Last week, the biggest complaint was that Ron Rivera went super conservative in the second half and the Seattle Seahawks nearly came back to win the game. “All the picking and who you think is going to win, it doesn’t really matter”. A two-point conversion failed after the touchdown, and the ensuing onside kick was quickly recovered to propel the Denver Broncos to their second Super Bowl appearance in three years. Sure that may seem like advantage Denver, but look at the quarterback situation.
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The Carolina Panthers next head to the Super Bowl to face the Denver Broncos.
And one of his TD passes was an 86-yard catch-and-run by Philly Brown, helped by Rashad Johnson’s botched tackle. And about a third of those yards came on one 30 yard run by C.J. Anderson.
The Pro Bowl is this Sunday in Honolulu, Hawaii. Six plays later, he zigzagged 22 yards for the Panthers’ first touchdown. That offense is nothing without Cam Newton.
“For everyone who wears the blue and black, it has been a long time coming”, Newton said after another virtuoso performance Sunday with two touchdown passes and another two TD leaps – minus the Superman cape -in a 49-15 destruction of the Arizona Cardinals for the NFC championship. Talib described Newton as “super unique” when asked if he could compare him to another quarterback.
The Broncos bashed Brady throughout their dethroning of the Patriots. reported The Associated Press.
He’s going to California thanks in large part to the league’s best defense, which led the NFL with 52 sacks and allowed fewer yards than anyone else this season, then made life hard as can be for Tom Brady and the Patriots on Sunday.
Many questioned when Panthers cornerback Robert McClain and Cortland Finnegan, both signed late in the season because of injuries to Bene Benwikere and Charles Tillman, would be able to keep up with Arizona’s dynamic receiving corps. Brady just stood there and took it; Newton will take off and turn a 10 yard loss into a 20 yard gain.
Yes, he’s still as good as anyone at diagnosing defenses and changing things up – or appearing to, anyway – at the line of scrimmage.
Just like in 2007 with the Bears, Rivera is tasked with stopping Peyton Manning. “He’s one of the greatest competitors ever in this league”.
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On a team of preening peacocks, where the quarterback has more ham in him than a Publix deli counter and where players pose for group photos while the game is still ongoing, Davis was the weighty counterbalance.
