Baltimore Raven linebacker and media darling Ray Lewis, makes an ass of himself again. He claims that if the NFL lockout continues, there will be a crime wave. You read that correctly. He claims many people depend on the NFL and will go violent if they don’t get their games.

On ESPN’s “Sportscenter” on Sunday night in an interview with Sal Paolantonio, Lewis — who was referred to as one of the three most influential players in the NFL, along with the Indianapolis Colts’ Peyton Manning and the New England Patriots’ Tom Brady — addressed the possibility of a canceled 2011 NFL season. The main threat according to Lewis? Pride.

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Lewis said a lockout would impact more than just NFL players.

“What we’re going through right now, we’re affecting way more than us,” he said. “Too many people live through us. People live through us. Walk in the streets the way I walk in the streets.”

And according to Lewis, one of the major results of lockout would be an increase of evil, which he says will come in the form of more crime.

Ray Lewis is threatening violence if there’s no NFL season. This really will win sympathy for the players side in this dispute. He should stick to Old Spice commercials.