Panthers to join Broncos in Super Bowl 50

Based on current injuries for each team, here is the pick for Super Bowl 50 of the 2016 National Football League playoffs.

The New England team and its fans escaped the East Coast blizzard as the AFC Championship game is scheduled to be in Denver. He was constantly hounded by Denver’s top-ranked defense, especially Von Miller as the linebacker finished with an interception and 2 ½ sacks.

When Peyton Manning was watching games from the locker room a few months ago, none of this seemed possible. It was also the first time Manning got a first down on a third-and-10 or longer in any game since 2002.

During the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship Game, Westgate’s Jeff Sherman posted a line that favored the Panthers by 5.5 points.

Brady had gone to Gronkowski when he was most desperate on the drive, yet when it came to this crucial play, he looked Gronk off.

The players cleared the field for some musical entertainment as the band American Authors took center stage at the 50-yard line. The Broncos harassed Brady all day. “I wanted to do it for Peyton”, said Miller, who was injured and missed Denver’s loss to Seattle in the 2014 Super Bowl. Peyton Manning is 10 of 20 for 128 yards and two TDs. The Broncos do get the ball to start the second half, however.

This is an unusual sight: Tom Brady bloodied and picking himself up off the turf. The question for Denver: Can any of the pass rushers get to him in 2.4 seconds? Brady was 27 of 56 for 310 yards and two interceptions. This from a kicker who made an NFL-record 523 consecutive PATs. Brady has appeared in the Super Bowl six times in his career, and Manning has only three Super Bowl games in his career history.

Along the way, Newton set a Panthers postseason record for passing yards. The Patriots and Panthers made it out of the DivisionalrRound having won their games without much issue, while the Cardinals took a narrow overtime win over the Packers and the Broncos played a close game against the Steelers. Jackson scored with 1:49 left in the period. His PAT attempt was wide right.

It was an odd first half, and a bad one for New England.

Denver’s top-ranked defence lived up to its billing as it suffocated Tom Brady all night, and as Farhan Lalji reports, the formula they used against New England likely be carried over to the Super Bowl. Brady has been sacked once and knocked down another time.

“Asked why he eschewed field goals, Belichick simply said: “‘Cause of the scoring situation in the game”. This is not a tentative offense and I think being tentative bit us in the butt in the first half.

Manning is seeking his second ring and his third for his boss, John Elway. Both have been to Daniels.