LORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Ray Lewis is thrilled that Darrelle Revis is back with the New York Jets.
This way, the linebacker said, his Baltimore Ravens won't have to hear any nonsense if they beat the Jets on Monday night.
"I'm just glad he is signed, so there are no excuses," Lewis said in a conference call with New York media Thursday. "Don't come and say, 'Oh, we didn't have Revis.' Have everybody you need to have. ... Stack your deck and let's play football.
"If you need to put it in your locker room," Jets coach Rex Ryan said, "then go for it."
Revis signed a four-year contract Monday, ending his 36-day holdout and rejoining his Jets teammates. He will be on the field against the Ravens when the Jets play their first regular-season game at the New Meadowlands Stadium.
"I'd just tell Ray that that's a good quote and we'll see him Monday night," Revis said with a huge smile. "And he can't do his dance either because it isn't his home turf. Just tell him that."
Ryan coached Lewis for several years as an assistant with the Ravens, and they won a Super Bowl together in 2001. Ryan jokingly said Tuesday that maybe he'd spell Revis to give the Ravens "hope that he's not out there."
"The only hope I'm looking for is in God," Lewis said. "That's it. I don't look for any hope (elsewhere). Darrelle Revis puts his pants on one leg at a time. He's not a machine. He's a simple man, and he has to deal with everything that we're willing to bring to the table."
Revis was a full participant at practice Thursday, with Ryan taking him out just for a few plays.
"Hopefully, his 36-day layoff didn't hurt him," Lewis said of Revis. "When you talk about giving us hope, we don't need hope. You all bring your own hope. We have enough hope over here. We're packing our bags. We're not packing our bags to play water polo. We're packing our bags to come play football."
Ryan, who was close to Lewis and even tried to recruit him to come to the Jets when he became coach, was amused by the comments.
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