Browns QB Jake Delhomme, who was praising the Bucs defense on a conference call with Tampa Bay media Wednesday, got caught off guard when Bucs coach Raheem Morris took the microphone and asked a question.

Morris had entered the media room after practice, on the way to his own interview session.

“Hey Jake, did you really mean anything you just said there - this is coach Morris. Or are you just faking it for all my writers here, buddy?”

A shocked Delhomme laughed before quipping back: 

“I meant everything I just said. I’m not just saying that. There’s enough hot air out there. It’s the absolute truth. I’ve been watching you on the sideline, I see you on film. You get in there now.”

Morris laughed, picked up the microphone again and said, "Good talking to you, Jake."

- JOE SMITH

joesmith@sptimes.com