‘Defense wins championships’ lives on for another year with Broncos, Panthers

They now know their opponent: The Carolina Panthers, who beat the Arizona Cardinals 49-15 in the NFC Championship Game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.

Manning will become the oldest starting quarterback in Super Bowl history at age 39 when the Broncos face the Panthers in two weeks in Super Bowl 50 at the San Francisco 49ers’ stadium in Santa Clara, California.

The Panthers, whose only other Super Bowl appearance came in a 32-29 loss to New England in 2004, have been established as early 4-point favorites. He said there are going to be a variety of cameras set up around the area as well as private security officers and private security cameras located around businesses.

The Cardinals committed seven turnovers, and Palmer was responsible for six of them – four interceptions and two lost fumbles. The Panthers had been 60-1 at some books entering the season, with only nine teams bigger long shots, according to the betting analysis site Pregame.com. When healthy, Palmer has been a solid quarterback if not spectacular, and he is a flawless fit for Arians’ schemes in Arizona. – NFL Network analyst Michael Irvin (former Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner backed him up, predicting Cam Newton and Carson Palmer will combine for eight touchdowns Sunday night).

American Football is never predictable and Sunday’s matchup between the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots was a flawless example of that.

It’s Carolina’s first trip to the Super Bowl since the 2003 season.

“I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure I’m ready to go”, said Davis. I’m excited. But we’re not done yet.

Keim is determined to assess what went wrong against Carolina and construct a championship team for 2016. They lead the all-time series, including the playoffs with a 9-5 mark against Arizona.

Special teams also had a takeaway, and when Carolina grabbed a 24-7 halftime lead this time, it didn’t back off as it did in nearly blowing a 31-point margin a week ago against Seattle.

This was by far the worst performance of the season for the Arizona Cardinals.

Fresh off a 49-15 defeat, general manager Steve Keim says this disappointment will fuel him heading into next season.

Now losing by 19, Palmer was again picked off by Coleman on a deep pass to the one-yard line.

Panthers coach Ron Rivera said there is little the team can glean from that game since Palmer was sidelined with a torn ACL. Palmer set a franchise record with 35 passing touchdowns, 4,671 passing yards and a 104.6 passer rating in the regular season.

Patriots head coach Bill Bellicheck was full of compliments for the Broncos after the game: “They are a good football team, well coached, a lot of good players”.

“I will do whatever it takes (to play)”, he said of the Super Bowl.

And one of his TD passes was an 86-yard catch-and-run by Philly Brown, helped by Rashad Johnson’s botched tackle.

Darren Urban wrote on Cardinals Blog that both Powers and Johnson “emphasized how much they want to return”.