Super Bowl Weekend is finally here after two slow weeks of the media running out of questions to ask and watching star players play two-hand touch football in Honolulu.
Panthers vs Broncos may be the most lopsided matchup since Broncos vs Falcons Super Bowl in the 1998-1999 season. No one is really giving the Broncos a chance and rightfully so. This is not the same Peyton Manning who threw 55 touchdowns almost 3 years ago, this is a very limited Peyton Manning. Going into this game, the Broncos clearly have the better defense, but not the better offense. Sure, Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware can get after the quarterback and Chris Harris and Aqib Talib can lock down your best wide receivers each and every week, but this is not the Patriots make-shift offensive line. This Panthers offensive line might not even be comparable to the Patriots, it is much much better and they very may be able to contain one of the most ferocious pass rushers in the National Football League. Plus Cam Newton is a more mobile quarterback than Tom Brady and is a pain in the neck to bring down.
This is Super Bowl 48 all over again. Maybe we are saying different things if Peyton Manning is fully healthy and not almost 40 years old, but this is the Panthers game to lose and it is very hard to foresee them choking it away to an inferior team. Cam Newton is playing like the best quarterback in the league and I cannot see the Panthers letting up, especially when he and his teammates absolutely tore up two comparable defenses in the Cardinals and Seahawks. The Panthers will not lose this game and you can hold me accountable for this one.
I have the Panthers in this game 34-20. As good as the Broncos defense is, it will not be enough to make up for an offense that is a shell of it's former self. I have the Panthers scoring 34 points because I feel as if Peyton Manning will panic with the Panthers front 7 in his face all game long. He will have at least 2 interceptions and one will be returned for a touchdown. Unless something goes horribly wrong, Cam Newton will most likely be the MVP of the NFL and the MVP of the Super Bowl.
Watching Matt Moore, Chris Weinke, Tony Pike, and Jimmy Clausen set the quarterback position back 50 years was all worth this. Hopefully, the team with two states can bring back the Super Bowl to where it clearly belongs this season.
I know I am "Crazy For New York Sports", but this Jets fan who has lived in Charlotte for the past decade and is a closet Panthers fan since 2006, says Keep Pounding and bring this Super Bowl back home!
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