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The other, other, other Lewis Jermaine often took back seat to Ray, Jamal and Marvin
Updated: Monday January 29, 2001 3:36 AM
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- The New York Giants had just scored on Ron Dixon's kickoff return, and Jermaine Lewis lined up near his own goal line with the sole intention of doing the exact same thing. "I was like, `Oh, he got another touchdown!' You know he got one in their first playoff game," Lewis said. "So I was like, `I got to come back and get me one.'" And that he did. Lewis returned the ensuing kickoff 84 yards, countering Dixon's score and sending the Baltimore Ravens on their way to a 34-7 Super Bowl victory. Ray Lewis, Offensive Rookie of the Year runner-up Jamal Lewis and defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis. This frequently forced the fifth-year wide receiver/return man into the position of being only the fourth most famous man on the Ravens with the last name of Lewis. Lewis didn't return kickoffs for Baltimore this season until the playoffs, leaving that chore to Corey Harris while handling most of the punts. But Lewis took a crack at it Sunday -- and for the first time in his career, took one back for a touchdown. "I think the during the playoffs, you just try to get good field position and so you put all your weapons out there," Lewis said. "Really, I volunteered to get on there." The touchdown couldn't have come at a better time. Dixon's 97-yard return gave the Giants hope, enabled them to close to 17-7 with 3:31 left in the third quarter. "It's something to get a good return, but it's another thing to finish it," Lewis said. "That's what I wanted to do." Eighteen seconds later, after Lewis danced his way down the right sideline for a score, New York was finished. "That was a like a dagger in their heart," Lewis said. "That kind of broke their back," Ravens wide receiver Brandon Stokley added. As he neared the end zone, Lewis pointed skyward. It was a signal toward the heavens to his deceased son, who was delivered stillborn in December. "I wanted to put everything in order and just move on," Lewis said. "All I know is that he's looking out for me. This is closure."
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