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Super Bowl XLI: Bears vs. Colts(-7)

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Bears offense fumbles, falters
Grossman?s slip-ups make biggest ripple in sea of ineptitude
Monday, February 05, 2007
Jason La Canfora
THE WASHINGTON POST
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Bears quarterback Rex Grossman bobbles a snap for one of his two fumbles against the Colts.
MIAMI ? Rex Grossman grasped desperately for the slick football on the soggy turf, with the Chicago Bears offense entangled in a quagmire and a drive meeting its ugly demise. It was a moment that captured Grossman?s evening, and one of several images that will haunt his offseason.
 
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Manning deserved the MVP. He had by far the most pressure on him than any other 3 players on the field combined. If he would have played an outstanding game, and lost, he would have probably been blamed for not winning. He played a solid game, controlled the offense and the hype, and led his team to victory. The RBs played great, but the defense definitely respected Manning and the receivers the whole game to open them up.
 
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MVP = Most Valuable Player. It is not necessarily the player who statistically has the best game. I think it was appropriate to recognize the importance Manning has to that team and their ability to win. He is far more valuable to that team than any other player.
 
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Peyton is the MVP.

However, if I had to choose a RB, that would be a tough task. Can I choose Rhodes, when Addai also had a monster gain? Rhodes had 36 more rushing yds & a td, but Addai turned in 10 catches for 66 yds.
 
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jwinslow;740710; said:
Peyton is the MVP.

However, if I had to choose a RB, that would be a tough task. Can I choose Rhodes, when Addai also had a monster gain? Rhodes had 36 more rushing yds & a td, but Addai turned in 10 catches for 66 yds.
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If you were going to go RB, I thought it would have to be co-MVP. Addai had as many important plays. No one in particular stood out on the D either. Team victory = MVP to team leader. Remember, Manning calls a lot of the plays too.
 
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I haven't read through the game thread, and although Indy clearly deserved the win, 2 plays stood out to me.

Late in the third quarter, the Bears got a first down, and then crossed midfield with an 8 or 9 yard pass on first down. With second down and short, they had Grossman drop back, and he stumbled and lost about 11 yards. If there was ever a time to run the ball, to keep a drive going and rest the defense, that was it. I wonder who called that pass play.

In the fourth quarter, on the pick-6 that sealed it, I had no problem with the play call - trying to burn an inexperienced corner on a double move. But Mushin Muhammed didn't sell the first move (he rushed it), and then when the ball was thrown a little short and outside him; he didn't make a good enough effort to get back to tha ball, to break up the pass, or at least get the DB out of bounds after the pick. Without the runback, the Bears still had a chance.
 
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MuckFich06;740747; said:
If you were going to go RB, I thought it would have to be co-MVP. Addai had as many important plays. No one in particular stood out on the D either. Team victory = MVP to team leader. Remember, Manning calls a lot of the plays too.
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The reason that there were 2 equally successfull RBs also made it hard to go that route with the MVP. If it would have been 1 guy who had a monster game, all the carries, a bunch of receptions, a TD or 2, then you would have to give it to him. While they were very important to the win, I think that as long as the QB plays well, another skill position would have to dominate and really shine to get the MVP, just because its the QB who handles the ball every play, not them. Not to mention it was pouring rain.



As far as defensive players, Bob Sanders had a great game. He had that nasty hit on Cedric Benson to force the fumble, then he had the INT late in the game. He seemed to show up on a lot of plays, and definitely was the soul of that defense.
 
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ScarletBlood31;740799; said:
As far as defensive players, Bob Sanders had a great game. He had that nasty hit on Cedric Benson to force the fumble, then he had the INT late in the game. He seemed to show up on a lot of plays, and definitely was the soul of that defense.
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I have to agree with you there. Sanders was the defensive MVP. The D as a whole played very solid.
 
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Former Butler QB calls Super Bowl 'amazing'


By Pete Conrad
Staff Writer

Monday, February 05, 2007

"Surreal" is the way Josh Betts described the feeling of being a Super Bowl champion Sunday night.
"Hey, maybe it's becoming a trend," the Indianapolis Colts rookie said after his team defeated the Chicago Bears 29-17, making Betts the second former Miami University quarterback in as many years to celebrate an NFL title.
 
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Colts Return to Indy and Rally at Dome

By STEVE HERMAN
AP Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS ? About 40,000 Indianapolis fans showed up to thank the Colts for their Super Bowl run and all the players wanted to do was praise their boisterous supporters.
A frenzied crowd descended on downtown Indianapolis and filed into the RCA Dome for a homecoming rally Monday night to celebrate the Colts' 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears in the NFL championship. The fans chanted "dee-fense, dee-fense" and basked in the city's first major pro sports title in more than 30 years.
 
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Lima

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Manning leaves club no one wants to be in[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BY LARRY GRAHAM - Feb. 6, 2007[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]For some time, they said John Elway couldn?t do it.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Neither could Peyton Manning. Yet, here we are, and both quarterbacks have shaken the specters of their past and won the big game. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] However, who hasn?t overcome the moniker of choke artist? What names remain in the game that will likely have to settle on a Hall of Fame ring over a championship crown?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] For major league baseball, you have to go with baseball?s version of Mr. Show Me The Money. I never had anything against Rod Tidwell/Alex Rodriquez, but for one of the highest paid players in baseball, he sure seems to whine a lot.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Pudge Rodriguez will return to the World Series before A-Rod does. Why? Because A-Rod is a cancer. He?s a quieter version of Terrell Owens. [/FONT]
 
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Lima

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Colts get warm welcome home on cold night[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BY ASSOCIATED PRESS - Feb. 6, 2007[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]INDIANAPOLIS ? The Indianapolis Colts shared triumphant shouts and high-fives with fans who braved the 8-degree chill to flock to their floats as the Super Bowl champions paraded through downtown Monday night.
An estimated 40,000 fans packed the RCA Dome to welcome the team home at a post-parade rally. Some had been there for hours. The parade, first scheduled for 4 p.m., got under way about 6 p.m. after the Colts? plane from Miami was about an hour late.
?It might be a once-in-a-lifetime thing,? Robert Smith of Indianapolis said while watching a giant-screen TV replay of Sunday night?s 29-17 victory over Chicago.
Many of the fans were wearing Colts blue.
?I don?t know how to explain it. These are exciting times,? fan Eric Dycus of Indianapolis said. ?The Indianapolis Colts waited for this for a long time. We went through the hard times and all of the muck and mire. This is worth celebrating.?
The Colts won the Super Bowl in 1971, when the team was based in Baltimore, but Sunday?s victory over Chicago gave the city its first major pro title in any sport since the Indiana Pacers won their third ABA championship in 1973. Already, some fans were looking ahead to another run for the NFL crown next year.
?I think if they just stay healthy and do what they?ve been doing, we might be able to pull it off again,? Dycus said.
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