Ryan Reynolds torn about picking between Manning, Newton

A perfectly scripted quarterback duel between Peyton Manning and Cam Newton will take center stage on Sunday as America comes to a standstill for the 50th edition of the Super Bowl.

If Manning somehow can be similarly accurate and efficient against a Panthers defence that engulfed both Seattle and Arizona, another honkin’ Super Bowl ring would serve as a far better retirement present than any gold watch.

In an era defined by spectacular offenses, the defense has limited one attack after another, with perhaps its best performance coming in the AFC Championship Game, when it held the Patriots 13 points below their per-60-minute average when they had Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman available and in the lineup. It feeds off a pair of ferocious linebackers in Luke Kuechly and Thomas Davis, the latter of whom is so tough he vows to play tonight after getting a metal plate inserted in the right arm he broke just two weeks ago against the Cardinals.

I recognize Newton’s tremendous future.

There is no guarantee yet from Peyton Manning, or confirmation, that he will retire after this game, win or lose, despite him telling Bill Belichick this might be his last rodeo. “Everything just came together for us”.

“To me, the neat thing is, if he doesn’t do the traditional quarterback things and make plays from the pocket, he may not flourish the way he has”, McCown said.

With his time-tested bond with Manning and program ties to Thompson and Anunike, there’s no doubt who Cutcliffe will be pulling for come Sunday evening-a choice that might be unpopular in the Tar Heel State. And that’s not nothing.

“I think had I been thinking about (those) things it would’ve affected me”, Manning said. “I think they’re fighters”. The Broncos would ride their defense to Santa Clara. And the stakes, which are merely tremendous. He becomes Steph Curry with a victory over the Broncos.

The Panthers use a 4-3 formation, blitz on only about a quarter of opponents’ passing downs but do so effectively, and – here’s the key stat – thrive on takeaways, leading the National Football League with 39 in the regular season before tacking on another nine in the postseason.

Those are the stakes for Newton. “Everybody would love to have a Cam Newton, but they’re not everywhere”.

“They’ll pressure you. They’ll play a lot of (zone)”. “I got the opportunity to meet Usain previous year”.

The other day he was talking about Jordan, who happens to own an National Basketball Association team in the same city where Newton plays his football. He went to five Super Bowls and won two with a lethal combination of rocket throws and timely runs.

Regardless, the New Orleans native has been serviceable in what will probably be his final season, but it was really the Broncos’ defence that got them to the big dance. Manning competed 34-of-49 passes for 280 yards and a touchdown, but he also threw two interceptions.

Matthew Emmons/USA Today Sports The Lombardi Trophy will be given to one of two star QBs on Sunday.

Back then, Manning was still technically a member of the Indianapolis Colts, but he was soon released and wound up signing with the Broncos. Cam and Carolina are one of the greatest Super Bowl teams of all time and Manning, sadly, will go down as one of the greatest Super Bowl disappointments of all time.

The list of players who retired after winning the Super Bowl is distinguished. On Saturday, the GOP candidates – headlined by Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio – squared off in the last debate before the February 9 New Hampshire primary and tried to one-up each other on the hottest topic of the day: the Super Bowl. He still wears that badge, podner, and his appreciative teammates on both sides of the ball believe he can win one more sunset shootout.

But the quarterbacks are the attraction here, even people in outer space know that.

“They’re the best run game that we’ve faced”, Marshall said. Never one as dramatic as this.