Sad to say it, but...

[Jackofalltrades]

For as bad as the Broncos were, Seattle was that good and it's obvious in the final score.

Manning will get a lot of blame, but that was total team failure, they were dominated at every level.

I don't think Seattle is that much better, or if all, but they picked the right night to play almost flawlessly.

[csx]

I thought Manning was the coach not Fox

When the obvious idea is to bash John Fox regardless you say that Manning is the coach when they play well and Fox is the coach when they dont.

Manning and that team got whipped.

[Cary Kollins]

The decision to punt there was more sad than anything.  I thought the dumbest play Fox made was to go for it on 4th and 2 at the end of the half. 

 

[Woodie]

I thought u were football expert or maybe u were not really watching the game. The Seahawks gave Peyton and the Broncos Nothing. Look what happened when they did go for the forth and down in yhe the fourth quarter.

Sometimes u have to play with what a team gives u. Heck even the Saints figured that one out quickly this past season when they played the Hawks.

Just because a team isn't giving you anything doesn't mean you stop trying.  Sometimes, there comes a point that you just have to go for it and try to make something happen.  This happened at a point in the game where they really did not have a choice.  They were down too many points and there was not enough time left to play "smart and safe."  Would they have gotten the first?  With the way Seattle was playing, probably not, but at least they would have had a chance.  But by punting, they pretty much gave away any chance to make a move...no matter how much of a longshot it would have been. 

[AceBoogie]

Seahawks looked like they had 15 guys on the field on defense.

[carolina-chuck]

Some guys still cannot seem to move on from Foxy.

[saX man]

For making it to the Super Bowl, they sure seemed like they didn't even want to be there.  

 

Since the safety, it was just like they wanted to end the game and run back to Denver as soon as possible.  

 

And go figure: A Fox team with terrible ST coverage and the complete opposite of an opportunistic offense.  

[Pimpdaddy]

...I swear it seemed like I was watching the Panther/Cardinals playoff debacle... Fox never seems prepared...bless his heart...

[L-TownCat]

It was Del Rio - not, as some erroneously remember, Mike Trgovac - who was running The Panthers defense when we lost to the Michael Vick led Atlanta Falcons by a combined margin of 71 to nothing..

Those two games catapulted Atlanta over every team in the South and butted them right up there with Dallas in my all-time hate list. My life was never the same.

[CatMan72]

this says it best.

 

winning depended completely on stopping peyton. the broncos didn't have a defense that could win a championship. they didn't have a  coaching staff that could outsmart a creative out of the box thinking staff or who could motivate the team to come back from behind. they didn't have a run game that could take over. they didn't have any elite talents (outside of peyton) that could take over a game. 

 

all they had was peyton. the seahawks knew that and they did what it takes to shut him down. they saw they were facing a future hall of famer QB and weren't impressed. they went in there and absolutely dominated.

 

one thing i thought watching that game was that we could have won that game....but not just us, but the 49ers could have. crap...i think even the saints could have won it. i don't think it would have been as dominant a performance, but  that broncos team was a team that came into this game unprepared and incapable of making mid-game  adjustmentments. 

 

in other words, it was a typical john fox led big game.

 

all the broncos have was peyton manning and that wasn't nearly enough. 

 

This all sounds so eerily familiar... along with the fact that the Broncos just happen to have the worst punt coverage team in the league. 

[Guest]

Seahawks looked like they had 15 guys on the field on defense.

 

They were everywhere, and hitting the crap out of everyone. Denver tried the dumpoffs to negate the pass rush, but once the rb had the ball there were five seahawks all over him. They lost yards on lots of those plays. 

[Way Truth Life]

Seattle's defensive game plan destroyed Manning.   They made Manning throw a poo load of short passes (I believe the most passes ever in a SB?) and bottled up the WRs as soon as they caught the ball, not to mention destroyed the run game from the line of scrimmage.  

 

Seattle's defense deserves every bit of credit for rattling and completely dominating Manning and their offense.

 

That is all.

[Panthers_Lover]

That game was over on the first play from scrimmage for Denver ....

[SnowPanther]

That game was over on the first play from scrimmage for Denver ....

 

When I saw that play, I knew the game was done. I have never seen anything like it in my life. It's like the centre completely forgot Peyton Manning is standing behind him and they audible. I think they noise threw them off as well, this was the loudest Super Bowl I've heard in a long time.