The latest on Pro Football Hall of Fame inductions Saturday
in
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Chattanooga, Tennessee (all times local):10:30 p.m.With a passionate 33-minute
speech in which he strolled around the stage, ad libbed, praised and joked,
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Football Hall of Fame.One of the best linebackers and leaders the game has seen,
Lewis was the final man inducted of the seven class of 2018 members on hand. He
was preceeded by Randy Moss, Brian Dawkins, Brian Urlacher, Jerry Kramer, Robert
Brazile and Bobby Beathard.Terrell Owens was not in
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Chattanooga, Tennessee.¡°Tell me something can¡¯t be done is like pouring lighter
fluid on an open flame,¡± said Lewis, a two-time Defensive Player of the Year who
won a second Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens for the 2012 season ¡ª coming
back from a torn triceps ¡ª then retired. He was the MVP of the 2001 title
game.¡°I came back, and boy did I come back,¡± Lewis said. ¡°When you walk off the
last time with that
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impossible.¡±A first-year nominee, Lewis was selected 26th overall in the 1996
draft ¡ª what were other teams thinking? He wasn¡¯t even Baltimore first choice:
Jonathan Ogden was, and the big tackle made the Hall of Fame in 2013.His impact
was immediate, both on the field, in the locker room, and even in pregame
introductions
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alike. He and Ogden even did a short version on the stage.Lewis was the first
player with 40 sacks and 30 interceptions in a career. An eight-time All-Pro and
inside linebacker on the 2000s NFL All-Decade Team, he had a franchise-record
2,643 career tackles. The Dolphins pushed back at speculation they would part
ways with safety Reshad Jones this offseason and Jones remains on the roster,
although head coach Brian Flores suggested on Wednesday that he may not be back
in his familiar starting role.Jones has not been with the Dolphins for the
voluntary portions of the offseason program, but is expected to be with the team
for their mandatory minicamp next week. Flores was asked on Wednesday whether
Jones would return to the first team once he is back on the field.¡°I think
everybody¡¯s got to work to be a starter in this league, and on this team,¡±
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there¡¯s no sacred cow, not in this game. You¡¯ve got to earn what you get. That¡¯s
the case for everyone on the team. I¡¯ve said that over and over again.¡±Jones
balked at rotating with other safeties in a game against the Jets last season
and pulled himself out of the contest. That earned him a brief benching at the
start of Miami¡¯s next game, although that was a different coaching staff and it
remains to be seen how this group will handle any ruffled feathers.