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Message: [QUOTE="KingOtis, post: 519035, member: 1599"] AFO and I are on the exact same page here. It's pretty obvious that Lewis is lying and the reason why all of this matters is twofold: 1) He was involved in two murders and we're supposed to believe that he rehabilitated himself. 2) He's seen as a great leader and a man of God. In the SI article, Mitch Ross describes in great detail the phone call he had with Lewis after Lewis tore his triceps. Ross claims he recorded the conversation and it would certainly help if the tape was released to the public. Even so, Lewis is on record admitting that the call took place and many of the details are similar with one exception: he says he asked only for the stickers, not the deer antler spray. Fast forward to media day. Lewis denies any involvement. He keeps bringing up a Yahoo story from two years ago, ignoring that he was interviewed (perhaps unwittingly) for the SI story. He uses the Lance Armstrong defense. Then he uses the Armstrong tactic of attacking the messenger. He even brings up the devil. It's simple. If he didn't do anything wrong, why is he lying about it? We know the conversation between he and Ross took place. We know that - at the very least - he asked for the stickers. We know he admitted as much to SI. Yet he's denying all of this, instead referencing the Yahoo story over and over. And if he didn't do anything wrong, why is he acting like Armstrong? Saying you never failed a test ad nauseum means nothing, especially when the NFL doesn't currently have a test that would detect banned substances like HGH and deer antler spray. Attacking Ross - who I'll concede is probably worthy of such vitriol - is an obvious attempt to deflect. And then there's the aspect of religion. If I was a religious person - and I'm not - I would be offended that Lewis would use God and the devil as a defense mechanism in this situation. Forget the fact that Lewis wants us to believe that God cares about how he - someone who was involved in a double murder - performs on the football field. Now he wants us to believe that the devil is trying to stir things up before his final game? And we know he's associated with this "devil" in the past. It's obnoxious. Bottom line, I don't think Lewis has changed very much since that Super Bowl party in 2000. He's still trying to cover up a "crime." His initial instinct in a bad situation remains the same: lie. All that stuff about being a leader, all that stuff about being a man of God...it's an act. He's a phony. He has one thing right, though. This is destiny. He's going to get exactly what he deserves: an ass-kicking from the Niners and the public humiliation (from the game and this story) that will follow. The Lord works in mysterious ways indeed. [/QUOTE]

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