Mark Schlereth Tells Levack He See’s Elway In Manning

This is Newton’s first Super Bowl and Peyton Manning’s fourth.

Carolina quarterback Cam Newton is in the prime of his career.

He officially retired after 15 seasons (10 in Denver) and 12 Pro Bowls with a formal ceremony at Broncos headquarters in Englewood, Colo., that fall. They don’t typically cause permanent brain damage or other loss of motor function, but they lead to a higher probability of future strokes. “I haven’t made my mind up and I don’t see myself knowing about that until after the season”, he said. “It would be one thing if you were asking me this question if we were 4-11 and this is the last game, ‘Hey, what are you gonna do?’ Maybe I should have moved to safety.’ I’m just glad I got back out there, proved to myself that yeah, it is time to sit down, you know?” You learn about ball security and how important it is to protect the football. “They do a lot of different things, different coverages, and they communicate well”. It wasn’t easy returning to the sideline after getting a taste of the action. “But the bottom line is we’re winning and that’s what makes me truly happy”. He served as the second-string quarterback for a week leading into the regular-season finale before Head Coach Gary Kubiak put him back in the lineup with the team in need of “a spark” with a 13-7 deficit caused by five turnovers. Some might be anxious about his durability, after four injuries in seven starts.

Elway gets why Manning is such a topic of conversation, but he doesn’t believe that should become the Broncos’ cause this week.

“I get emotional about it, hopefully will have lots of reasons to cheer and get excited”. If we come in here and act like this is a vacation and then lose the game, then what? We needed both quarterbacks. The Giants parted ways with Tom Coughlin this offseason and Eli expressed his desire to retain the same system the team has run for the past two seasons. The Ohio State product (he was drafted in the seventh round by the Eagles in 2010) had two interceptions in the Panthers’ win over the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship game.

I went a poor 0-2 in the conference championships, predicting a Patriots-Cardinals Super Bowl. “I knew we were going in the right direction”. The only Super Bowls that had an offensive player win the MVP and were defense dominated were the New York Giants (Super Bowls XXI, XXV, XLII, XLVI) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (Super Bowls IX, X, XIII, XIV, XL and XLIII).