Denver Broncos vs. Carolina Panthers at Levi’s Stadium

With 9:27 left before halftime, Jordan Norwood returned a Brand Nortman punt 61 yards to the Panthers’ 14-yard line.

After the Broncos added another field goal, the Panthers were driving, but got derailed by yet another mistake.

Denver’s preference is try to run the ball as much as possible.

Later this evening the Denver Broncos will take on the Carolina Panthers for the Vince Lombardi trophy and, more importantly, the right to call themselves 2016 world champions. It’s Denver vs. Carolina. It’s tails. The Panthers choose to defer.

He went five times as a player and this is his second time as an executive.

Check that. Manning, now 39 and possibly playing in his final National Football League game, is a like a cowboy in his final rodeo.

But a key drop by Jerricho Cotchery early came two plays before Newton’s first fumble. “And actually, we had a draft party over there, too, when I got drafted”. Manning is second at +300. The Denver Broncos were the top seed out of the AFC and boast the league’s best defense. A beer costs $13 at the game. As a result, the Panthers have been set by oddsmakers as sizeable favorites. You can find all of the Super Bowl betting information on the SB Nation odds page.

CAROLINA’S STARTS: If the Panthers are able to get off to the sort of start they’ve made commonplace lately, they might not even give the Broncos a chance to make a game of it. In their two games this postseason, Carolina outscored its opponents 55-7 in the first half.

“In the quarterback matchup between Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos and Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers, the differences are literally black and white”, the video description reads. Carolina scored 500 points during the regular season, the most of any team, and finished 10 in yards per game.

The game’s most versatile player, Newton shattered the myth that he’s just a running quarterback long ago.

“I thought at that time I could be number one, but (Carolina) didn’t see it that way”. The Broncos won back-to-back championships in the 1998 and 1999 seasons, and they have a 2-5 record in Super Bowls.

Now it is time to predict the victor of Super Bowl 50.

WXII sports director Brian Formica and reporter Jarred Hill are covering the game and the surrounding festivities from Santa Clara, and we also have crews in Charlotte and across the Triad.

To stay up-to-date on all things Super Bowl 50, simply refresh this page periodically for live updates. Manning will have plenty of weapons to choose from on Super Bowl Sunday, and wide receivers Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders will look to create separation and get open down field for Manning.