Go Colts

February 2, 2007 -- MIAMI - The charade is over. The Colts can no longer contain their glee. Peyton Manning will be their quarterback in Super Bowl XLI. Rex Grossman will be the Bears' quarterback in Super Bowl XLI.

The Donald vs. Rosie is a much fairer fight. And here, from the lips of cornerback Nick Harper, is the game plan, for all of America to hear:

Wreck Grossman.

Physically or emotionally or both, Wreck Grossman.

"We want to put the ball in the quarterback's hands," Harper was saying yesterday as official media sessions came to an end. "He's struggled in the past, and he did throw a lot of interceptions this year. And we definitely have guys on the field that can go and get the ball. And our pass rushers up front - they're on fire right now. To make him drop every down and to move the ball on us for 80 yards is gonna be hard to do."

Hold the presses: Candor Interrupts Super Bore XLI!!!

Or perhaps the sixth-year cornerback from Fort Valley State (15 regular-season interceptions, 1 2006 playoff pick) was conducting a seminar on "How To Get In A Young Quarterback's Head Before The Biggest Game Of His Life."

Harper promises the Colts will be prepared should Sexy Rexy - the resilient, competent, big-play version - decide to show up. Believe it or not, the kid is NOT Garo Yepremian trying to keek a touchdown. "You can't sleep on him," Harper said.

It's just that the Colts can't help but have sweet dreams when they turn on the film of the Arizona game, when Wrecks threw four interceptions; and the Miami, New England and Green Bay games, when he threw three, and has been forever reminded of his zero quarterback rating against the Pack.

"Just because he's so streaky, we feel like we can definitely pressure him upfront, and it's gonna allow us to make plays on the back end," Harper said.

Can you rattle him?

"Definitely," Harper said. "Just by watching some of the games, when he gets pressure, he tends to do some things that quarterbacks shouldn't do. And no quarterback likes to have guys in his face; no quarterback likes that feeling. And we definitely feel like we can get our defensive ends and tackles up the field and put the pressure on him."

Obviously, after practicing every day against Manning, Harper can tell the difference between filet mignon and hamburger, although in fairness to Grossman - if there can be such a thing - he actually has a higher playoff rating than Manning. What kind of things does Grossman (20 interceptions) tend to do that quarterbacks shouldn't do?

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