According to Lewis, Peyton’s wife, Ashley Manning’ opened his mind up to intense film study of great quarterbacks such as her husband Peyton, or Tom Brady.
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Sharing the story on The Rich Eisen Show, Lewis said:
“My secret sauce was, I stayed up and played the game after 2000… after 1998, me and Peyton Manning was first at the Pro Bowl, old school Pro Bowl. And I never understand, I never understood, Peyton’s wife is SO cool. Oh my God, she’s amazing,”
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“And she’s like, ‘He (Peyton) studies you, all day every day.’ And I’m like, ‘Really? Wow.’ So I need to change my game!
“So I started studying him… more though. You know, quarterbacks, all they do is click. So I built an entire room in my house just so I can watch films. So I became this guy who wanted to know everything.”
In 2001, Ray Lewis led the Ravens’ record-setting defence, which set a 16-game single-season record for the fewest points allowed (165) and the fewest rushing yards allowed (970), to victory in Super Bowl XXXV.
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