SUPER BOWL XLIV - COLTS OT RYAN DIEM - Ingles

COLTS OT RYAN DIEM

(on the onside kick) “I think it was kind of a bold move but it worked out for them. There were a couple plays for them like that that just worked for them. They got the recovery on the outside and the two point conversion and they were able to make the play with the interception. I’ll be honest with you I did not see it coming. At that point in the game I did not expect them to do anything like that. The element of surprise got us. After we jumped out in the first quarter, we did not have many plays and did not complete the downs we needed.”

(on losing the Super Bowl) “It’s disappointing. We’ve been in those situations before and this year we have come back from being behind in the fourth quarter, and we’ve been very confident in those situations. It’s very disappointing that we did not get the job done.”

(on watching Peyton Manning) “I don’t know all of the stats or anything, but we did everything we could with what we had, and there were times when we did not complete third downs or there were times when we didn’t make the plays we needed to make.”

(on the Saints adjustments at halftime) “I couldn’t tell you what adjustments they made at half; I don’t think they did a whole lot different with their defense. It’s all about execution. ”

(how it felt to have a winning season and lose) “It was a pretty incredible season, to win 14 games in a row, but we are here to win the Super Bowl and we didn’t get it done.”

(on if the Saints were better than expected) We practiced everything we saw, they executed very well and they won a couple gambles that paid off for them. They are a great team and we knew that coming in. We practiced for all of the looks they presented us with and I don’t think there was something we haven’t seen. They got it done though.”