SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Don’t say quarterback Peyton Manning didn’t tell you exactly how the Denver Broncos would win Super Bowl 50.

Manning said, over and over throughout Super Bowl week, that no matter how his right arm felt, no matter how his left foot felt, it has been the Broncos’ bruise-inflicting, quarterback-rattling defense “that got us here, let’s just make that clear.’’

And much like the rest of their season, Manning had just enough left in his 39-year-old body to keep things in order on offense and give the Broncos' defense room to stomp, flex and rumble to a 24-10 win over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 in Levi’s Stadium.

The win the is the Broncos’ third Super Bowl win -- it was the team’s record-tying eighth trip -- and ultimately fulfilled a promise Broncos general manager John Elway made to Manning in 2012.

Elway told Manning he would do “everything in my power,’’ to help him close out his career with a championship. That everything included giving the Broncos the kind of defense Manning has never had in tow. (Source: ESPN)

Story Date: February 8, 2016