Now that the Super Bowl champion Saints have reminded everyone how useful a 6-foot-4 wide receiver can be — thank you, Marques Colston — let's set our imaginations free for a minute. [Link]

Lunch Special: Not everybody believes Floyd Little is Canton-worthy. Count Kansas City Star columnist Jason Whitlock as one of them. Also, readers chime in on Manning vs. Elway. And the Rockies want more consistency out of Ian Stewart. [Link]

Kansas City cut linebackers Weston Dacus and Justin Rogers on Monday. Dacus was on the injured reserve all of the 2009 season after playing in eight games as a rookie free agent in 2008. Rogers played in one game in 2009. Denver signed running back Bruce Hall on Monday. He spent most of the past two seasons on Buffalo’s practice ... [Link]

Former Buffalo Bills running back coach Eric Studesville is immediately showing his influence in Denver as the Broncos announced the signing of former Bills running back Bruce Hall. Hall started as both a quarterback and running back in college at the University of Mississippi. He was signed in 2008 as a college free agent, but has not seen a carry ... [Link]

The Broncos official site is reporting the team has inked RB Bruce Hall: The Broncos have added free agent running back Bruce Hall to their roster for 2010. Hall, who entered the NFL with Buffalo as a college free agent in 2008, is a second-year player who spent the majority of his two seasons on the Bills’ practice squad working ... [Link]

Despite a loss in Super Bowl XLIV, the Colts have the inside track on winning Super Bowl XLV according to bodog.com. The Broncos are right now 50/1 to win the SB in the 2010 season. Below are all the odds on all the teams making the Super Bowl in Dallas in 2011: Indianapolis Colts 13/2 San Diego Chargers 8/1 New ... [Link]

Are the Denver Broncos going to make earth-shattering news at the quarterback position for the second straight year? It seems as if they are considering it. ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio reports that Denver is one of three teams that have had multiple conversations with the Eagles about the availability of quarterback Donovan McNabb. The other two teams are Buffalo and Cleveland. ... [Link]

Following the biggest weekend of the NFL season, legendary Broncos quarterback John Elway didn't hesitate when he was asked what the biggest moment was: the onside kick. [Link]

ESPN’s Adam Schefter is providing more evidence that Oakland coach Tom Cable will return to the team. Schefter reports that Oakland assistant coaches are telling players that the staff will return. Schefter reported last month that Cable will be back and Cable went on a Sacramento radio station saying he expects to return. Plus, Oakland has hired three new assistant ... [Link]

Last week, our sound-off question was whether San Diego fans were happy for former Chargers quarterback Drew Brees getting a chance to win a Super Bowl. Most of the responses were in favor of the idea. However, Monday, the tune has changed somewhat. In the hours after Brees led New Orleans to its first Super Bowl win (which is one ... [Link]

The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in television history. [Link]

Sunday morning at the Super Bowl, and I have just enough time before heading to the stadium for an 18-hiour day to pen a few notes about the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection. Very disappointing about Shannon Sharpe, and there is no time like now, but he made the final 10, and every candidate who has ever made the ... [Link]

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Drew Brees turned to his wife when he woke up and asked: "Did yesterday really happen? [Link]

Raiders fans will get a chance to talk to famous Raiders fan Ice Cube on Monday. The rapper/actor/film maker will participate in an ESPN chat Monday at 4 p.m. ET. The chat is part of ESPN’s Black History Month celebration. Ice Cube directed an ESPN 30 for 30 film on the Los Angles Raiders and the team’s affect on the ... [Link]

The New Orleans Saints pulled off a 31-17 upset of the Indianapolis Colts after a stunning interception Sunday at Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, Fla. [Link]

All the New Orleans Saints had to do to get through the postseason was beat teams quarterbacked by Kurt Warner, Brett Favre and Peyton Manning. [Link]

Laissez les bons temps rouler! The new New Orleans Saints rolled in the fourth quarter Sunday to upset the Indianapolis Colts in the Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Bowl. [Link]

Perhaps the league MVP voters really did get it wrong. [Link]

Before getting on the team bus to go to the Super Bowl, Tracy Porter sat in the Saints' downtown Miami hotel, getting his head shaved by his regular New Orleans barber. [Link]

A ban on the three- point stance? NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says it's possible. [Link]

The New Orleans Saints pulled off a 31-17 upset of the Indianapolis Colts after a stunning interception Sunday at Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, Fla. [Link]

Back in the glory days for the Denver Broncos, head coach Mike Shanahan was known as "The Mastermind" -- his system got as much credit as the players, and sometimes more. But when John Elway, Terrell Davis and Shannon Sharpe all left, suddenly the system didn't work nearly as well. Current head coach Josh McDaniels is a "system guy" too ... [Link]

The 2009 NFL season has all come down to this: the AFC Champion Indianapolis Colt facing the NFC Champion New Orleans Saints for the Lombardi Trophy. Super Bowl XLIV. This game has been broken down to death already, so we’ll be brief in our assessment and pick today. We love both quarterbacks and passing offenses (who doesn’t?). We like both ... [Link]

Congratulations to Kansas City guard Brian Waters. He won the NFL Man of the Year award. This is a big deal, folks. The award goes to a player who both excels on the field and in the community. It is a coveted award and it is the most prestigious service award given to a player. Waters is the fifth Kansas ... [Link]

It appears the Brandon Marshall situation this offseason will be handled above board by both parties. Days after the Pro Bowl receiver blamed his 2009 issues on himself and indicated he was open to returning to the team, Broncos owner Pat Bowlen said he believes the talented but troubled Marshall is maturing and that he’d like Marshall to stay. So, ... [Link]

In addition to the Broncos' Floyd Little, six other players were elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday: [Link]

Quick, what has been the best NFL franchise over the past 10 years? The Patriots? The Steelers? The Ravens? Perhaps it's the Colts, who won 115 regular-season games from 2000-09, more wins in a decade than any other team in NFL history. The Colts won an additional nine playoff games in that span. [Link]

Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac . . . It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole! [Link]

A month of distance from the disappointing end of the Broncos' 2009 season has not provided any more clarity for veteran players about what went wrong, about how a team that started 6-0 could finish 8-8 and out of the playoffs. [Link]

The most talked-about body part in South Florida has been Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney's right ankle, which the star pass rusher sprained late in the AFC championship game against the Jets. [Link]

Weeping tears of joy, Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith led a class of seven inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. [Link]

Dwight Freeney watched the Colts' final Super Bowl practice from a golf cart, and it's still uncertain whether he will play in today's Super Bowl. [Link]

New Orleans cornerback Randall Gay and running back Lynell Hamilton sat out the Saints' final practice of the season Saturday. [Link]

Two Broncos were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame after all. [Link]

When he heard his name, and football immortality was finally his, Floyd Little released 30 years of frustration with a dramatic plunge. [Link]

In his first interview since the Broncos faded from a 6-0 start to an 8-8 finish, Pat Bowlen, the team's owner since 1984, addressed his club's hot-button issues with The Denver Post on Super Bowl eve Saturday. [Link]

By now, Shannon Sharpe is growing used to Hall of Fame heartbreak. [Link]

As the backup to Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts rookie Curtis Painter finds himself behind the NFL's most durable quarterback and he likely will watch the entire Super Bowl from the sideline. It's the same for Mark Brunell, the backup to New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees. But with one jarring hit, Brunell could find himself playing a pivotal role in ... [Link]

In his first interview since the Broncos faded from a 6-0 start to an 8-8 finish, Pat Bowlen, the team's owner since 1984, addressed his club's hot-button issues with The Denver Post on Super Bowl eve Saturday. [Link]

The AFC West had four chances to be represented in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Only Floyd Little made it. Let’s look at the other three people who didn’t get voted in: Oakland receiver Tim Brown What happened: He didn’t make it to the final 10. Why: There is a glut of receivers. With Jerry Rice (who spent four ... [Link]