The man they call T-Sizzle is apparently unwilling to say the name of the guy he’s playing against Monday night.
Via Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com, Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs expressed the appropriate respect for Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, but at no point in an interview yesterday did he actually use the words “Tom Brady.”
When asked about Tom Brady becoming the winningest quarterback in league history last week, he replied: “He’s pretty good. Like I said, wins are wins and numbers are numbers. Numbers don’t lie. He’s pretty good.”
Asked if he didn’t want to talk about Tom Brady, he replied: “I’m like Marshawn Lynch. I know why I’m here. It’s a big game this week. We’re playing a good team. It’s going to be fun.”
Asked if he wasn’t going to say Tom Brady’s name, Suggs said: “I mean, it’s going to be fun. We’re going to have fun. It’s going to be an interesting game. We accept the challenge.”
Suggs has taken to referring to Brady as the “quarterback from New England” or “the pretty boy from up north” in recent years. But he understands the place the Patriots occupy in the football world.
“I mean, how many Super Bowls do they got? They got, like, four or five and played in, like, six or seven,” Suggs said. “You can’t do nothing but respect that. Wins are wins and championships are championships.”
Even if you won’t say Tom Brady.
Tom Brady. Tom Brady. Tom Brady.