Music: {allcanada} LIONS' BANKS CALLS STAMPS' LEWIS AN IDIOT FOR TWITTER REMARKS

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

{allcanada} LIONS' BANKS CALLS STAMPS' LEWIS AN IDIOT FOR TWITTER REMARKS

SURREY, B.C. -- B.C. Lions defensive back Korey Banks doesn't need Twitter to get his message across.

The sharp-tongued Banks didn't hesitate to give his opinion of Nik Lewis and some of the messages the Calgary Stampeders receiver recently sent on his Twitter account.

"First of all, Nik Lewis is an idiot," Banks snapped after the Lions practised Wednesday for their game this weekend against Calgary. "I ain't scared to say it.

"Football is played between the lines. It's not played with your fingers and a computer."

Banks wasn't happy with a tweet Lewis sent during the Lions loss last week to the Edmonton Eskimos.

"Does anyone in B.C.'s defensive backfield hit anybody above the knees," Lewis wrote.

Banks had an easy solution to Lewis's concerns.

"If you don't want to get hit low, be a quarterback," Banks said.

"What it means is, he's 230 pounds and he wants you to hit him head up I guess. Where do you do that? No where.

"There is no limitation where you can hit people at when they get the ball. It's a waste of breath for him to say that."

Lewis, who is listed at 205 pounds, has 31 catches for 421 yards and three touchdowns as the Stampeders have leaped out to a 4-1 record this season.

That doesn't impress Banks.

"When guys have a little success they tend to feel themselves," said the 190-pound, seven-year veteran who has 17 tackles and two forced fumbles for the 1-4 Lions.

"Did he have anything to say last year when he didn't have any catches around this time, no touchdowns? No."

Asked about facing Lewis on Saturday, Banks shrugged.

"I'm not scared of him," he said.