Manning To Practice; Harper Will Rest

INDIANAPOLIS - The Colts have stepped out of the AFC Championship afterglow and are now onto preparing for the Bears.

Here at the Colts complex, head coach Tony Dungy just finished speaking at the podium. He was preceded by Adam Vinatieri, Booger McFarland, Rob Morris and Peyton Manning.

Some highlights from the Dungy press conference were:

On the Team Behaving Itself in Miami
* "We stressed that it's a business trip. We want to go down and enjoy our families and enjoy the moment. It's got to be a business trip and you're going down to win the ballgame. I had three guys speak to the team, Adam Vinatieri, Anthony McFarland and Ricky Proehl, all guys who have gone to the game and won. The guys did a good job of painting the picture for the team."

* The Colts will have no curfew Monday but will for the rest of the week.

On Peyton Manning's Bruised Thumb
* "He's fine. I didn't even really know about it until the next day. He threw the ball on the sideline and felt like he was going to be OK. He'll practice today and we anticipate everything being fine."

* Corner Nick Harper will sit for most of the week due to a high ankle sprain and his readiness will be gauged when the team gets to Miami.

On Bears coach Lovie Smith
* "Derrick Brooks (who played for Dungy and Smith in Tampa) called me and said, 'I'm so happy for you getting to the Super Bowl but you know I can't root against Lovie even though you were my head coach."

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