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ArticleRavens news: Ray Lewis almost brought Peyton Manning to Baltimore
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I was literally 30 seconds away from Peyton Manning saying yes to come to Baltimore. We sat in Hawaii, we were sitting at the bar, and we stayed there for hours, and I'm saying, 'look, if I put you on one side, you leave me on the other side, and me and you go at this thing together…' I sold him, I sold him, I sold him, I sold him. Then at the last minute, he ended up staying home.
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Ray Lewis nearly convinced Peyton Manning to join Ravens in Hawaii Pro Bowl pitch.

Ray Lewis revealed in a PBD Podcast interview that he nearly recruited Manning to Baltimore during a Pro Bowl trip to Hawaii, sitting at a bar for hours pitching a partnership: 'if I put you on one side, you leave me on the other side, and me and you go at this thing together.' Lewis said he 'sold him, I sold him, I sold him, I sold him,' but Manning ultimately declined and stayed with his current team. The conversation likely occurred in 2004 (when Manning was tagged by Indianapolis before signing a seven-year, $98 million extension) or possibly 2010 (when Manning entered a contract year), though the exact timing remains unclear.

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