Sure injuries played a factor, but this is the NFL.
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But he gave a strong indication to New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick when the two met after the Broncos’ 20-18 win in the AFC Championship Game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Sunday.
The Pats failed to score that two-point conversion, turning all eyes back to Gostkowki’s big miss and what a difference that extra point would have made.
Sunday, Denver had the most important inches of the game, the 6 inches between Peyton Manning’s ears.
“We’ve been dreaming about this moment since Day 1”, Newton said.
He will try to match his brother Eli with a second National Football League crown as the Broncos seek their first Super Bowl win since 1999.
Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib will be one of the men charged with handling Newton in the Super Bowl, and said on Monday it will be a hard task.
Scoring more points than usual is another piece of advice Montana had for Manning, who won his first Super Bowl in the 2006 season with the Indianapolis Colts but has since lost his last two trips.
“We’ve got one more game to go, and then we’ll have a parade”, Broncos receiver Emmanuel Sanders said. “I know he still enjoys preparing and competing, and they’ve got a good football team and will be good next year”.
Newton presents a new challenge to a Broncos defense that was dominant all season and still raised its game to another level in the AFC championship win over New England.
When Tom Brady is your leading rusher, you know you’re in trouble.
“I can’t even fathom what my thought process is gonna be like”, Newton said.
Manning will become the oldest starting quarterback in Super Bowl history at age 39 when the Broncos face the Panthers in two weeks in Super Bowl 50 at the San Francisco 49ers’ stadium in Santa Clara, California.
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When the Patriots were presented with a fourth-and-one opportunity down eight points with about six minutes remaining in the AFC Championship Game, there was no question on the sidelines about what they were going to do. That landed the Patriots in Denver, where Brady and the rest of the team have struggled. The New England-Denver game averaged 677,509 viewers.
