Team Grades: Denver Defense Punches Golden Ticket To Super Bowl 50
Denver's defense plays lights out against the Patriots and the offense comes up with just enough points to put the Broncos in the Super Bowl for the second time in three years.
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Denver's defense plays lights out against the Patriots and the offense comes up with just enough points to put the Broncos in the Super Bowl for the second time in three years.
Sunday's AFC Championship Game was a textbook example of how defense wins championships.
Peyton Manning's Denver Broncos will face Cam Newton's Carolina Panthers in the 50th Super Bowl, which many people expect to be the final game of Manning's star-studded career.
Denver is the healthiest its been all season as the team heads into the AFC Championship, while the Patriots list 16 players as questionable.
New England's injury report is long, but everyone is practicing this week.
The AFC and NFC Championship games pit the top two seeds in each conference against each other. Who will win and advance?
Plus, a defensive duo are especially excited for New England, the Patriots will have a better roster than the last time they met and Denver needs help on special teams
CBS Sports analyst and one of the game's greatest tight ends shares his thoughts on another Brady-Manning showdown, the Patriots offensive weapons and the NFC Championship.
The Patriots could've had home-field advantage in the playoffs. But Bill Belichick, their legendary coach, got careless at the end of the season.
Despite the marquee names headlining the matchup, the play of the quarterbacks won't be as big of a factor as the performance of the defenses in the AFC Championship game.
The Broncos offense finally gets going late and the defense limits the Steelers to field goals, but it the special teams shine brightest in Denver's win.
The Pittsburgh Steelers did just enough to stay in the divisional playoff game against the Denver Broncos, earning good grades despite a tough loss to end their season.
Peyton Manning rescued the butter-fingered Broncos with a late touchdown drive and Denver advanced to the AFC championship game with a 23-16 win over Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.
With the Dallas Cowboys leading the Denver Broncos by a score of 20-10 in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XII, Tom Landry's imagination and Robert Newhouse's right arm, combined to put the game out of reach.
The bye week does wonders for Denver's injury problems as all 53 players participated in their final practice before Sunday's playoff game against Pittsburgh
The Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs might be the season's best weekend of football. See who will win and advance.
Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is limited at the team's first practice in preparation of the playoffs as Brock Osweiler deals with his own injury issues.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are looking at the divisional game against the Denver Broncos as a real challenge and opportunity to repeat history, but the buzz surrounding the team is on who will be ready to go on Sunday.
CBS is covering both AFC playoff games this weekend and the Divisional Round has two great match-ups that are rather hard to call.
The Denver Broncos have seen the Pittsburgh Steelers hand them painful losses in the past, but look to reclaim glory with a win in the AFC Divisional round game on Saturday.
Lead by Ben Roethlisberger, the Pittsburgh Steelers are a dangerous team on offense, but their star QB and many other players are injured ahead of Sunday's game.
Denver has met Pittsburgh more times in the playoffs than any other team, and many of the games were memorable for both teams. Here's a look back at all of their meetings.
Denver's defense desperately needed the extra rest this week, but the banged-up stars of the NFL's best unit should all be able to go in the playoff opener next Sunday.
Players will earn a nice bonus for postseason success, which means a lot more to underpaid performers like outside linebacker Shaquil Barrett
The road to the number one seed in the AFC may have had its bumps, but the Broncos have also proven they can come up big in the face of pressure.
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