Guess who it's rumored to have given the Bills a pep talk in their hotel Sunday night? Hint: he works for ESPN.
Lewis’ obvious connection to Buffalo is to their head coach, Rex Ryan. Ryan coached in Baltimore for a decade, including as the defensive coordinator for four years. Lewis was around for all of it, and the two shared a special bond that went beyond football.
So there’s no hiding that Lewis has some bias toward Ryan, just like Lewis has for the Ravens anytime he’s an analyst for one their games. It’s just like commentators Tedy Bruschi, Willie McGinest and Heath Evans have a rooting interest for the Patriots:
“There are conflicts of interest every day in sports announcing — the coach calling his brother’s game, the coach calling his former team’s game, the coach calling the game of a team he’d like to coach, the wife of a tennis player’s agent analyzing other players on Tour, a tennis coach commenting on his pupil’s next opponent and basically everything that happens on NFL pregame shows,” wrote USAToday’s Chris Chase.