respecting person wants him on the team under any circumstances.
Ignoring that, he's about to turn 34. He's as the end of his rope. He's played fairly mediocre the previous few years, and then blows up and has a huge year in his last contract year. No way I'd trust that.
He's also complained in the past about being in the 3-4. A bad fit that way as well.
And it's almost never the same with free agents. Look at the UFAs Dallas signed in recent years. Most of them have been disappointments. Odds are that Lewis would be no exception. Except with him, you'd be stuck with $30M or whatever it is he's going to get. The last thing the team needs is another old player with a big contract, with the growing # of 30+ players already on the team with huge guaranteed $. Good organizations - Philly, Indy, Pitt, NE - ditch players at this stage of their careers......so that foolish teams like Dallas will cripple themselves by signing them.
It's not a move that makes the least bit of sense. And perhaps most importantly, the "leadership" he brings would do little to correct the ultimate problem, the total lack of leadership at the top of the organization.
