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The spirit is willing. But the foot is weak.

Despite a belief that Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis would try to play against the Bengals with a bad wheel, Warren Sapp of NFL Network reports that Lewis has advised his former University of Miami teammate that Lewis will not play.

The next question is whether Lewis will be able to play in four days, when the Ravens host the 49ers. If he can’t, then the question becomes whether those rumors that Lewis is done for the season are accurate.