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– The onside kick call is named “Ambush.” Who’s going to be the first person to say “don’t feel sorry for Hank Baskett, he’s married to a Playboy Playmate.”?

–I was kind of surprised that the Super Bowl record for completions was only 32. And of course, I thought for sure that Brees was going to break it, not tie it.

–We are on one hell of a run of Super Bowls lately, and of course, all good things must come to an end. Hopefully not, but it’s there.

–Oh, Tracy Porter was a ZERO star recruit coming out of high school.

–Peyton Manning now has a 9-9 record in the playoffs. I would have given someone 6-1 odds that we would have seen the Manning face last night.

–Even if Sean Payton really is as much of a dick as Mike Freeman of CBS Sports says he is, you have to love his willingness to not always make the traditional football decision when he thinks the odds are in his favor.

–Alright McLovin, I love you on Dan Patrick, but I gotta rip this one apart:

1. No, the Super Bowl did not need a certain quarterback not participating in the game. If the eight yard pass is too easy, then defenses need to commit to stopping the eight yard pass. Guess what? The long passes would be back with a vengeance when that happened. NFL defenses are conditioned to not give up the big play. That’s the whole basis of the Cover 2 scheme that Indy runs.

2. I really don’t know what the onside kick has to do with the Saints having the NFL’s best offense. It impacts the defense much much more, because you’re giving the one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history only 40 yards to score.

3. I can agree with this post much more than the previous two, but that Saints line isn’t shabby. Plus, as you mentioned earlier, Dwight Freeney was hurt.

4. The Saints need Reggie Bush and Reggie Bush needs the Saints. Pierre Thomas is a very good running back for New Orleans’ system, but Bush can break it every time he touches the football. He’s not going to make as much as he did with his rookie contract, so the Saints should re-sign him.

6. Mike Leach.

–Tom Morestead was “terrified.”

–Brett Favre has now ended his tenures–this of course assumes that he’s retiring or not playing for the Vikings next year–with the last three of his teams with interceptions.

–Favre was wearing jeans in his postgame presser while Sidney Rice came to the podium after Favre in a suit. I hope those were Wranglers Brett had on.

–On the Reggie Bush touchdown that was originally not ruled a touchdown, that wasn’t the first interesting playoff call for the head linesman who was right on top of the play. He’s the man who in the Seahawks-Steelers Super Bowl originally ran in to stop play after Ben Roethlisberger’s ever so close dive to the end zone, and then on the way to mark the ball, signaled touchdown. And most importantly, I see him at the gym a few times a week. I’ll have to ask about what he originally saw on the Bush play sometime…

–Can there be any argument that we’re not seeing the two best quarterbacks in football in the Super Bowl?

–In a NFL note unrelated to the conference championships, the NFL is looking into the possibility of mandatory heart scans. My first reaction is that all of the NFL’s medical attention should be devoted to head injuries, but if this may prevent a few players from dying too early, then it’s worth a shot if it can be worked out.

–This will be the first time in NFL history that two domed teams will meet in the Super Bowl.

–If the New York Jets can pick up another corner through the draft or free agency to complement Darrelle Revis, they’re going to be one of the favorites in the AFC next year. Peyton Manning and Tom Moore had a field day staying away from Revis’s side of the field. Of course that also assumes that the Thomas Jones will be able to sustain his current level of production or the Jets find a comparable replacement unless Leon Washington has no better offers and comes back to New York on a discount. Yes, Shonn Greene is obviously the Jets’ #1 back of the future, but given the current state of running the ball in the NFL and the Jets’ offense, they’re going to need a capable #2 back just as much as that #2 corner.

When he wrote this article.

So is this why Sean Payton has such a nice rep? Because people are scared?

…that the NFL’s Week 3 Pre-season winners were:

—The Packers and Aaron Rodgers who are absolutely decimating their opponents this pre-season. Can they carry it forward? I think Aaron Rodgers is for real, and, yes, so is Green Bay. Don’t sleep on their defense either, which is active and forcing turnovers at a noteworthy rate, even for fake games.

—PJ Hill, the latest unknown find in the Saints’ backfield. Writes Banks:

Just as they did a couple years ago in discovering the undrafted Pierre Thomas, the Saints might have found themselves another gem of a collegiate free-agent running back in P.J. Hill. The former Wisconsin Badger carried 12 times for 83 yards and a couple touchdowns in that slaughter of the Raiders on Saturday, and now has scored three times in New Orleans’ three preseason games.

—Early signs are also good in New Orleans on their re-constructed defense. And with a little defense, that is probably the favorite in the NFC South.

Losers from Pre-season Week 3? He’s got some:

—Carolina, where their defense has looked the opposite of New Orleans’ this pre-season, in that Carolina isn’t stopping much of anyone.

—Diva receivers Brandon Marshall and Michael Crabtree for obvious reasons.

—Chan Gailey. Because, you know. Fired. After three pre-season games. I type that and remain amazed.

…when it comes to peeing in public. Apparently two New Orleans Saints did not:

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Biren Ealy and tight end Kolomona Kapanui were charged Sunday with obscenity, disturbing the peace and lewd conduct for allegedly being drunk, urinating in public and exposing themselves. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office announced the arrests in a news release.

Two women, who weren’t identified, were riding in a vehicle when they reportedly saw Ealy and Kapanui urinating in the parking lot of an apartment complex around 12:42 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.

One of the women told Ealy to stop. Authorities said Ealy turned around while exposing himself and began making lewd comments. Moments later, Kapanui allegedly exposed himself to the driver of the vehicle and made lewd comments, the sheriff’s office said.

Now, in fairness, who asks someone in the middle of peeing to stop? At least, when they are not peeing in, say, your living room? That said, no matter how unreasonable the request might have seemed to the Saints players, the line that you shouldn’t cross is going ahead and waving your wangs at passers-by. Even ones who appear to be looky-loos.