(January 25, 2016 at 4:30 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: He's never been to the Super Bowl. Seriously, the stage is bigger than anything he's ever seen. The two weeks of media, the analysis, the number of viewers, the idea that he may have just one shot to get a ring, the idea that there have been only ~80 quarterbacks in the history of mankind who have reached that level. The pressure is unreal.
True, and I don't deny it's going to be a factor. I still don't see the Panthers losing. Manning had a good performance on Sunday, but it wasn't outstanding, and he was shut down almost entirely in the 2nd half. The Broncos defense is supposed to be the best in the league, and the Patriots still managed to put scores on the board, and came close to tying the game or even winning it outright (they reached field goal range 3 times in the last 7 minutes and only got 6 points). The reason Brady got hit so many times is due more to our dilapidated O-line than the Denver defense IMO. The Panther's O-line is fantastic.
I don't think it will be another blowout like the Seattle game, but I don't think the Broncos will stop the Panthers offense either.
I reckon it'll be 35 - 24 to the Panthers.
