Getting your player ready...
One of the most accurate arms in the NFL had no trouble finding receivers Sunday night in New Orleans. Thousands lined the streets to catch small, foam footballs thrown by Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees while he served as monarch of Bacchus, one of the biggest parades of the Carnival season that culminates in Mardi Gras. The Saints quarterback threw 10,000 black-and-gold footballs, along with the usual beads and doubloons, from his perch atop the float that was destined to look like a Roman chariot. Brees dressed as the Roman god of wine in a short gold-and-red tunic, gold boots and cape and a crown of gold grape leaves.
