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Saints

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Drew Brees tied Tom Brady’s mark for most completions in a Super Bowl as the Saints upset the Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. Aside from Brees’ MVP performance, standouts include Tracy Porter’s interception of Peyton Manning returned for a touchdown with under 3 1/2 minutes to play, Sean Payton’s decision to open the second half with an onside kick (recovered by the Saints), and the Saints coming back from a 10 point deficit to win (tying a record)… The Saints weren’t afraid to take chances in their quest to win it all– in stark contrast to a Colts’ team this regular season that was afraid to take the risk associated with attempting to go perfect. Congrats to the champs.

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  It’s not often you see Peyton Manning blush. But when he was picked off by Tracy Porter (returned for a TD) with the game on the line in Super Bowl XLIV (at the 3:22 mark of the 4th quarter) Manning knew he’d just thrown one of the most memorable passes in Super Bowl history– for all the wrong reasons… This Colts team had a chance to be perfect in 2009 – 2010, but the organization was afraid to take that risk, mailing in their second half in week 16 versus the Jets… This was quite a contrast to a Saints team unafraid to take risks, as exemplified by their onnside kick to open the second half of Super Bowl XLIV.