[MarvinStinson]

Newton didn’t face a defense like Denver’s all season.

The Broncos lead the NFL in total defense, pass defense and sacks.

Newton got to see — and feel — that up close.

Newton was sacked seven times.

Newton fumbled twice.

[ez]

Manning can no longer throw a spiral... That’s why his receivers dropped like ten balls against Pittsburgh before they adjusted. He’s throwing ducks but he still has one of the best minds in the game and knows where to throw it...if he can get it there.

[ganeemead]

A professional football team that thinks it needs its quarterback to be 40 - 60 years old has to be looking at something the wrong way.

[ilgipper]

If they quit running it, manning would look different. Kibiak will never see another Super Bowl after Payton. The combo of a great defense and the mental ability of manning won that one. How many series did they run three runs for no yards and then out.

[Dave W]

Are you just know noticing Peyton isn't as good as he used to be? There have been mountains of articles written about Peyton's decline in the last several years. This was his last game, so leave him alone. He will be 40 next month and now he is able to go out a winner. Both QBs were not so good. It was a defensive game. Peyton is good for only about 20 throws a game, now and he threw 23 and he did his part. They were winning and you want him taken out...good god, you are a moron. Please don't do these vanity posts anymore. They embarrass you.

[trebb]

Manning had the same problem Newton did - his folks can't protect him form the defense.

It would not help to replace him - he sparked the team when they put him back in a few games ago and it would likely demoralize them a bit to do a swap in the Super Bowl while the defense is doing such an exceptional job of pushing them mover the top.

He has the perfect retirement scenario now - come back when the word was his neck injury would be the end of him, spark a team back to greatness, overcome another injury and subsequent decisions to become the oldest QB to start, then win a Super Bowl, and have been a solid team player even when it looked like he would play no more.

My hat's off to him...

[1Old Pro]

Manning will now retire on top.

[2harddrive]

The SuperBowl Half-time show was a tribute to Black Power, however, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panthers, who succeeded about as well as the Carolina Panthers. Beyonce’s fake cartridge belt may have contained a few actual cartridges, minus their primers. The large X that the 50 black women in paramilitary uniforms and black berets formed, of course, honored Malcolm X, the racist white-hater. Was the conventional US media silent on this? Then go read the British press!