Michael82
07-23-2003, 08:12 AM
Ravens rookies need to be on alert.
Besides dealing with the normal training camp hazing from current players, rookies can expect a fair share of verbal abuse from one of the most outspoken Ravens of all time.
Defensive tackle Tony Siragusa, who retired from football at the end of the 2001 season after five years with the Ravens, will join the team's preseason television crew as an analyst. Siragusa will work with play-by-play announcer Dick Stockton and Daryl Johnston for all four preseason games, the first of which is Aug. 9 at M&T Bank Stadium against the Buffalo Bills.
"I'm not going to rip my own players, guys that I played with," Siragusa said. "But I'll definitely rip the other guys, rookies and all.
"It is a big change because I don't like critiquing other guys, where they mess up and I might see it and others may not." MORE... (http://www.sunspot.net/sports/football/bal-sp.siragusa23jul23,0,5505309.story?coll=bal-sports-football)
Besides dealing with the normal training camp hazing from current players, rookies can expect a fair share of verbal abuse from one of the most outspoken Ravens of all time.
Defensive tackle Tony Siragusa, who retired from football at the end of the 2001 season after five years with the Ravens, will join the team's preseason television crew as an analyst. Siragusa will work with play-by-play announcer Dick Stockton and Daryl Johnston for all four preseason games, the first of which is Aug. 9 at M&T Bank Stadium against the Buffalo Bills.
"I'm not going to rip my own players, guys that I played with," Siragusa said. "But I'll definitely rip the other guys, rookies and all.
"It is a big change because I don't like critiquing other guys, where they mess up and I might see it and others may not." MORE... (http://www.sunspot.net/sports/football/bal-sp.siragusa23jul23,0,5505309.story?coll=bal-sports-football)