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Lewis calls end to superb career with another NFL championship

BALTIMORE Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis will ride into retirement as a Super Bowl champion.

Lewis began his final night on the football field with a motivational speech to his teammates. He ended it looking upward into a shower of silver streamers and purple confetti after the Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 on Sunday to win the NFL title.

"It's simple: When God is for you, who can be against you?" Lewis said, clutching the Vince Lombardi Trophy. "It's no greater way, as a champ, to go out on your last ride with the men that I went out with, with my teammates. And you looked around this stadium and ... Baltimore! Baltimore! We coming home, baby! We did it!"

Standing tall in the middle of a defense that survived a frenzied comeback by Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers, Lewis put a lovely bow on his 17th NFL season by earning his second Super Bowl ring - 12 years after the first.

When Lewis first led Baltimore to Super Bowl glory, he was a 25-year-old at the height of his game. A terror in the middle of the best defense in the league, Lewis was voted MVP after the Ravens earned their first championship.

On Sunday, Lewis and his defense played a supporting role to quarterback Joe Flacco and the offense.

The 37-year-old Lewis had only two solo tackles through the first three quarters but he did, however, make two tackles during the 49ers' final drive.

San Francisco had a fourth-and-goal from 5 when Lewis charged in on a blitz. He didn't get to Colin Kaepernick, but the quarterback's pass sailed out of the end zone.



 

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