Manning and rival Brady to battle for Super Bowl berth

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning passes against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first half in an NFL football divisional playoff game on Sunday in Denver.

Well, Denver finished this game very strong, which ultimately led to a 23-16 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now, Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib thinks that Ben Roethlisberger wasn’t being upfront about the shoulder injury he suffered against the Bengals. He’ll probably only enter if Manning gets hurt or if the future Hall of Famer plays terribly, which would likely mean the Patriots are winning big.

Pittsburgh, playing without star receiver Antonio Brown and with banged-up quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, moved ahead thanks to some big plays – 201 of their 398 yards of offense came on their five biggest plays.

A Colorado couple took sibling rivalry to a new level when they chose to name their children after the Patriots’ Tom Brady and the Broncos’ Peyton Manning. “We’ll deal with that on Wednesday”, he said. “I didn’t think he touched me, and I told Emmanuel to kind of be alert in case I fall down and get back up”. “I might not play.’ And then he comes in the game and tries to ball”.

“I don’t really want to analyze this play too much”. Denver’s kicker added a fifth with 53 seconds remaining to put the Broncos up by 10 and basically put the game out of reach.

All that ugliness got set aside thanks to the sort of comeback that has defined the Denver Broncos all season. “You had to lead the receivers, but that factored into them as well”. I tell you what, I don’t know if you guys could tell, it was quite windy down there … “We’ll take a couple hours to enjoy this one tonight”.

Denver’s DeMarcus Ware recovered and minutes later, C.J. Anderson scored the go-ahead touchdown on a one-yard run. Tom Brady is completing 66.7 percent of his passes for 302 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions.

When you factor in that he was a 6th-round draft pick (2000) and that he missed an entire year (2008) with a torn ACL, you could argue No. 12 is already the best quarterback in National Football League history. Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski combined to catch 17 passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns, and they could have a big day in the AFC title game, even against Denver’s stingy defense.