Guard Louis Vasquez (knee) and safeties T.J. Ward (ankle) and Darian Stewart (knee) were all limited in Wednesday's practice session, the team's first of Super Bowl week.
There should be no reason to think Cam Newton and company slow down on Sunday night. He said it'd be cool to see Manning to finish it off in Denver with a ring, but added that Newton's played great this year. For the Denver defense to establish itself as an all-time great unit.
Back on January 31, 1999, in Super Bowl XXXIII, Elway, then 38, earned Super Bowl Most Valuable Player honors for guiding the Broncos to victory over the Atlanta Falcons. The 2015-16 National Football League season has one game left, for all of the marbles, and Peyton Manning's legacy is on the line.
The Panthers and Broncos kickoff at 6:30 p.m. ET from Levi's Stadium on Sunday to finally determine all of the above.
"I don't think that the challenge of getting to Cam Newton is the deal, it's taking him down", Ware said. "... It's more or less a moment that has been built or a stage that's been built for us as a team".
Carolina's passing game ranks near the bottom of the league, but that's more a reflection of the team's balance on offense. I feel like I can still move the chains.
What makes the Panthers so good is that they have the NFL's MVP: Cam Newton.
The Broncos finished the regular season leading the league in interceptions with 23 and Peyton Manning threw 17 of them in 10 games.
The Panthers, who were founded in 1995, have played in one Super Bowl, narrowly losing to the Patriots, 32-29, in a game perhaps best remembered for Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" in the halftime show.
Denver's preference is try to run the ball as much as possible.
"It don't really mean too much. You've got to pick somebody right?"
With Super Bowl 50 just a few hours away, who's everyone picking for the big game?
By all accounts, Plan A the past four seasons has been a rousing success for the Broncos.
(Kristen Buechler/ KSAN News Anchor): "When I don't have a team preference, I like to root for the underdog and the Broncos are the underdog this year". "We both know that, and whoever makes the least amount of mistakes will win the game on Sunday".
Denver lost to Seattle 43-8 in Super Bowl 48. We're a different team now with a different roster, different guys. "When you get a little bit older and you get up there in age, he had some health issues and he worked through those and was able to come back and get us to this point".
After the Seahawks beat the Broncos in the Super Bowl two years ago, Broncos General Manager John Elway bolstered the team's defense. With Newton redefining his position to an extent, Manning will be looked to rise to occasion for what could be for the last time. They found six of those starters in the last four drafts, using first-rounders on three of them: Kuechly, defensive tackle Star Lotulelei and outside linebacker Shaq Thompson. We will miss one of the classiest athletes in any sport, but it is time for him to go, win or lose. "If he retires, he retires, but hopefully he retires on a sour note".
"That's the one thing we've seen", Rivera told a pool reporter in San Jose. "I think you can always refer back to prior situations and two-minute drives, or a fourth-and-goal from the 2-yard line".
Long says it's been popular with people who want to pull for Peyton, but aren't necessarily Broncos fans. "It's hard enough to get to this game, and when guys have an opportunity to go out that way... that's very special". "To be a uniting force, that's been a neat experience".
North Korean launches long-range rocket
The rocket launch was tracked by officials over the southern Japanese island of Okinawa but no anti-missile weapons were fired. Kerry said the U.S. will stand with its allies, including South Korea and Japan, and will hold the DPRK to account.
