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Patriots top Bills, Saints crush Panthers, 49ers thump Rams

(NEWSER) - The New England Patriots overcame a 21-point deficit today with 49 unanswered points to rock the Buffalo Bills 49-21, the AP reports. The win earned the Pats home-field advantage and the AFC's top seed. Tom Brady threw for 338 yards and finished with the second-most passing yards in NFL history, 5,235—behind only Drew Brees, who threw for 5,486 this year with the New Orleans Saints. More»

Traditional Fat Tuesday festivities more Super than usual

(NEWSER) - The fleur-de-lis symbol of the hometown Saints was much in evidence during New Orleans’ Mardi Gras celebrations, which, despite what the Times-Picayune describes as “artic air,” were even merrier than ever as the Big Easy continued to fete the NFL team’s Super Bowl victory. Indeed, one reveler echoed what might have been the most common complaint of those looking to dress up for the day: “It was very hard to find Saints memorabilia.” More»

Saints QB and Super Bowl MVP reigned as king over Sunday event

(NEWSER) - Drew Brees could probably be called king of New Orleans any day of the week, but yesterday was special: he reigned as King of the Bacchus Parade, the traditional pre-Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras celebration. Locals tell the Times-Picayune the crowds were bigger than usual this year on account of the Super Bowl MVP, who threw miniature footballs to onlookers. "I’m pretty excited," said one lucky teen. From the looks of the photos above, so was Brees. More»

Audience of 106.5M tops 1983 M*A*S*H finale viewership

(NEWSER) - This year's Super Bowl was the most-watched TV program of all time, with 106.5 million viewers. More than two-thirds of American TVs in use were tuned in to the Saints' 31-17 upset of the Colts, a figure that soared to 82% in New Orleans and 80% in Indianapolis, reports Broadcasting & Cable. The game unseated the 1983 series finale of M*A*S*H as the answer to an easy trivia question. More»

Drew Brees has highest career completion percentage

(NEWSER) - Last night's Super Bowl didn't just net the Saints a win, but added some names to the record books as well. At 82.1%, QB Drew Brees now has the highest Super Bowl career completion percentage. The New Orleans Times-Picayune takes a look at other new records:

• Most completions: The Saints' 32 and the Colts 31 make 63, the most ever in a Super Bowl.
• Completion percentage: The teams' combined stats average at 75%, the best of all time.