Team Grades: Denver’s Defense Dominates To Deliver Championship

By Mark Schiff
To win his second championship, all Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning needed was a little help from his friends.
In what may be the final game of his legendary career, Manning won Super Bowl 50 thanks to the play of his teammates on defense. Denver held the highest scoring team in the NFL to just two scores and defeated the Carolina Panthers 24-10 to capture the team’s third world title on a spectacular afternoon at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. For the second game i