TAMPA – Ever gracious in victory, Tony Siragusa looked over the media members repeatedly asking him to exhort the greatness of this Baltimore team in the ultimate moment of his athletic career and said:
“Anybody here who didn’t think Trent Dilfer could win a Super Bowl can kiss my butt.”
He then yelled over to the Baltimore quarterback and man of God seated at another podium in the interview room following the Ravens’ 34-7 victory in the Super Bowl last night.
“Hey, Trent! I know you can’t say what I just said, and God bless you,” said the Ravens’ mammoth defensive tackle. “Trent came back here to this town and proved this to everybody here who ever told him he’s no good.
“People downplay our offense but we have guys who want the ball. Guys like Shannon Sharpe. Hey, Shannon, how you doin’ over there? We are champions of the world!”
But what about the defense ,Tony?
“I guess I have to say it louder,” said Siragusa. “THIS IS THE BEST DEFENSE TO EVER PLAY THE GAME!
“[Coordinator] Marvin Lewis did a great job of making the game plan. He told us that he could plan any defense but we have to get the job done or it doesn’t matter. I hope he gets the next head coach’s job. We knew we were going to take whatever it took to win this game. We had something to prove to ourselves that we are deserving World Champions.
“I’m numb right now, I’m telling my wife, thank God I don’t have abs and am not good looking because all the chicks in the world want to be digging me right now.
“What do I do for an encore? I’m going to go home, my wife is going to cook me a nice dinner and I’m going to sit at the table for six or seven days. I went on a little diet for the last day or two. To top this off, my wife told me last night before I went to bed that we’re having another child.
“That gave me even more incentive to go out there and play great, because I’m expecting. Not me, my wife.
“I’m ready for another game next week. No, actually, I was thinking about unzipping my stomach and taking my liver out because I didn’t want to lift anything anymore. But I guess I’ll just settle for a couple of pops.”