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Defense proves cliché to be true…. “Offense wins games but defense wins championships”
The Denver Broncos proved to the world why they were the number one defense overall in the NFL, leading their way to becoming Super Bowl 50 World Champions
The Denver Broncos proved to the world why they were the number one defense overall in the NFL, leading their way to becoming Super Bowl 50 World Champions.
In a game that was highly sought out and made to be about Peyton Manning versus Cam Newton, both defenses made it quite clear that was all but true.
Leading up to Super Bowl 50, all you heard about was how this may be and probably will be Peyton Manning’s last game, how the media took what Cam Newton said about being “an African American quarterback that may scare a lot of people because they haven’t seen nothing that they can compare me to” and spun it into whatever they wanted to in order to have something to talk about. Yet hardly many talked about and focused solely on how the game was going to be won and how most Super Bowls are and have been won…. With DEFENSE!
Both defenses played great and shut down both opposing offenses. There was one defense that showed why they were the number one defense overall and was led by Von Miller, Super Bowl 50 Most Valuable Player, with 5 and a half tackles, 2 and a half sacks, 2 forced fumbles with one leading to the first touchdown of the game.
Miller paced the way, opposite of his teammate Demarcus Ware, who had 3 and a half tackles and 2 sacks.
However, you can not take anything away from the rest of the defensive line, consisting of Vance Walker, Malik Jackson and the interior forces Sylvester Williams and Derek Wolfer. Nevertheless, lets not take any credit away from the mastermind and defensive game plan of Wade Phillips, who allowed the Denver Broncos to have more success than any defense has had against Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers.
When you can say that your defense scored just as many points as your opposing offense, nothing more really needs to be said.
With the Denver Broncos knowing that this was and probably will be Peyton Manning’s last game and chance at winning a Super Bowl, they knew it was more important not to pay attention and get too caught up in that as a distraction, and instead recognize the reality of what it would mean and now what it truly means to be the World Champions.
If Manning does retire, this is how he can end his legacy by going out on top, as Super Bowl 50 Champions, being one of the greatest quarterbacks to play the game while realizing the dominance that his teams defense had established.
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