Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis is one of the greatest to ever play the position. He is a First ballot Hall of Famer who won one Super Bowl with the Ravens. According to Eliot Wolf on a recent episode of The Adam Schefter Podcast, Ray Lewis was almost a member of the Green Bay Packers.
During the 1996 draft, the Packers had Ray Lewis on the phone and were ready to pick him at 27th overall. However, moments before they could, the Ravens selected Lewis pick 26. Patriots de facto GM Eliot Wolf was in the Packers war room that day and remembers it well.