Analyst Boomer Esiason, who called the game for ABC, shared his thoughts on Super Bowl XXXIV with ESPN.com:
The MVP story continues. Two in one season for Rams quarterback Kurt Warner is incredible.
This is the way a Super Bowl should end. One yard to go, you have a chance to win, but just
can't get in. Linebacker Mike Jones
made a great tackle for the Rams. It
was a tremendous game and an
honor to call it because everybody
left everything out on the field. Even
though the Titans lost this game,
they played like champions and
could have easily won this game.
This has to go down as one of the
greatest Super Bowls ever because of the way it ended and the
way the Rams took the lead. Tennessee was battling the whole
time, tied the score, and the next thing you know Warner
throws a wonderful pass in the face of pressure. Jevon Kearse
almost got to him. Warner delivered the ball accurately and Isaac Bruce took over and made a great play.
That's the way a
storybook season ends for a storybook character like Warner.
Many people have said he is the next Johnny Unitas, but I don't
know that Johnny U. ever put up numbers like this in a season
or a Super Bowl.
I liked the Titans' call on the last play of the game. The openings would
be underneath. It would be very difficult to get an opening in the
end zone. The Titans wanted the ball in the hands of one of their
best runners and hope he makes a play. It just so happens that
Kevin Dyson had to break a tackle of a linebacker as
opposed to a corner or a safety. It's just one player making a
play against another player. Unfortunately for the Titans, it didn't
work out, but it's a great story for Jones and the Rams.
I said throughout the first half that the Tennessee Titans should
keep giving the ball to running back Eddie George. The game
plan was to give the ball to George and let him pound
away at the line of scrimmage, but he never had the opportunity
to get any rhythm whatsoever. When momentum started to
switch in the second half, George took over the game. Once
George started running the football, quarterback Steve McNair
started making plays. McNair looked more comfortable and
brought them back into the game.