Joe Flacco and Ray Lewis spent a lot of time together as teammates, but it appears that’s where their relationship ended after Lewis heavily critiqued Flacco's demeanor around his teammates Thursday.
"He's always isolating himself to go sit on the bench, never talking to anybody after a big play, bad play, whatever it is. Teammates figure out how to create this core that we all get along. Then there's a fact, right?” Lewis said on FS1's Speak For Yourself. “Some people will be co-workers, some people will be teammates, some people you may call friends. I call Joe Flacco a teammate; we won a Super Bowl together. What the Ravens have is a Steve Smith, is a Mike Wallace, is different personalities now that can make him rally because that's the only thing that can really bring him out of that.”
WEEK 11 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread
Apparently this isn’t the first time Flacco has heard this criticism. He addressed them on SiriusXM's Schein on Sports on Friday in his typical nonchalant fashion.
"It's something that I've always dealt with. It's my personality," Flacco said. "When things are going well, people are asking why it's a good thing. When things aren't going well, they want to question you and different parts of your game. I'm not going to sit here and talk too much about it. It is what it is. Ray can think what he thinks. I'm here to lead these guys, keep us on top and keep us moving forward."
The Ravens are currently 5-4, atop the AFC North.