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Adalius Thomas issued a strong response to Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, who called him "a coward" for critical comments Thomas made about his former team. "As far as calling me a coward, I think that goes to something personal," Thomas told Boston reporters yesterday. "I don't like it. I will address that with him personally myself. To attack my integrity and say you had to make a scheme up for me ... I didn't know they made up outside linebacker for me. I know he was crying about a big guy in the middle so you can keep blockers off of you. I mean, I don't know if that's a scheme made for you or not." Thomas, an All-Pro linebacker for the Ravens last season, signed as a free agent with the New England Patriots this year. In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Thomas took a swipe at Ravens coach Brian Billick and his ex-teammates, saying his former team has "a star-studded system" and no one on the Patriots "beats his chest." "When you take a shot at men that you claim to love to go to war with, I call those cowards," Lewis said on his weekly radio show Monday. "If you got something to say privately, you don't have to go to a newspaper. If you got something to say to a man, speak it." Lewis wondered what would make Thomas take those shots at a team that had to "fit him into our schemes. -- Baltimore Sun

Dueling linebackers -- baltimoresun.com

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I must have missed the press release saying the Ravens were over in Iraq or Ahghanistan fighting in the war. I'll have to ask my son over there if he has run into Ray Lewis, the same Ray Lewis who flipped on his buddies to stay out of prison.

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Originally Posted by legend

I must have missed the press release saying the Ravens were over in Iraq or Ahghanistan fighting in the war. I'll have to ask my son over there if he has run into Ray Lewis, the same Ray Lewis who flipped on his buddies to stay out of prison.

Ray Lewis is a world class jerk. I get both Philly and Baltimore news, since I'm sort of in the middle of both. It sickens me to see the Ray Lewis Jerseys worn in the area. He might be a great player, but I wouldn't wear his number on my back.

He is hard to take.

And I won't even comment on the go to war crap. No athletes should be called "Warriors" That just needs to stop! I don't recall seeing anyone shooting at them.