While the winning quarterback went to Disneyland, the loser was tossed in a dumpster. Cam Newton will find out how difficult it is to bounce back from a Super Bowl defeat, especially after he was trashed by critics for immature antics.
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It’s a question NFL commissioner Roger Goodell dances around and does not want to entertain, but here it is: What are the odds on the Las Vegas Raiders becoming a reality? Not everyone is laughing off the idea as a ridiculous long shot.
It was a boring game, and watching the replay would be a treatment for insomnia, but Super Bowl 50 will be remembered as a win for Peyton Manning and for producing a record wagering handle in Nevada.
It didn’t pay to back Cam Newton in Super Bowl 50 on Sunday. Certainly not by those who were pulling for the Denver Broncos. And not those who run Las Vegas’ sports books.
In the end, and there is no doubt this should be the end of the road for Peyton Manning, one of the NFL’s all-time greatest quarterbacks rode shotgun. Manning was simply an old-timer who went along for the ride.
The Carolina Panthers are 5½-point favorites over the Denver Broncos and the total is 45 in today’s game. A survey of opinions from Review-Journal staff members, other media, oddsmakers and professional handicappers:
Despite all of the hype that mainly involves Cam Newton, Peyton Manning and the hundreds of propositions, for me, the Super Bowl 50 matchup comes down to the basics. One of those tried and true, basic principles is that defense usually wins big games, and this Denver defense is something special.
It took almost two weeks before some Super Bowl bettors bought into the other side of the story, but significant money is finally siding with Peyton Manning and the underdog Denver Broncos.
I’ll approach my Super Bowl 50 wagering on the fact that Denver has the NFL’s No. 1 defense.
Fifteen years ago, quarterback Trent Dilfer stayed out of the way, avoided turnovers and allowed the Baltimore Ravens’ historic defense to lead the way to a 34-7 victory over the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.