1.   After the game, linebacker Mark Cusano stood in tears on the sideline, cradling the ball he intercepted in the fourth quarter.

2.   But more than that, whenever Rodney Culver reached the end zone, he would cradle the ball in one hand and point toward the heavens with the other.

3.   During postgame interviews, he cradled a ball in his arm.

4.   Fittingly, he was cradling the ball when the final buzzer sounded, and for the first time all evening a radiant smile crossed his face.

5.   He cradled the ball and asked for time.

6.   He felt the beam on the hand that cradled the ball as a tackler wrapped his head in a boa constrictor squeeze.

7.   He looked down at the signature, cradling the ball gently with both hands, studying the penmanship and his prize.

8.   Officials ruled that Moore, who cradled the ball, did not land in bounds and was not forced out by a Packers defender.

9.   Price got a step on Adesola Badon and managed to cradle the ball and get one foot down for the go-ahead touchdown.

10.   The players went airborne and Marbury, the shortest of the bunch, flew underneath the rim while cradling the ball.