One homegrown Hoosier and a few players and coaches who called IN home for a period of time will be involved IN Sunday’s Super Bowl 50 matchup between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers. Their record, like the Eagles’ 7-9 mark this season, screamed of mediocrity. They can do the same to the Panthers, but must contain Cam Newton when he tries to escape. Spending the morning avoiding the pre game by cooking something awesome and then gorging in the afternoon is a great way to not think about how much the Seahawks aren’t playing in the Super Bowl. The Broncos limited the Pittsburgh Steelers to 16 points, while holding the New England Patriots to just 18 points.
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The Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers have released their final injury report for Super Bowl 50.
Peyton Manning, playing in his fourth Super Bowl, will become the oldest quarterback to start in the game Sunday.
The Panthers have a franchise quarterback hitting his prime, who has overcome the team’s lack of an elite wide receiver.
Three times in history (IX, XLVI and XLVIII) the first score of the game has been a safety. Cowboys fans everywhere would be happy to see DeMarcus Ware claim a Super Bowl ring after a long and decorated career in Dallas.
Most of these Denver players have been there and are desperate not to do that again!
They say, “It ain’t bragging if you can back it up!” The former Super Bowl MVP brushed off retirement chatters and insisted his focus remains in the team’s goal to win the championship. Denver has a stout defense, but Carolina’s defense has quietly gotten the job done. So that’s not a surprise. After winning the AFC title game, Manning was caught on camera telling Bill Belichick this might be “his last rodeo”.
Chiefs fan Tanner Brown says “My team’s from that league so, it’s just kind of one league against one league”. That is a lot easier said than done.
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The question is how do you play defense with so much backfield action like that? In addition, with Chip Kelly and his uptempo offense gone, the defense shouldn’t be almost as overworked. Super Bowl 50 is the second Super Bowl with he Denver Broncos for the future Hall of Fame QB, but before he spent four seasons in Denver, he was with the Indianapolis Colts, cutting his teeth on the Jacksonville Jaguars.
