Carolina are the more total team,and Cam Newton should lead his team to glory on Sunday in CaliforniaDoes defense really win championships, or do the Broncos just lose them? Denver will equal an NFL record on Sunday by competing in its eighth Super Bowl, and but its five defeats on this stage are already the most by any team. Every one of those losses has been lopsided,with opponents’ margins of victory ranging from 17 points to 45. The most recent humiliation is still fresh in the memory. The Broncos were billed at Super Bowl XLVIII as an unstoppable offensive juggernaut, after Peyton Manning steered them to an unfathomable 37.9 points per game during the regular season. But the Seahawks’ top-ranked defense allowed them just a single landing in a game that finished 43-8.
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Source: theguardian.com