A near-unanimous MVP, Newton is just one man after all. His story is a great one, to be fair.
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He walked to the stage wearing a cowboy hat, then took a few moments to let the scene sink in. The supporters held up signs and screamed “Thank you, Peyton!” at the top of their lungs as they soaked in the sun while basking in the glow of the Broncos’ third Super Bowl title – and first in 17 years. And then, there’s Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, who, with a healthy offense and another offseason to reload, should enter 2016 as the prohibitive AFC favorites. The guy who couldn’t play in cold weather games.
“Calling this our most uncharacteristic performance of the season pretty much sums it up the best”, Olsen said.
There were six turnovers, four by the Panthers and two from Denver.
One of the biggest winners from the Super Bowl didn’t even take a snap.
Not a bad way to go out, eh? “We are going somewhere and we are going to get the heck out of town”, Peyton said about his plans now that the season is over.
National Football League players aren’t actually allowed to endorse alcohol companies. “He’s probably got more glasses than most people have shoes”.
Hi Internet. For the record, Budweiser did not pay Peyton Manning to mention Budweiser tonight. Sideline reporters made a bee line for Manning wanting to know if the Super Bowl’s golden game would be his last.
Should Osweiler depart – Denver is highly unlikely to use the franchise tag on him (it was $18.5 million this season) – the only quarterback on the roster with Manning’s retirement would be Trevor Siemian, a total unknown. A lot of people give him credit for changing things about the game.
“We’re going to be back, brother”, Rivera told fullback Mike Tolbert. “Everybody has really stuck together this year”.
John Elway saw that the blueprint of a high-powered offensive attack could be bested when Seattle laid the groundwork for the age old cliche – defense wins championship.
Ward goes on to question the priorities of the Panthers.
But these Broncos did something the rest of the league proved unable to do all season: they stopped the unstoppable. “I don’t know what you want me to say, I’m sorry”.
The Broncos do need to figure out what to do with Manning’s backup, Brock Osweiler. “The game is the way it is because of the players that have come before us”, Miller said. Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., was built, in part, to host big events such as the Super Bowl.
And what a finish the 24-10 win over the Carolina Panthers was – if, in fact, this was it.
Cam Newton’s embarrassing Super Bowl meltdowns on the field and in the postgame media session aside, it was hard to argue with what Newton said when asked after the game what message he had for the Panthers’ fans.
Most thought it would come much earlier, but it was worth the wait.
“If he would have touched that ball, I was gonna hit him right in his face, and I wasn’t the only one”, Broncos safety T.J.
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In the end, anyone who isn’t thrilled for Manning just doesn’t have a heart.
