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INDIANAPOLIS -- Call it The Reluctant Touchdown. Ahmad Bradshaw's awkward and unwilling flop into the end zone is part of Super Bowl lore now -- there with Rice-to-Montana, there with David Tyree's helmet catch, there with Lynn Swann's ballet, there with Mike Jones' tackle one-yard shy.

Those moments defined their times. In many ways, The Reluctant Touchdown defines ours.

This Feb. 3, 2008, file photo shows New York Giants receiver David Tyree catching a 32-yard pass in the clutches of New England Patriots safety Rodney Harrison during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz.

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Etched in Super Bowl lore, wide receiver David Tyree is now scrambling for his professional life with the Giants.

In his mailbag, Peter King explores Tyree's plight and other NFL topics.

Dejected and beaten after the final seconds ticked off the clock, the New York Giants trudged off the field to nary a sound.

The raucous sellout crowd that greeted them at the start of the NFC semifinal was already in the parking lots looking for their cars, while the Giants searched for answers to a Super Bowl defense that ended abruptly.

There were no magic moments this year.

No helmet catch by David Tyree. No game-winning touchdown catch by Plaxico Burress. No Burress, as a matter of fact.

No sacks against Donovan McNabb.

New York Giants Super Bowl hero David Tyree will miss the rest of the season. Tyree, who made a difficult, critical catch in New York's Super Bowl victory over the Patriots in February, was placed on injured ...