Head-to-head: Carolina Panthers v Denver Broncos Super Bowl 50 infographic

“I know people want to see 49-48 but I don’t think it’s going to be that way”, he said.

“If he has any questions for whatever reason”, Eli said, “I’m happy to give him my thoughts and my two cents on their scheme, on their players that I observed”.

The NFL do not expect the review to conclude before this season’s deciding game between Denver and the Carolina Panthers on February 7 in Santa Clara. “Hopefully we can get past those things”. “I don’t think this stage will impact him in a negative way”.

“He played great”, Elway said in the aftermath of that blowout. “We played in the Super Bowl against a team that had a wealth of playoff experience and Super Bowl experience, and we dominated that football game”. He gets in and has kind of taken advantage of that opportunity and winning and now being in the Super Bowl.

Safeties Darian Stewart and T.J. Ward were held out of the action Thursday.

Eli Manning led the Giants to Super Bowl wins in 2008 and 2012, both times over New England, while Peyton guided his former club, the Indianapolis Colts, to a 2007 triumph over Chicago.

And Eli Manning, who has won two Super Bowl titles to one for Peyton, is among those who gets the feeling that Super Bowl 50 might be the moment when his five-time NFL Most Valuable Player sibling hangs up his helmet for good.

Much in the way that Julius Thomas was able to put together career years as the Broncos’ tight end, Owen Daniels is taking advantage of Peyton Manning’s penchant to locate big targets and pass over the middle of the field. “I stand by what I said then. And that’s why this team is a tougher team because it’s a mentally tough one”, Elway said. “I like the system, obviously, having played in it and knowing that you can win world championships with it”.

They’re hoping this dynamic makes a difference – and like the Broncos teams of ’98 and ’99 they’ll make their nervous mothers proud. “Norman acknowledged Manning has lost his fastball – saying the Panthers” secondary will “calculate our risks when they come” – but he’s not underestimating motivation by “The Sheriff” for a Super Bowl ride into the sunset.