I think we saw the best two linebacker groups in the league last night. Watching Kuechly and Davis swarm around the middle of the field is incredible. Then Denver has Ware and Miller destroying the edge. What a stark contrast to the Jets' slow, lumbering LB corps.
That's my opinion, and I'm sticking to it. How was Denver winning a pipe dream with that defense, Manning at QB and the offensive weapons they have?
I respect you as well, but I disagree. Cotchery never bobbled the ball and his hand was under the ball the whole time. How was the PF against Talib BS? He grabbed Brown by the facemask and slung him out of bounds. The calls were not even imo. Some of the calls against the Panthers were merited for stupidity, but most of those came after the Panthers had already been jobbed several times early.
Yep. That play disgusted me. Where was "superman" then? Some leader he proved to be. He had obviously packed it in at that point. I was rooting for Carolina, but in a way, I'm glad that they lost. Maybe it will humble and help mature Newton and he'll quit acting like an immature child when he scores or gets a first down. I can't stand that hot dogging, show off, BS that a lot of the players do in the name of "having fun" and being "self expressed." They look like morons imo.
Newton is an egotistical jerk. When he wins, he pounds his chest and says; LOOK AT ME, AINT I GREAT. I'M SUPERMAN. He dances around and taunts the other team. When he loses, he pouts and sulks and whines and pulls his hoody over his face like a spoiled baby trying to hide his face. It's not racist to enjoy seeing a jerk exposed, Jerks like Newton come in all colors, all shapes ans sizes.
that was some pussy shit right there. I'd call it gutless if it happened in week 8. but late in the Super Bowl? Cam needs to turn in his man card as that was pussy
100% spot on. He's a phony, a fraud and it's okay NOT to like his bullshit antics and douchebag persona. _
Here is where I would point out my token Hispanic friends to prove I'm not racist but who am I kidding...nobody likes Hispanics.
A few game thoughts since I was unable to post here during the game: 1. Definitely not the prettiest or best played game on the biggest stage. Entertainment value was medium at best in a game that was a defensive struggle, but also notable for so many seemingly unforced errors and mistakes by the Panthers. The game was close-ish in the 2nd half, but never felt that suspenseful because of the dominance of Denver's D. The Panthers team that showed up last night was borderline unrecognizable. 2. Von Miller went from perennial All-Pro to future HOFer/legend last night. He absolutely wrecked this game for the Panthers with the strip-sack in the 1st quarter. The Panthers O had never faced that type of adversity this season, and it showed. Ware also went out in legendary style. The storyline was future HOFer Peyton goes out on top, but it should have been future HOFer Ware goes out with a performance indicative of his dominant career. These two guys owned the playoffs, plain and simple. 3. Wow at the Panthers offense last night. I won't put it all on Newton, but no doubt when he sailed his first pass it was a terrible sign of things to come. You could not script what a disaster this game was for their offense. Security blanket Tolbert fumbles not once, but twice?? Sure-handed Cotchery drops two balls right in his breadbasket?? Their formidable OL gets absolutely steamrolled at the point of attack and commits a million pre-snap penalties?? A lot of credit to Denver's D, but the Panthers O no-showed. Newton had some decent moments running and throwing, but was under siege all night. Also did not understand why they did not call more designed runs for Newton or get him out of the pocket more. Their lone TD drive Newton had success with his legs. 4. Peyton became the storyline as the clock ticked down, as expected, but this was such a mediocre performance by him in no way indicative of the player he has been. That had to be the worst performance by an offense in a team that actually won the SB. Less than 200 yards, turnovers, failure to convert on 3rd down. I am happy that Peyton gets his second ring, but it had to be somewhat bittersweet for him to be absolutely carried to this title. For that reason, I am not sure how this really changes his legacy, for me it does not. He was a legend before this playoff run, and more of a footnote this season. For those who heavily weight the playoffs, they can now latch onto his 2nd ring and winning record in the playoffs, even though he was more of a hindrance than a help last night. 5. Feel bad for the Panthers D. They played well enough to win, but at some point it became evident that they needed to convert the Broncos mistakes into scores, and unlike the past two games, they were not able to do that. A couple dropped INTs by Norman hurt. Great performance by them, but it needed to be greater in this type of game. 6. The refs were bad. The blown call on the Cotchery play was inexcusable after reply, and altered the trajectory of this game for good when the Miller strip-sack occurred a couple players later. How many penalties on kick/punt returns? Felt like a flag every single one. Too many personal foul calls too. Overall, they were just too involved, and notably blew a huge early play. Just a bad look for the NFL when that is how the game is reffed. 7. Entertaining commercials and halftime. I am sure for the casual fans that was much-needed given how the game played out.
Good post! I agree with most except I would say Super Bowl XL's Steelers offense was the worst performance of a winning offense. Ben was flat out terrible that game. They scored on a trick play and long run. Besides that terrible. Haha. And to the Broncos' Offense's defense: they were playing team ball. Very conservative to compliment the D. I thought they should have been more aggressive (in the AFC Championship and Super Bowl) but clearly Kubiak knows more than I do.
I always judge the non-fan/casual fan appeal of each SB by my wife haha. As the SB is about the only game she sits down to watch every year. (she asked me if Steph Curry was on the broncos or the panthers team last night hahaha).. Anyway, she brings a book to the Super Bowl party we go to every year. My metric goes by stars 1-5.. and that depends on which quarter of the game she brings the book out of her purse to read. If (on the rare occasion) the book doesn't come out at all, its a 5 star game. Yesterday the book came out early in the second quarter. That makes it a 2 star game. Pretty low appeal for the non-fan haha.
Love it! I was watching at the hostel where I'm working in Uruguay. One of my Colombian friends joined me to watch part of the second half and there were no really great plays. I had to explain to him that it was a shit game, very defensive and sloppy.
Yeah the Steelers O was terrible in that SB, and the biggest reason they won was probably the refs. However, I give Ben and their offense a pass because he played so well in the AFC playoffs leading up to the SB. Denver's O was consistently poor throughout the playoffs. Peyton really needs to retire because he just does not have the physical ability anymore to make all the throws. If there was any doubt how Kubiak wanted to win, that was laid to rest when he went run-run-run-punt mid 4th quarter with the game still in doubt. They knew their best chance to score more points and seal the game was with their D on the field and the Panthers pinned deep.
My girlfriend and her friend checked out early on too. She had paid A LOT more attention to last year's SB, which was clearly a superior game in how it was played by both teams. I even rate the Seahawks-Broncos game higher simply because the Seahawks showed a complete display of dominance on both sides of the ball. Last night, you only got to witness greatness on one side of the ball.
