By Wednesday, he felt as though he’d been asked everything he could be asked – more than once, too.
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A fourth-round draft pick by Carolina, Williams was a three-time All-Big 12 selection, earning honorable mention honors as a sophomore, second team recognition as a junior and first team accolades in his senior season.
Most of the predictions I’ve seen in print late this week lean toward the Broncos and the feel-good finish to a future Hall of Famer’s career.
Quarterback Cam Newton is at the number 2 spot, just behind Tom Brady and at number eight, Luke Kuechly.
Super Bowl 50 between the AFC champion Denver Broncos and NFC champion Carolina Panthers promises to be a fantastic game.
They have said all week that they want to win this one for Peyton and Ware.
And yet…I’m not sure.
Newton didn’t get much help from his offensive line which allowed a Super Bowl record-tying seven sacks, or his wide receivers, who dropped big passes at key times. And everything after that is just kind of fluff. “We’re closing the gap with each hour”.
Newton didn’t get a chance to give any balls away to kids on the front row of Levi’s Stadium. Here are five big questions that could very well decide the outcome of Super Bowl 50. “I think his focus right now is totally on figuring out this Carolina defense, getting their offense ready, (figuring out) different cities and he can call out at the line of scrimmage, and going out there to try to win a football game”.
“I really don’t pay any attention to it”, linebacker Von Miller said.
Two years ago, the Broncos had the NFL’s top offense but crashed and burned in Super Bowl XLVIII when they faced the Seahawks’ No. 1 defense. Lynch’s hometown is across San Francisco Bay from Sunday’s title game between the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos in Santa Clara, California.
Manning, tied with Drew Brees for the most 300-plus-yard passing games in a career with 102, had only two such games this season. And the Panthers win their first Super Bowl championship.
“You’ve got this one quarterback that’s maybe changing the way the position’s being played in Cam Newton, then you’ve got this guy who’s been one of the best dropback quarterbacks in terms of intelligence, smarts, work ethic, study and all that stuff, so it should be interesting there”.
The two players will have the largest age difference between starting QBs in Super Bowl history.
By the way, for what it’s worth – and for entertainment purposes only(!) – I came across from espn.com that teams wearing white jerseys have won 10 of the last 11 Super Bowls.
“I’ll be screaming. I’ll be the loudest one there”, he said.
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The offence, though still led by Peyton Manning, is now an afterthought.
