The Broncos advanced to the Super Bowl with a thrilling 20-18 win over the New England Patriots.
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With Roby’s interception, and only 12 seconds on the clock, the Broncos had sealed a win and a spot in the Super Bowl.
This will be the 24th time in 25 years that at least one VFL (that’s Vol for Life, by the way) will play in the Super Bowl. Put that together with their current offense, had the Atlanta Falcons not upset them toward the end of the season, we’d be watching a very interesting Super Bowl.
Start your Monday morning off on the right foot by reading through the six most frustrating aspects of the New England Patriots’ loss to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship Game.
The age difference between Peyton Manning (39) and Cam Newton (26) is the largest between starting quarterbacks in Super Bowl history.
It was the best rating since the 1987 game between the Broncos and the Cleveland Browns, which went into overtime and scored a 31.9 on NBC. Fox said it saw record local numbers in Phoenix (43.9/65) and Charlotte (54.2/71), but in the half-hours ratings peaked at 8-8:30 PM ET with a 29.2/43 before dropping off as the game reached blowout status.
He is 1-2 in past Super Bowls, winning a championship with the Indianapolis Colts in 2007, then losing with the Colts in 2010, before losing with the Broncos in 2014.
In 13 of those 15 seasons, it’s been one of the three playing for a ring in the big game.
In the first-ever National Football League playoff matchup of former collegiate Heisman Trophy winners as top amateur player, Palmer was intercepted four times and lost two fumbles while Newton humbled the Arizona defense.
“We had some opportunities, but in the end, we just came up a little short”, Belichick said.
“Every player, coach and participant in the game wishes there was a couple things they could have done differently”.
The Broncos defense was number one this season in total defense (283.1), number one in allowing passing yards per game (199.6), and number 3 in allowing rush yards (83.6).
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“Go ahead. We feed off of that”, Ward said.
