After the Broncos defeated the Panthers 24-10 in Super Bowl 50 Peyton Manning did a postgame interview with CBS and said he hasn’t made his mind up about retirement.
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“I’m so proud of my guys”, Miller said, clutching the silver Lombardi Trophy.
“I wouldn’t say there’s a sense of relief, I would just say that there’s a sense of ‘I have arrived, ‘ ” said Ware, who signed a free-agent deal with the Broncos before the 2014 season following a nine-year career with the Cowboys.
Denver’s defence wound up with a Super Bowl record-tying seven sacks, showing off the rush that led the National Football League with 52 sacks this season and knocked around New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady so frequently two weeks ago in the AFC championship game.
Von Miller was second-to-none in the Super Bowl. It was mostly the offense and special teams that let the Panthers down.
With less than three minutes remaining, Newton was knocked down in the end zone and screamed at an official looking for a late hit but didn’t get one.
Newton’s MVP season ended in disappointment for the Panthers (17-2).
Peyton Manning gave himself a chance to have a Super ending to his career. He also shared a third-down sack with Derek Wolfe to get Denver the ball back at the end of the third quarter.
Manning’s possible farewell game in Super Bowl 50 was a throwback to the 1970s when his father Archie was running away from dominant defenses such as the Steel Curtain and Doomsday. With the ball rolling on the turf, Newton opted not to dive in the pile and the Broncos recovered at the Panthers 4 to set up C.J. Anderson’s clinching TD run.
But a key drop by Jerricho Cotchery early came two plays before Newton’s first fumble. Elway won two Super Bowls in five trips. As Marshall Faulk of the NFL Network noted moments later, Newton will learn and will handle this better in the future.
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Then in the fourth quarter with the Broncos protecting a 16-10 lead, Miller struck again.
