"Just call him The Accidental Hero.

Never has a player felt more conflicted — at least at the time — about scoring the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl as Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw was here last night.

The reason: Bradshaw was under orders not to score at the time because the Giants — trailing by two points and well within field-goal range — were trying to run the clock down on Tom Brady and the Patriots

Bradshaw tried to take a knee at the 1-yard line, but his momentum carried him into the end zone anyway to culminate a 6-yard scoring run that gave Big Blue a 21-17 lead, but also gave the running back a case of heartburn until Brady's Hail Mary fell incomplete.

"I tried to tap down, declare myself down, but they didn't blow the whistle fast enough and my momentum just took me into the end zone," Bradshaw said a bit sheepishly as he celebrated in the Giants' locker room. "I'm just glad it worked out."