Super Sunday: Broncos Win!

-Defensive end Jared Allen, who played in his first Super Bowl just three weeks after breaking a bone in his foot, finished with only one tackle and one quarterback hurry. How long did people wait before asking the 5 time MVP about his future?

Manning made sure he went down all guns blazing after leading the Broncos to a crushing Super Bowl 50 win over the Carolina Panthers.

“You don’t have to keep reminding me how old I am”, Manning joked.

But a coy Manning refused to reveal his hand leaving open the possibility that the 39-year-old could remain part of the National Football League next season even as the Super Bowl turns the corner and steams toward its centennial and a new era that includes a team back in Los Angeles.

“I’ll take some time to reflect”, Manning said among the gold ticker tape at Levi’s Stadium.

“I want to go kiss my wife, kiss my kids”, he said while holding the Lombardi Trophy.

According to Nielsen, Super Bowl 50 averaged a 49.0 household rating/73 share in the 56 metered markets across the country, peaking with a 51.0/73 for the final 15 minutes (10-10:15 p.m. ET). “I’m going to take care of those things first, and say a little prayer to thank the man upstairs for this great opportunity”. I’m going to drink a lot of Budweiser tonight, I promise you that.

“We’ll be back”, said Newton. When asked about what he did or didn’t expect, the quarterback follows, “They just played better than us. I have to tell you, Matt, I’m very much at peace with it… whatever the decision is, I have a real peace about it”. I think a guy like Steve Young has more credibility than some writer in criticizing Newton because he actually has been in that spot before. “We wanted to come out and prove that we’re the best”.

Miller was in the Panthers’ backfield so often that Troy E. Renck at DenverPost.com wrote the linebacker’s “most hard path of resistance” Sunday was winding through reporters to get to his locker after the game.