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Note to Carolina Panthers coach Fox: Taking risks can be rewarding


Rod Butsecks

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(By Scott Fowler, [email protected]) The New Orleans Saints provided a blueprint Sunday for the way you win a Super Bowl as an underdog against one of the best quarterbacks in history - something the Carolina Panthers couldn't quite do six years before.p/Namely, you take risks. When one fails, you take some more. If you go down, you go down utterly spent.

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The gutsy calls are overshadowing "the drive" that put the Saints up for good by 7. That was a Championship drive.

From NFL Playbook.

New Orleans Saints at 10:39

1-10-NO 41 (10:39) (Shotgun) R.Bush left tackle to IND 47 for 12 yards (C.Session). R16

1-10-IND 47 (10:00) D.Brees pass short right to P.Thomas to IND 42 for 5 yards (G.Brackett).

2-5-IND 42 (9:19) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short left to D.Henderson to IND 36 for 6 yards (T.Jennings). P17

1-10-IND 36 (8:36) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short left to R.Bush ran ob at IND 28 for 8 yards.

2-2-IND 28 (8:06) D.Brees pass short left to M.Colston pushed ob at IND 20 for 8 yards (T.Jennings). P18

1-10-IND 20 (7:34) D.Brees pass short right to R.Meachem pushed ob at IND 14 for 6 yards (A.Bethea).

2-4-IND 14 (7:06) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short left to D.Thomas to IND 5 for 9 yards (G.Brackett). P19

1-5-IND 5 (6:23) P.Thomas right tackle to IND 2 for 3 yards (G.Brackett).

2-2-IND 2 (5:46) D.Brees pass short right to J.Shockey for 2 yards, TOUCHDOWN.

(Pass formation) TWO-POINT CONVERSION ATTEMPT. D.Brees pass to L.Moore is incomplete. ATTEMPT FAILS.

New Orleans challenged the incomplete pass ruling, and the play was REVERSED.

(Pass formation) TWO-POINT CONVERSION ATTEMPT. D.Brees pass to L.Moore is complete. ATTEMPT SUCCEEDS.

NO 24 IND 17, 9 plays, 59 yards, 4:57 drive, 9:18 elapsed

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