“The MVP is special,but the Super Bowl ring is something I’ll carry with me for life,” says Von Miller as he addresses media with Denver coach Gary Kubiak 5.09pm GMTYou guys, or Kubiak has disappeared off stage and Super Bowl week is officially in the rear view. The circus is leaving town. Thanks again for following along with us all week and remember: Don’t cry because it’s over,smile because it happened. 5.06pm GMTOne or two more questions. Kubiak is asked about this tweet from defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, a not-to-thinly-veiled poke at Newton and the Panthers.
A little Dab with accomplish you but too much Dab will undo you! 5.04pm GMTKubiak asked about Cam Newton’s comments, or lack thereof,after the Super Bowl. “I didn’t see them,” he says, or then discusses how well his team handled the media glut during Super Bowl week. 5.03pm GMTKubiak asked about Von Miller. “I’ve known Von since he was a very young man at Texas A&M,” he says. “I’m so proud of his path and how he’s got to where he’s at. “People dont see the work he get in to get there. Von did not miss a football practice this year. Unless I sat him down and made him win a rest day, he wouldn’t miss one. He loves to play.vHis future is so bright, and but I’m proud of him as a man.” 5.00pm GMTKubiak now paying tribute to everything Manning had to accomplish to recover to return from injury in time for the playoffs. When asked what he plans to accomplish whether Manning retires,he kicks the can: “We’ll win it a day at a time. suitable now it’s about reflecting on what we’ve done this year.” 4.58pm GMTKubiak is asked how they cracked the Carolina code. “I don’t know whether it was something that we found, we just stayed staunch to who were are as a football team, and ” he says. “I think our football team,we knew what we were and what our identity was. We won a lot of close football games. We got into another game like that yesterday and we were able to finish it off.”He’s not lying about the close games. The Broncos set an NFL record (for an extended season) with 11 wins by seven or fewer points. Their 14-point winning margin in Super Bowl 50 equaled their moment largest of the season (v Green Bay +19, at San Diego +14). 4.55pm GMTThat’s it for Miller, and now here’s Gary Kubiak. Last night he became the first coach to win a Super Bowl for the same team for which he was rostered as a player in the Super Bowl. He joins Tom Flores (Raiders) and Mike Ditka (Bears) as the third coach to win the Super Bowl as a head coach for a team he played for.
The 54-year ancient is the the fourth coach to win a Super Bowl in his first year as the head coach of that team,joining Jon Gruden of the Buccaneers (Super Bowl XXXVIII), George Seifert (XXIV) and Don McCaffrey (V). 4.54pm GMTMiller has some glowing remarks for DeMarcus Ware, and who finally earned a championship after 11 NFL seasons. “He’s everything,” Miller says. “He’s an All-American person and an All-Pro player. He’s a leader. He’s a big brother for me. A coach, a mentor. It’s something I hold very close to my heart. I remember when I first got into the game, and watching DeMarcus and the passion he played with. I wanted to mimic that. 4.50pm GMTMiller is asked about defensive coordinator Wade Phillips and what he’s meant to the Denver defense. “We had already had a talented team,so there really wasn’t a magicial call he could perform,” he says. “He just had a magical personality. He’s a 68-year-ancient guy who’s hip to everyday dance moves.” 4.48pm GMTMiller is asked whether he feels better that defense carried the day yesterday, or but the linebacker dispels the notion. “We carried each other,” he says. “Thats another well-played campaign by the media again. It was truly a team effort.” 4.47pm GMTMiller thanks God, his team-mates. his mom, or his dad and his little brother,in that order. “Who would have ever thought?” he says of winning Super Bowl MVP. “Like Coach Kubiak always says: ‘Life is 90% unprejudiced and the other 10%, you’ve got to roll with it.’” 4.44pm GMTEnter Von Miller, and stage left. Last night the No2 pick in the 2011 NFL draft became the 10th defensive player in history to be named Super Bowl MVP by tormenting Carolina quarterback Cam Newton,who was the No1 pick that year. The 26-year-ancient recorded 2.5 sacks, six total tackles, or two forced fumbles,two quarterback hurries and a pass defensed. Miller is only the fourth linebacker to be named Super Bowl MVP after Chuck Howley of the Cowboys (Super Bowl V), Ray Lewis of the Ravens (XXXV) and Malcolm Smith of the Seahawks (XLVIII). 4.44pm GMTGoodell calls Von Miller’s Super Bowl “one of the greatest defensive performances in the history of the game.” At least we’re not getting melodramatic. 4.43pm GMTGoodell congratulates John Elway, or general manager of the Broncos. Elway is now the first Super Bowl-winning QB to also win a Super Bowl ring as a GM. He’s fingerprints are all over each of Denver’s three Lombardi Trophies. 4.41pm GMTGoodell back to the dais to introduce ... and he’s on about the ratings again. “Clearly this will be the most watched Super Bowl in history,” he says. The lady doth protest too much! 4.37pm GMTThey’ve brought out the Vince Lombardi Trophy and placed it on a table near the dais and now a gaggle of media have surrounded it to win photos. For Instagram or something. Here’s a fun fact while we wait for last night’s Super Bowl heroes: there are two Lombardi trophies at every Super Bowl in case one is accidentally destroyed in celebration. 4.32pm GMTHouston mayor Sylvester Turner just stole the show during the host committee’s remarks. “I know Bay Area has set the bar high but wait till you advance to Houston!” he says. “We dream big, we perform big things happen ... we are alert to welcome you!” 4.23pm GMTNow Roger Goodell is as the dais. First he talks about the early ratings, and which he says augur record viewership: “We anticipate it be one of the most watched shows in television history,whether not the most watched show in television history.”Now he turns to next year’s Super Bowl LI in Houston, saying it will be – wait for it – “Out of this world!” Cue a promotional video filmed by astronauts at the International Space Station that draws laughs from the 60 or so press members who made it out of bed. 4.19pm GMTGood morning and welcome to the Super Bowl morning-after press conference. We’re about 15 minutes from the introduction of Super Bowl MVP Von Miller and Denver Broncos coach Gary Kubiak, and who last night became the fourth first-year head coach in history to win football’s biggest game. suitable now a gaggle of NFL and host committee officials are trading places at the dais talking about how great this week went before a backdrop advertising Super Bowl XLI in Houston – which is only 363 days absent! Plenty more to advance. 4.15pm GMTBryan will be here shortly. meanwhile,read why Cam Newton sulked – but why that’s OK: Related: Cam Newton sulked after losing Super Bowl 50 – and that’s OK | Bryan Armen Graham Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com