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2/9/2010 Drew Brees, QB (NO) The Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints are celebrating Mardi Gras-style. Brees and other players were throwing beads into the crowds as confetti floated in the air. One float carried an oversized replica of the Super Bowl trophy.

Analysis: Carnival floats carrying players, coaches and team owner Tom Benson started rolling through downtown New Orleans for a victory parade Tuesday. Brees was named game MVP as the Saints' 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts capped just the ninth winning season in the team's 43-year history.
2/9/2010 Steven Jackson, RB (StL) Jackson won't face criminal charges over allegations that he beat a girlfriend who was nine months pregnant with the couple's child at his Las Vegas home last year, a police spokeswoman said Tuesday. Investigators found insufficient evidence that Jackson, 26, attacked Supriya Harris of Mableton, Ga., in March 2009, Las Vegas police Officer Barbara Morgan said.

Analysis: Morgan said the case will be closed, and that records relating to the investigation would not immediately be released. ``Our investigation is complete,'' said Morgan, a department spokeswoman. ``I don't think the time passage was a factor here. We contacted the victim, the accused and witnesses. There's insufficient evidence to go forward with the case.'' Jackson issued a statement Jan. 28 through one of his agents calling the accusations ``untrue'' and ``hurtful.''
2/9/2010 Matt Hasselbeck, QB (Sea) Seahawks new offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates says Hasselbeck ``has been incredible'' learning his new system.

Analysis: A revival for Hasselbeck is quite possible since he's the most experienced quarterback in the NFC West with Kurt Warner having retired. If Hasselbeck has truly picked up this system like Bates claims, the sky is the limit for the Seahawks' offense.
2/9/2010 Julius Peppers, DE (Car) Peppers no longer wants a long-term contract with Carolina, saying the Panthers have ignored him this offseason. In an interview aired Tuesday morning on Charlotte radio station WFNZ-AM, the five-time Pro Bowl defensive end indicated he's irritated by the team's ``silence'' and has changed his stance on whether he wants to continue his career in Carolina.

Analysis: While agent Carl Carey said last week he believes the Panthers aren't interested in retaining Peppers, Carolina's career sacks leader, team officials haven't announced their plans for the impending free agent. General manager Marty Hurney didn't immediately return a phone message Tuesday. ``How can you say you want to be somewhere when you're not really sure if they want you there because they're not even talking to you?'' Peppers said.
2/8/2010 Marlin Jackson, CB (Ind) The Colts think Jackson, their 2005 first-round pick, will return after tearing an ACL for the second straight season.

Analysis: In 2008, it was Jackson's right knee. This season, it was his left.
2/8/2010 Peyton Manning, QB (Ind) One bad pass by Manning hasn't cost the Indianapolis Colts any cachet. Manning and the Colts are favored to win next year's Super Bowl, according to odds released Monday by BetUS.com.

Analysis: Indianapolis is a 7-1 favorite to take home the NFL championship, followed by the Chargers (8-1), Saints (9-1) and the Patriots (10-1).
2/8/2010 Dwight Freeney, DE (Ind) Freeney had the lone sack of the Super Bowl in a 31-17 loss to the Saints on Sunday.

Analysis: Freeney had been listed as questionable all week. But he worked out on the field less than two hours before kickoff at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens and was active.
2/8/2010 Drew Brees, QB (NO) Brees turned to his wife when he woke up and asked: "Did yesterday really happen?" The Saints and their fans awoke Monday to the realization that the once lovable losers from New Orleans were Super Bowl champions for the first time in the club's 43-year history after Sunday's 31-17 triumph over the Indianapolis Colts.

Analysis: Brees earned MVP honors, and talked about the game at Monday morning's news conference at the convention center in Fort Lauderdale. "I'm not sure if it's completely sunk in yet," Brees said. "It seems like as the minutes go by, it slowly does.Our victory last night was the culmination of four years of hard work, fighting through a lot of adversity, ups and downs and more importantly than that, representing a city that has been through so much."
2/8/2010 Tracy Porter, CB (NO) Porter picked off a pass by Peyton Manning and ran it back 74 yards for the clinching score in a 31-17 win over the Colts in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Analysis: The Indiana University product broke the hearts of fans in the state where he went to college by coming up with the lone turnover of the Super Bowl. "We weren't the Aints," Porter said. "We were a team of destiny, a team that can make big plays."
2/8/2010 Garrett Hartley, K (NO) Hartley became the first kicker to make three field goals over 40 yards long in a 31-17 win over the Colts in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Analysis: Hartley also perfectly executed an onside kick at the start of the second half that the Saints recovered. That led to a touchdown and a 13-10 lead - New Orleans' first of the game.
2/8/2010 Marques Colston, WR (NO) Colston had seven catches for 83 yards in a 31-17 win over the Colts in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Analysis: Colston finished with 15 catches for 188 yards in the postseason.
2/8/2010 Devery Henderson, WR (NO) Henderson had seven catches for 63 yards in a 31-17 win over the Colts in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Analysis: Henderson finished with 15 catches for 182 yards in the postseason.
2/8/2010 Reggie Bush, RB (NO) Bush rushed five times for 25 yards and had four catches for 38 yards in a 31-17 win over the Colts in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Analysis: Bush finished with 117 yards rushing on 17 carries and 10 catches for 95 yards in the postseason.
2/8/2010 Pierre Thomas, RB (NO) Thomas rushed nine times for 30 yards and had six catches for 55 yards and one TD in a 31-17 win over the Colts in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Analysis: Thomas finished with 143 yards rushing on 36 carries and 12 catches for 111 yards in the postseason.
2/8/2010 Joseph Addai, RB (Ind) Addai rushed 13 times for 77 yards and one TD and had seven catches for 58 yards in a 31-17 loss to the Saints in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Analysis: Addai finished with 180 yards rushing on 40 carries and 11 catches for 85 yards in the postseason.
2/8/2010 Austin Collie, WR (Ind) Collie had six catches for 66 yards in a 31-17 loss to the Saints in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Analysis: Collie finished with 17 catches for 241 yards in the postseason.
2/8/2010 Pierre Garcon, WR (Ind) Garcon had five catches for 66 yards and a TD in a 31-17 loss to the Saints in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Analysis: Garcon finished with 21 catches for 251 yards in the postseason.
2/8/2010 Reggie Wayne, WR (Ind) Wayne had five catches for 46 yards in a 31-17 loss to the Saints in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Analysis: Wayne finished with 16 catches for 164 yards in the postseason.
2/8/2010 Dallas Clark, TE (Ind) Clark had seven catches for 86 yards in a 31-17 loss to the Saints in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Analysis: Clark finished with 18 catches and 180 yards in the postseason.
2/8/2010 Peyton Manning, QB (Ind) Manning completed 31 of 45 passes for 333 yards, one TD and one INT in a 31-17 loss to the Saints in the Super Bowl on Sunday. Tracy Porter intercepted a Manning pass and returned it 74 yards for a clinching score.

Analysis: Manning's career record in Super Bowls dropped to 1-1. "It's certainly disappointing. Very disappointed. Disappointed," Manning said. The 33-year-old Manning was MVP of the Colts' victory in the Super Bowl on the very same field three years ago, and was a good bet to win the trophy once more. Instead, the night finished the same way his final college game at Tennessee ended _ a bruising loss to Nebraska, also on this field.
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