Peyton Manning Hoping to Go Out on Top
The team says they’ll need all the energy they can get when the go up against legendary quarterback Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos on Sunday, Feb. 7 in Super Bowl 50.
According to Forbes, the Broncos’ value has surged from $78 million in 1984, when its current owner Patrick Bowlen acquired it, to almost $2 billion today. Which made the entire session fit with a term he used to describe the looming return to his former home field for the Super Bowl.
Another question was about the four consecutive years a dual-threat QB has played in the Super Bowl and the 50-year streak of a pocket passer playing in the big game.
Newton said it has nothing to do with rah-rah pre-game speeches, attributing the team’s fast starts to preparation. But this journey to the Super Bowl feels a little lighter, maybe because Manning knows this could well be his last ride.
The 39-year-old superstar also avoided giving any glimpse into his thought process concerning whether the Super Bowl will mark his final National Football League game. During the regular season, the Broncos’ defense allowed an average of just 14 Fantasy points per game to opposing quarterbacks, and the Broncos’ defense allowed the 13th-fewest Fantasy points per game to running backs. I guess they just don’t exist anymore.
This time, it’s Newton and the Panthers bringing the high-octane offense to the Super Bowl and the Broncos sporting the star-studded secondary and ferocious front-seven.
The hate on the New England Patriots, their quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick piles up like plowed, dirty snow on a New York City street.
Thousands of media members will descend on San Francisco seeking a definitive answer from Manning about his career plans but he will no doubt dance around his interrogators easier than he can expect to avoid the Carolina Panthers pass rush in the February 7 Super Bowl.
“These are the guys that always seem to be able to go above and beyond and they’ve done it for five seasons”, Rivera said. Only now here comes Cam Newton, telling us he’s already incomparable as he tries to put the Lombardi Trophy with the Heisman Trophy he has already won and get to 18-1.
Manning says that “Peytongate” will not impact his preparation for the game.
The Broncos beat the New Enlgand Patriots 20-18, in a dramatic AFC Championship game, and the Carolina Panthers beat the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game 49-15. “They make the right decisions and they’re very accountable, and as a team, we have to hold each other accountable because if we can’t hold that next guy accountable, then we can’t really trust him, right?”
Tight end Vernon Davis will be capping a contract year as a largely invisible man in the Denver offense.
In addition to betting on who will score the first touchdown, bettors can also simply bet on whether or not a player will score a touchdown at any point in the game. And by the way? He was not exactly the reason why his team won the game, but he served them as a game manager. Ready or not. Like him or not. CBS Sports is going to make sure that fans will have no shortage of great shows, talent, and analysis leading up to and on the big day itself.