Super Bowl 50 matches Cam Newton and the NFC champion Carolina Panthers (17-1) against the AFC champion Denver Broncos (14-4) and their top ranked defense. His Carolina Panthers squad isn’t just winning games, they are destroying teams. Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has the league’s second-best selling jersey since April 2015, and Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly comes in at No. 8 on the list. However, Vegas is not as convinced that the Panthers will repeat next year. Carolina had one of those regular season scores – Marcus Murphy returned a 74-yard punt against the New Orleans Saints in Week 3 – while Denver had none.
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The Panthers joined the Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tennessee Titans as the only teams that did not receive a vote in the Super Bowl prediction poll. Newton is the face of the future in the National Football League, and it’s only a matter of time before he wins a Super Bowl.
Denver got pounded to the tune of 43-8 by the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII, and they looked completely out-matched by a physical Seahawks defense. They huddled in the center of the field around four team members who shared birthdays on Tuesday – defensive tackle Kawann Short, cornerback Cortland Finnegan, running back Fozzy Whitaker and O-line coach John Matsko. “Rather, it is set based on what will get the most even amount of money bet on the game”. Thirty-eight percent of black fans polled feels it is because of his style of play and 34 percent feel it is racially based. “And I think that’s a great message”.
Skinny: The Panthers are terrific, although I don’t understand how they could have lost to the Atlanta Falcons under any circumstances.
For the Denver Broncos’ defensive end Demarcus Ware, it’s 11 years in the making. Kubiak is now the Broncos head coach.
The New York Giants beat the Buffalo Bills 20-19 in Super Bowl XXV, the narrowest margin of victory in Super Bowl history.
“You learn so much”, he said. There’s about ten other cliches you could use right there, but it truly has served me well in the unique season that has occurred this year, with the injuries, and it’s just been different for me. “I still – I mean, I love the work, so I’m going to be up early in the morning working the hours, but I’ve also tried to go about it a little bit of (a) different way – not try to take on everything myself and understand I’ve got good people with me”.
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Shawn S. Lealos is a freelance writer who graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2000 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism. CBS and CBS Sports Network have been planning their coverage for years.
