Manning was Osweiler’s backup on the final day of the regular season before Coach Gary Kubiak turned to him that day for a lift and then went back to him as the starter for the postseason. “Denver-Carolina is going to be a good matchup, and I think we’ll have a really solid handle”. “Not if I could help it”.
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He should find the going tougher – much, much tougher – against the AFC champion Denver Broncos, 20-18 winners on their home field against the New England Patriots. Fans will be able to see players and coaches address the media and plenty more.
Standing in the Broncos’ locker room with an AFC championship cap on his head and the Lamar Hunt trophy in hand, Elway smiled as he thought back over the team’s big plays and close calls over the season. The superb defenses of the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos will square off in 13 days in Santa Clara, California.
WORST TIME TO MISS AN OPEN TARGET: Peyton Manning had Jordan Norwood open in the end zone and missed him.
“I don’t want the credit”, Newton said in an on-field interview with Fox immediately following the lopsided win over the Cardinals. “It might not be a sack, but we have to let him know that our presence is there, and he felt that tonight”.
(AP Photo/Mike McCarn). Carolina Panthers’ Jonathan Stewart and Cam Newton celebrate a touchdown during the first half the NFL football NFC Championship game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, in Charlotte, N.C.
“Manning has got an opportunity to finish his career and ride off into the sunset with a Super Bowl win”, Sunset Station sports book director Chuck Esposito said.
“I kept digging us in a hole that we just couldn’t come out of”, Palmer said. And just closed that off and said, “The Patriots are coming into our house, trying to take what we’ve built.’ It was a big emotional night, and the guys, it just carried over into the game”.
With a 17-12 lead with just under 10 minutes remaining in the third quarter, the Broncos faced a third-and-10 at the their own 20-yard line. We’re gonna play a team that we are completely unfamiliar with. The Panthers piled up seven takeaways against the Cardinals – six on defense, one on special teams – including an interception returned for a score by linebacker Luke Kuechly.
At age 33, Ware has been selected for nine Pro Bowls and picked as an All-Pro four times.
The Broncos’ win, which brings their second Super Bowl trip in three years, was a family affair for the Mannings.
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“It’s such a fine line today between winning and losing that (if) we all could’ve just done a little bit more, it might’ve been a different result”, Belichick said. The lookahead lines for the potential Super Bowl matchups after Denver knocked off New England in the first game on Sunday had the Broncos in the +2.5 or +3 range as an underdog – no higher and no lower – in a matchup against either Carolina or Arizona in the Super Bowl.
