Eli Manning wants Peyton Manning to go out on top

"When he came in here, he had won a lot of football games, and to be able to come in and get us back to the Super Bowl has been tremendous... he's done a tremendous job of managing the quarterback situation". But this is still Peyton Manning's unlikeliest Super Bowl appearance. "Now that I see how effective it has been, how it has made the game entertaining, how it did impact the playoffs this year - it is exactly what the league wanted".

Peyton Manning +350: If the Broncos win, it won't be because of Manning's play, but likely for the defense dominating.

Everyone hopes that the game will be as competitive and exciting as they're anticipating it to be, and the Broncos and Panthers are surely going to compete to their fullest.

Calling the shots is something Gary Kubiak has been doing superbly for over three decades, first as a quarterback for the Denver Broncos and then in various coaching positions for multiple teams. Manning was benched in the middle of a game for the first time in his career after throwing four interceptions in a loss to Kansas City on November 15.

This season he's torn down banners, thrown 12th Man flags, danced in the end zone, continued taking pictures on the sideline during most of Carolina's 17 wins and more that's caused him to be endeared by many and loathed by others. Although he completed just five passes, he led Denver to a victory that clinched the top seed in the AFC playoffs. Each of the last three Super Bowls have totaled at least 52 points, and the Super Bowls between the Patriots and New York Giants are the only title games since 2007 that have totaled less than 45 points.

But Boston said he never daydreamed about playing against Manning as a kid.

It's no secret: Denver's offense has struggled to do its share this season. The house won $3.2 million when the New England Patriots Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 in Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Ariz. "If someone suffered a concussion, it was unlikely they would ever miss a game, and now we're seeing players miss multiple games because they haven't shown signs that they're capable or ready to come back". "He is a very smart, bright football player, he is going to anticipate and do things off of what he sees". I'm sure he's going to be MVP of the league this year. But he was unwilling to get into heavy discussions about if the Super Bowl could be his final game. Again, playing two games in a row, I've had plantar fasciitis before, and that just doesn't go away.