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We've previously pointed out that Broncos quarterback TimTebow could spark contempt and resentment in an NFL locker room.  Recentcomments from Ravens linebacker RayLewis hone in on one of the specific potential sources for the hard feelingsplayers may have for Tebow.

That Tebow is somehow better or more worthythan the rest of them.

Asked by ESPN Radio's Colin Cowherd whether Lewiswas shocked by the media attention on the Tebow story prior to the draft, Lewissaid (via NFL.com), "The thing I was more shocked by is you see allthe people who were willing to help him.  I don't know many people who werewilling to help other athletes like that.  Jon Gruden loved him to death.  Yousee all these people who took out their personal time to really work with himand make this big issue, big issue, big issue.  I don't know why he was anydifferent than anyone else.  Every young child has that dream, that same dreamthat Tebow had.  So I don't know why he was bigger . . . than any of the otherguys.

"He went to a big program, and, yes, he might be a favorableperson, but nobody else in the league, definitely not veteran players, seethemselves differently than any other player."

Though Lewis stopped shortof saying that this will make Tebow a target of opposing defenders (the Broncosplay at Baltimore on October 10), Tebow's bigger concern should be ironing outany hard feelings that may arise in his own locker room, where others may not bethrilled by the budding love affair between Tebow and the fan base and/or Tebowand the head coach, who proclaimed this week that Tebow hasthe "it" factor.

Again, it all comes down to how Tebow handleshimself.  And though others might see Tebow "differently than any other player,"we don't believe Tebow carries himself in a way that suggests that he seeshimself differently.  And we think that if Tebow handles himself the way healways has, he'll win his teammates over and, in time, his foes.