Before we sign off on Super Bowl XLI (morning news is only 9 hours away), here are four key figures from this game that face uncertain futures.

Rex Grossman: Is he the guy? Lovie Smith can be as confident publicly as he wants, but there must be private doubts. The situation is made much trickier this off-season because Grossman has only one year left on his contract.

He'll want a new deal, and Chicago will want to give him one. But making the right offer, without insulting Grossman, could be very tricky. If he enters training camp next year without a deal, next year will be a bigger circus than this one. Brian Griese looms large.

Tony Dungy: Will he retire? He's accomplished everything you can in football and has spoken often about leaving the game in the past. He probably will answer this question this week. If Dungy left, assistant head coach Jim Caldwell would probably be the favorite to replace him. Ron Rivera would seem to be another candidate.

Thomas Jones: If Cedric Benson tore his ACL Sunday night, it will be easy to keep Jones. If the injury was less serious as expected, like a MCL tear or sprain, then Jones becomes quite tradeable. He has only one year left on his contract and both backs want to be "the man" in 2007. We'd keep them both, though. If it's not broke...

Dominic Rhodes:He made a lot of money Sunday night. He can probably earn more in free agency by leaving the Colts. He ran like a man possessed in the playoffs, but they will surive just fine without him.

It's been a great season, our first one with NBC, and I want to thank everyone for supporting the site. Our off-season coverage will get in full swing this week with a free agency preview and all the 24 hour coverage on our player news page.