In Denver, as much as this was the Patriots against the Broncos this was also Brady vs. Manning and Manning won. It is a difficult assessment to make when you compare quarterbacks because they actually never compete against each other, so the evaluation is more about how did they compete against themselves and elevate those around them. Brady did not have his best day, while Manning did have one of his. But reality also was that those around Manning are better or were better on that particular Sunday at Mile High. Denver had a pass protection game that was surreal. Whether it was one-on-one, running back blitz pick up, quarterback getting rid of the ball, or concept and design the ability of Denver to keep Manning upright and confident did determine the game. With New England it is not very often - if ever at all - that you see Pro Bowl left guard Logan Mankins or excellent left tackle Nate Solder get beat clean and give up sacks on Tom Brady. As players they will have those moments "ingrained in their brains" until the season starts again next year. The difficulty of pass blocking is that to feel satisfaction you have to grade out 100 per cent. For the pass rusher it is a complete opposite, you can be a non-factor all game but if you make one or two critical fourth-quarter plays you can end up being a star performer. Its why concentration is so important in football as one concentration lapse is the common denomination of one poor play. Issue number two is that Mannings receivers were just superior to anything by comparison for New England. Especially after Wes Welker blocked Aqib Talib out of the game. That changed everything. After Talib left, Manning had choices of who to go to downfield that presented his "best opportunity". Then when you associate that with the pass protection, the time he had to read and react without fear of consequences you could sense the game was slipping away from New England and being dominated by Denver. A final issue was the running game for the Patriots, it just wasnt there and Denver took it away. Only 64 total yards and only 16 in the first half. Very significant issue in that New England in its last two regular season games ran for 267 yards against Buffalo and 234 against the Colts. What was magnificent in most recent games was not even evident on Sunday. There will be a constant and consistent conversation that Manning has to win Super Bowl XLVIII to have his ultimate legacy ensured for the time to come. And if he does then probably it will. But in Manning vs. Brady, Manning did play better than Brady but Manning had more to work with and used it all game long. In Seattle, that was a brutal physical game. One thing that television does not do is transfer the intensity and violence of hitting. Because you see so much of it as fans you get numb to it after a while, I know I do. But both teams played hard and you could tell both teams "wanted" the win and wanted to move on. Richard Sherman will be criticized for his emotional response and he should have handled it better but the highest emotions are in those moments after the game. Players on each team need a "cooling off period" to not respond from emotion and to respond more from thought and composure. Overall, Seattle dominated the hidden mathematical battle when Marshawn Lynch ran for 109 yards while Frank Gore ran for just 16. In what was anticipated as a battle of hitting, the ability of Lynch to hit the seams and make yards made a big difference. A lot will be made of Colin Kaepernick and his three turnovers and it seemed that the longer the game went on he regressed. It was a bit of an opposite for Russell Wilson. Early in the game the 49ers did a phenomenal job of containing and still pass rushing Wilson. As the game went on that ability to be disciplined and aggressive was not as effective. For Seattle it was the opposite. Early in the game they could not contain Kaepernick, and later in the game it was better and was a subtle reason for the turnovers. The Seahawks greatest asset may just be the energy and confidence they play with throughout a game. The speed of everyone on defence was on display but effort and speed go together. This must be an amazing moment of satisfaction for Pete Carroll. He beat his number one coaching competition in Jim Harbaugh and did it his way. When he took over the organization as head coach, Carroll made over 200 personnel moves until he found the people he wanted with very specific abilities. This Super Bowl for Pete Carroll was by design and plan and luck had little or nothing to do with the Seahawks representing the NFC. It is amazing how far genuine enthusiasm and intelligent planning can take you. Out of 32 teams that started the season we have the best two remaining. No one has a better offence than Denver. No one has a better defence than Seattle. Which will be the reason for Super Bowl success? We will know the answer in less than two weeks. Wholesale Los Angeles Rams Jerseys . Bryant underwent an operation in December to correct an irregular heartbeat. His season ended with four games left because of a rapid heartbeat, a condition he has known about for several years and had been treated for in the past. Los Angeles Rams Darrell Henderson Jersey . Their 9-19 record remains identical to the crosstown rivals in Brooklyn and trails both Toronto and Boston in the Atlantic Division. Raymond Felton, their declining point guard, is back on the sideline nursing his third injury of the season. http://www.ramscheap.com/. 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"Sometimes its frustrating because they hit the crap out of the ball on their outs and then they dont hit it pretty hard and they find holes," said Buehrle. "But look, it was a great game. We came back late. "You try to throw up zeroes as long as you can and try to give your offence a chance and thats exactly what happened tonight." The win improved Buehrles record to 9-7 and snapped a four-game losing streak against the Red Sox that dates back to 2009. "I know Ive struggled against them," said the veteran left-hander. "Youve got to have everything going your way. You got to have runs scored for you, you got to have defence behind you, bullpens got to save the lead. "Again, a wins a win. Dont really matter against who it is. A wins a win, it feels good." Toronto (56-65) struggled to get hits off Boston starter Jake Peavy (9-5). He struck out four and gave up two runs, one earned, on five hits over six innings of work. The Red Sox (72-51) had no trouble getting on base, but struggled to bring home their runners, stranding 12 on base. Dustin Pedroia and Daniel Nava led Boston with three hits each. "Tonight, the story is left on base. We created a number of opportunities," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "I thought we had a very good approach against Buehrle to build those opportunities, and then he made a number of quality pitches with men in scoring position." Peavy was in firm control for the first six innings of the game, giving up just two hits and striking out four as Boston held on to a 1-0 lead. But the Blue Jays figured Peavy out in the seventh. Jose Bautista earned an infield single when Will Middlebrooks misplayed the ball at third base. Edwin Encarnacions single up the middle then advanced Bautista to second. Brett Lawrie drove Bautista home with another single to centre field, advancing Encarnacion to third with no outs. That ended Peavys night with left-handed reliever Craig Breslow replaced him on the mound. Marrk DeRosa pinch hitting for first baseman Adam Lind gave the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead when Encarnacion scored from third on his pop fly to left-centre field.dddddddddddd. J.P. Arencibia then flied out and Kevin Pillar struck out swinging to end the inning. "I was able to work myself into a good hitters count, just trying to hit a flyball to the outfield and give us the lead," said DeRosa. Darren Oliver came on for Buehrle to start the eighth, getting a quick out when Stephen Drew grounded to third base. Shortstop Jose Reyes then put Bostons Ryan Lavarnway out at first base for the second out of the inning. Nava stroked the ball off the centre-right field wall for a double and Oliver walked Middlebrooks to put runners on first and second, but the Toronto reliever got out of the jam by fanning Jacoby Ellsbury. Junichi Tazawa pitched in the eighth for the Red Sox, dispatching Munenori Kawasaki and Reyes. Rajai Davis reached first when his sharply hit single ricocheted off Tazawas glove to Drew at shortstop. Although Drew was quick to get the ball to first base, he could not beat out the speedy Davis. Davis stole second base and advanced to third when the pickoff attempt eluded Drew. However, Torontos inning ended when Bautista grounded out to shortstop Closer Casey Janssen got the final three outs of the game for the Blue Jays, earning his 22nd save of the season. He got Shane Victorino to ground out to second, then had Pedroia line out to right field before David Ortiz popped out to centre field. Notes: There were 40,477 fans in attendance. That put Torontos total attendance on the season over two million. Its the fastest the franchise has reached two million in attendance since 1997. ... Buehrle had a scare in the second when he took a hit off his left foot. He said after the game that X-rays came back negative and that it was sore but fine. ... After the game Toronto optioned right-handed pitcher Mickey Storey to triple-A Buffalo and recalled outfielder Anthony Gose. ... Hamilton-based rock band the Arkells threw out the opening pitch, with lead singer Max Kerman tossing the ball to the Blue Jays Josh Thole. Kerman purposely threw the first ball into the foul territory behind first base, but then delivered the second ball right over home plate. 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