When it was over, Dickson became the second-ever Australian player to play in and win a Super Bowl. As he was entering the postgame press conference, Dickson was wrapping up a celebratory conversation on FaceTime with his closest friends back home.
“It’s surreal,” he said. “All my boys back in Sydney were watching the game. They’re all pumped.”
Dickson, who rounded into prime form at the University of Texas, was named to the Seahawks’ 50th anniversary all-time team this season, He was able to hold dangerous Patriots returner Marcus Jones to just two returns that did not even total five yards.
“The main thing he was doing was he had a good punt toward the sideline, or it was just high up, so I had to fair catch,” Jones said.
Dickson added that he welcomed the support of the fans who realized and praised his efforts in the franchise’s second Super Bowl triumph.
“I’m glad you guys can appreciate some punts,” he said, addressing the 12s through the media. “Sometimes it’s a position that gets overlooked.”
Kickers and punters sometimes live in an NFL world where outsiders often believe they are separated from the realm of the regular position players. But both Myers and Dickson said that their teammates don’t treat them any differently and have made them feel like integral parts of a Super Bowl team that will live forever in franchise lore.
We’re going to be 60 years old and doing reunions and stuff, and I’m so happy to be doing it with this group,” Dickson said. “We’re so lucky that we’re this close and get to share a ring together.”
Again, Myers said that while it might come off as just another sound bite, he truly felt like an inner circle member of the Super Bowl 60 champions this season.
“It feels weird how many times you say it, how close this team is. You think you’re just forcing that, and saying that, but honestly, since April, this team has been extremely tight. That really carried us through the entire year,” Myers said. “We do a lot of off-field stuff together. There’s no egos on this team.”
One of those teammates that plays a very important part in the success of Dickson and Myers is third-year long snapper Chris Stoll, who also went undrafted and has emerged as a highly valuable special teams core player.
“Stollie, he’s the best in the world,” Dickson said. “Some of the snaps today, they felt like a video game. They came out so perfectly.”
So now Myers and Dickson will always and eternally be known as Super Bowl champions. So had the feeling of getting ready to slip a championship ring on sunk in during the postgame? And how do they intend to celebrate?
“It still doesn’t feel real,” Myers said. I think in a couple of weeks when I go home and see my family and friends, maybe it will settle in a little bit more. Watching the brothers that you put so much work in together succeed and make it to this spot in life, it’s an amazing feeling.”
Dickson had a simple way to let the championship aura wrap around him after the win.
“If we just spent three days in the locker room and hung out, I’d be happy to do that,” Dickson said. “I’m so lucky to get to experience this. As a human, to get to experience this type of feeling, not many people get it, so I’m super grateful.”