Normally, it’s better to avoid the popular public side, and the betting public is heavily on the New England Patriots’ side in the AFC Championship Game.
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These are two organizations that know better than most what it takes to get to the Super Bowl, the Patriots looking to make a record ninth trip to the championship game while the Broncos are bidding for a record-tying eighth.
Yet somehow this station didn’t bother to check which Manning was playing on Sunday.
Right now, the Patriots are favored to win the Super Bowl.
But the four contending teams have tried to treat this week like any other during the regular season, sticking to the same work schedule they’ve maintained since August. Part of the reason is because Manning has played 41 more games than Brady has, but the other reason is he has just been better in the regular season.
The game will ultimately be decided by New England’s receivers against Denver’s corners.
Additional Information: The Patriots provide an incredible breakdown on their website.
When the Denver running back was asked if there were any parallels between this year’s Broncos squad and the 1997-98 teams that went back-to-back, he responded with a laugh.
Head Coach Gary Kubiak’s handling of the quarterback situation – from Manning to Osweiler and then back again in Week 17 – impressed Elway.
That’s why the Broncos are 3½-point underdogs to advance to Super Bowl 50 despite this game being at their place, Sports Authority Field at Mile High. He struggled at times during last week’s 26-20 overtime win over the Packers but benefited from some lucky breaks as the Packers dropped would-be interceptions and the Cardinals even scored on a pass that was deflected into the air by the Packers. In the postseason, the series is tied 2-2, but Brady leads overall 11-5.
“Beat them a couple times, but they’ve beat us most of the time”, he said. Apparently, he believes telling Denver his entire team is cooped up in the infirmary is a clever way of doing that.
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What do Broncos fans think of Brady and the Patriots? He knows how the Broncos are going to play his team. This could also be Tom Brady’s last time facing Manning. The Broncos’ best hope is that their defence, the NFL’s best, will get to Brady before he gets to them. “I think when [Manning’s] out there, no matter what’s in the game plan or what’s not, he’s able to check to different things that he’s seen throughout his time”, Devin McCourty said. It was New England’s first loss following a 10-0 start. Marlin Jackson would intercept Tom Brady and launch the Colts to the Super Bowl, the first of the Manning era. “Whoever is going to win this game, it’s going to be decided on the field this Sunday, not on some social media site, or some quotation that may or may not have been taken out of context”.
