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I actually think he's going to have a huge season. Not really because of what he presents, but what everyone else around him is going to do. This year Boller is going to have a bigger year now that he has a receiver to throw it to. Last year Boller didn't have Lewis, Heap, or any solid receiver. This year with the addition of Desmond Mason, the whole offense will be improved and Lewis will reap the benefits.

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anyone else think hes headed for a down season? Rather than work out in the offseason, hes been in jail, anyone else think he'll come in out of shape?

I thought the same thing at first, especially since I made the mistake of drafting him last year.

I have changed my mind. Lewis, imo, will have a monster year.

I read that shortly after transferring to a halfway house, he was allowed to work out. The man had 12 hour work out sessions.

Twelve f'in hours.

Have you seen him recently? The man looks like Adonis. Atlas. Not only is he big, but shredded. Phenomenal shape. He is also very rested and now has Derrick Mason and Mark Clayton to take the pressure off.

If you're in a FF league, take him. Others will pass over him, but he should be available somewhere in the 9-12 pick range. Do not make the mistake of passing him over. I think too many people are reading into his off season stuff.

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I thought the same thing at first, especially since I made the mistake of drafting him last year.

I have changed my mind. Lewis, imo, will have a monster year.

I read that shortly after transferring to a halfway house, he was allowed to work out. The man had 12 hour work out sessions.

Twelve f'in hours.

Have you seen him recently? The man looks like Adonis. Atlas. Not only is he big, but shredded. Phenomenal shape. He is also very rested and now has Derrick Mason and Mark Clayton to take the pressure off.

If you're in a FF league, take him. Others will pass over him, but he should be available somewhere in the 9-12 pick range. Do not make the mistake of passing him over. I think too many people are reading into his off season stuff.

I agree. Not only is he in shape...he's fresh and well rested.

I expect a huge yr from him.

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I thought the same thing at first, especially since I made the mistake of drafting him last year.

I have changed my mind. Lewis, imo, will have a monster year.

I read that shortly after transferring to a halfway house, he was allowed to work out. The man had 12 hour work out sessions.

Twelve f'in hours.

Have you seen him recently? The man looks like Adonis. Atlas. Not only is he big, but shredded. Phenomenal shape. He is also very rested and now has Derrick Mason and Mark Clayton to take the pressure off.

If you're in a FF league, take him. Others will pass over him, but he should be available somewhere in the 9-12 pick range. Do not make the mistake of passing him over. I think too many people are reading into his off season stuff.

12 hours?? Are you even allowed to do that? #-o I'm not a gym rat but 12 hours sounds a like a lot of time to be working out.

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Read this...

http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/BAL/8720954

Jamal Lewis returns to Ravens camp

NFL.com wire reports

WESTMINSTER, Md. (Aug. 9, 2005) -- It's the little things that Jamal Lewis missed the most while serving time in a federal prison.

"You learn to value every day what you have," the running back said on his first day back with the Baltimore Ravens. "Driving a car, eating good food. Things like that. When you're out here on the street, you don't think about those things."

Lewis spent four months in a federal prison, then two months in a halfway house, after pleading guilty to charges he used a cell phone in 2000 to arrange a drug deal for a friend.

His offseason consisted of working in the prison tool shop, lifting weights and counting down the days before he could be free again. Compared to that regimented existence, practicing twice a day in the grueling August heat is a welcome chore.

"I'm back doing what I like to do, doing what I do best," he said. "I'm not a bad person. It's just me moving forward. I'm not looking back on the past and the things I just went through. My next step is really just prove people wrong, the people that doubt me and think I'm not in the shape I'm supposed to be."

Except for a tender right ankle, Lewis is in excellent condition. He weighs around 240 pounds, about five pounds less than his listed weight in the media guide, and appears fit enough to plow through a couple linebackers.

It is not by accident. His stay in the halfway house was designed to prepare him for his day job. He woke up at 7 a.m. and worked out in a gym up to 12 hours a day.

"In my case, it was just the last part of my incarceration. They let me get in shape and get ready for the season," he said. "Basically you just go to work, and my job was to go work out and get ready for my job here."

Lewis is expected to put on pads and practice with the Ravens for the first time Aug. 10. After running on his own, he spoke for 12 minutes in front of a half-dozen TV cameras and more than a dozen microphones.

He tried to mask his bitterness toward a court case that ruined his offseason and last year earned him a two-game suspension. But Lewis couldn't disguise his feelings completely, especially considering the government waited nearly five years to take action against him.

"It was just a case of I was a high-profile guy and somebody just wanted to pull on me a little bit," he said. "The statute of limitations was coming up, it was the brink of a great season, things were looking up, so hey, you just put it together."

Lewis ran for only 1,006 yards last season, less than half the amount he amassed in 2003, when he won the NFL rushing title with 2,066 yards -- the second-highest total in league history. He was selected to play in the Pro Bowl for the first time and was voted Offensive Player of the Year.

Last year, he had only four 100-yard games, including 186 against Cincinnati and 116 against Washington before the suspension. Three weeks after his return, Lewis sprained his right ankle after getting only two carries in a Nov. 21 game against Dallas.

But he has put the 2004 season, and the miserable months that followed, behind him.

"I can only imagine how he must feel without that shadow, without that burden hanging over him," Ravens coach Brian Billick said. "Just look in his eyes. I've never seen him more vibrant. There's more sparkle in his eyes, more energy."

Lewis' debt to society is not quite complete. He still has around 500 hours of community service to do in Atlanta.

"This is kind of a slight intermission. Just a breaking point," he said.

But the worst is behind him.

"You all think it's just been hanging over my head for the last season," Lewis said. "It's been hanging over my head for the last five seasons. It's just a relief and a great weight off my back, so I can move forward. If I could accomplish what I did over the last five years under those circumstances, hopefully there are better years to come."

AP NEWS

The Associated Press News Service

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At the beginning of every season, every player is going to have a "Monster Year." Of course, we all know that that does not happen.

I don't think he is going to have a monster year. I think that every defense is going to put 8 in the box and stuff the run just waiting to see if Kyle and throw the ball.

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