Oddsmakers pick Panthers to beat Broncos in Super Bowl 50

The Carolina Panthers are headed to the Super Bowl after shutting down the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship game.

ESPN.com reported that Super Bowl favorites are 32-17 through the years, and that Las Vegas has lost money on just two of the past 26 Super Bowls – the New York Giants’ 2008 upset win over the Patriots and San Francisco 49ers’ blowout of the San Diego Chargers in 1995.

DOMINANT DEFENSES: Both of these teams excel at defense.

Sure, the Rams got wins over the Cardinals and they swept the Seattle Seahawks, but neither of those wins were as dominant as the Panthers have put together the last two weeks.

Along with his status as scariest runner in the NFL, biggest cheerleader on the Carolina Panthers’ sideline, corporate spokesperson and post-touchdown football gifter, Cam Newton is an underrated passer.

Quarterback Carson Palmer finished the game with two fumbles and four interceptions thrown as he forced balls down the field attempting to make up the first-half deficit. We came out here and fought our tails off and did what a lot of people said we couldn’t do.

Davis’ teammates praised his toughness and said it’s hard to imagine anyone trying to tell him he couldn’t play in his first Super Bowl after spending his entire career trying to reach this pinnacle. Newton and the Panthers continued steamrolling the Cardinals all the way to victory.

The first major headlines emanating from the team’s late-summer training camp at Wofford held nothing to foreshadow that one of the most special seasons in franchise history was about to unfold.

Arizona Cardinals’ Darren Fells reacts during the second half the NFL football NFC Championship game against the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, in Charlotte, N.C. No, it’s not all about the quarterback, but if either signal caller clearly outplays the other, it’s a pretty safe bet that quarterback will be bound for his first Super Bowl.

The over/under opened at 45.5 points. Against Arizona, Carolina produced seven takeaways.

Davis said after the game Sunday he planned to play in the Super Bowl.

Capping the barrage was Kuechly, who returned an interception 22 yards for a score.

Carolina is 9-0 at Bank of America Stadium this season, outscoring its opponents by an average of 15 points per game.

“The Super Bowl is always going to sell itself no matter who is in it”, Kornegay said.

“His experience of having been there, and then his experience of the last two seasons, is gonna really do good things for him”. In his five seasons in the NFL, Newton has played in two games where the temperature at kickoff was less than 40.

Peyton Manning improved to 6-11 in his vaunted series against Tom Brady, but 3-1 with the AFC title on the line, including Denver’s 20-18 win over New England on Sunday.

“Until you do it, it’s just one of those things you’ve got to break through”, he said, “and I will”.

“I’ll be ready to go”.