Light, Faulk as honorary captains: Nobody more fired up

FOXBORO -- The Patriots announced Thursday that former running back Kevin Faulk and left tackle Matt Light would serve as honorary captains for Sunday's AFC Championship game against the Ravens. Media availability for both was held the following day. 
The pair stepped before the podium after a brief introduction by Robert Kraft. 
Big as he is, Light could hardly contain his good humor. 
"As a fan I've never seen anything but a win at Gillette Stadium. Besides what some of you know is a guy who isn't the biggest sports fan off the field, there's nobody that's going to be in this stadium that's going to be more fired up for this one than this guy right here," he boomed. "And, secondly, the guy that's getting the honor alongside me right here, Kevin Faulk if there's one guy I'd want to walk out on the field one more time with, it'd be the guy who did it on third down, and every time he touched the field I felt better at my position.
"It's just an awesome thing to be back here, to be alongside Kevin Faulk, to have the Kraft family honor us in this way, to share in this special moment at this time of the year when everybody is amped up, is just truly a blessing."
Faulk was asked if the Patriots postseason run, happening just three months after he officially retired, is a mixed blessing. Of course he's thrilled for the team's success, but is it bittersweet to watch from the outside? 
"I don't know if it's a blessing or what," Faulk laughed ruefully. "It's a good thing in a way, but as a competitor, you want to be out there because you just left the locker room, you've just been with all these guys. Like last week, to see the excitement on Shane Vereen's face after the game that he had that's what I miss. And I know that's what Matt misses, too. I miss going in the locker room after a game like that when a guy I spent the whole year in the meeting room with has a game that really boosts his confidence for, probably, the rest of his career."
Light agreed, noting how much he respected the commitment and drive of his former teammates.
"Everybody talks about the system and everything else, but you have to have individuals that are really better than anybody else to make that work. You have to have the top. And I'm not saying they're better than everyone in the league, but you have to have people that really understand what it means to be selfless, and spend a lot of time working and never be satisfied. And that's one of the things I miss the most from my playing days because that's hard to find in the real world."
But though both admitted feeling nostalgic, Light made it clear he's not itching to suit up on Sunday. He's perfectly content to support New England from his seat in the stands. 
"I'd probably make it through the warmup. About that time I'd probably fall out," Light joked before sharing his answer. "I'd just be crazy to think that any former Patriot, any guy that's spent any time in this organization knows what it's like to be here, to not just be overly excited for this opportunity, and what these guys are going through, and all the work that that they've put into it."