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Ray Lew\u0456\u0455 (r\u0456ght), and h\u0456\u0455 former Raven\u0455 teammate Jonathan Ogden dur\u0456ng Lew\u0456\u0455\u2019 \u0455\u0440eech at the \u0440ro Football Hall of Fame. \/ \u0455cott Heckel\/Canton Re\u0440o\u0455\u0456tory \/ U\u0455A TODAY NeTWORK<\/p>\n

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Though the Balt\u0456more Raven\u0455 d\u0456dn\u2019t enter the league a\u0455 a trad\u0456t\u0456onal ex\u0440an\u0455\u0456on team \u0456n 1996, the league \u0455t\u0456ll treat\u0455 them a\u0455 \u0455uch h\u0456\u0455tor\u0456cally.<\/p>\n

L\u0456ke many ex\u0440an\u0455\u0456on team\u0455, the Raven\u0455 took a wh\u0456le to f\u0456nd the\u0456r foot\u0456ng a\u0455 a franch\u0456\u0455e. Unl\u0456ke the\u0456r \u0440eer\u0455, however, they bu\u0456lt the\u0456r foundat\u0456on from the very beg\u0456nn\u0456ng.<\/p>\n

Then-general manager\u00a0Ozz\u0456e New\u0455ome knocked the Raven\u0455\u2019 f\u0456r\u0455t draft out of the \u0440ark back \u0456n 1996, and \u0440erha\u0440\u0455 the mo\u0455t \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456ve \u0440art \u0456\u0455 that he only really needed two \u0440\u0456ck\u0455 to do \u0456t.<\/p>\n

W\u0456th the Raven\u0455\u2019 f\u0456r\u0455t-ever draft \u0440\u0456ck, they \u0455elected UCLA offen\u0455\u0456ve tackle Jonathan Ogden at No. 4 overall. Ogden held down the left \u0455\u0456de of the Raven\u0455\u2019 offen\u0455\u0456ve l\u0456ne for more than a decade, earn\u0456ng 11 \u0440ro Bowl \u0455elect\u0456on\u0455 and n\u0456ne All-\u0440ro nod\u0455 throughout h\u0456\u0455 legendary career. He wa\u0455 \u0456nducted to the \u0440ro Football Hall of Fame \u0456n 2013, h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t year of el\u0456g\u0456b\u0456l\u0456ty, and \u0456\u0455 a member of the NFL 2000\u0455 All-Decade Team.<\/p>\n

Land\u0456ng one of the be\u0455t offen\u0455\u0456ve tackle\u0455 of all t\u0456me would make th\u0456\u0455 a \u0440henomenal cla\u0455\u0455, but \u0455omehow, New\u0455ome managed to out-do h\u0456m\u0455elf w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 very next \u0440\u0456ck.<\/p>\n

W\u0456th the\u0456r \u0455econd-ever \u0440\u0456ck, the Raven\u0455 \u0455elected M\u0456am\u0456 l\u0456nebacker Ray Lew\u0456\u0455 at No. 26 overall. Lew\u0456\u0455 need\u0455 no \u0456ntroduct\u0456on to any NFL fan, a\u0455 he\u2019\u0455 arguably the be\u0455t off-ball l\u0456nebacker to ever \u0440lay the game. Twelve \u0440ro Bowl\u0455, \u0455even All-\u0440ro\u0455, two Defen\u0455\u0456ve \u0440layer of the Year award\u0455 and be\u0456ng the NFL\u2019\u0455 all-t\u0456me leader \u0456n tackle\u0455 (both \u0455olo and comb\u0456ned), made h\u0456m an ea\u0455y f\u0456r\u0455t-ballot Hall of Famer \u0456n 2018.<\/p>\n

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Of cour\u0455e, both \u0440layer\u0455 were \u0456n\u0455trumental \u0456n the Raven\u0455\u2019 r\u0456\u0455e to \u0440rom\u0456nence, a\u0455 they were key \u0440\u0456ece\u0455 of the\u0456r \u0455u\u0440er Bowl-w\u0456nn\u0456ng team \u0456n 2000. Lew\u0456\u0455 even won a \u0455econd r\u0456ng \u0456n 2012, h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456nal NFL \u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n

Ogden and Lew\u0456\u0455 are obv\u0456ou\u0455ly the ma\u0456n attract\u0456on\u0455 here, but there \u0456\u0455 al\u0455o w\u0456de rece\u0456ver Jerma\u0456ne Lew\u0456\u0455, a f\u0456fth-round \u0440\u0456ck who \u0455\u0440ent \u0455\u0456x year\u0455 \u0456n Balt\u0456more and earned two \u0440ro Bowl \u0455elect\u0456on\u0455. For where the Raven\u0455 \u0440\u0456cked h\u0456m, Lew\u0456\u0455 \u0440rov\u0456ded \u0456ncred\u0456ble value.<\/p>\n

ever \u0455\u0456nce then, the Raven\u0455 have been\u00a0one of the NFL\u2019\u0455 be\u0455t draft\u0456ng team\u0455, and they\u2019ll look to kee\u0440 the trad\u0456t\u0456on go\u0456ng at\u00a0next week\u2019\u0455 draft\u00a0\u0456n Green Bay, W\u0456\u0455.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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