Couple of things.

Officially, for what it's worth, Manning did have a turn over. The backwards pass/lateral that led to New England's first touchdown was credited as a fumble for Manning.

Keeping a back in there might have helped, but the biggest problem was that the offensive line just flat out didn't block people, especially on the edge. Denver's rushers just blew by New England's tackles all day long. There was one point where I remember Cameron Flemming just standing straight up and barely reaching for Von Miller as the latter ran right by unimpeded. I'm not going to even remotely blame this on injuries; with the exception of the Chiefs' game, this is the healthiest the O-line's been all year, and they played absolutely horrible. At times, it looked like they barely even cared about protecting Brady (who isn't without his share of blame either).

I think the rhetoric will still stick around unless Manning wins the Super Bowl, because his playoff record is still pretty meh altogether. Brady's 21-8 all time, while Manning is 13-13 with some really, really awful performances on his record (2004 at New England, 2013 against Seattle, 2014 vs. Indy). If the Broncos win, that narrative will certainly change, but if they don't, I have a feeling we'll be hearing much of the same talk we did after Super Bowl 48. 

Nah, that turnover is on Hillman, idc what the status sheet says.

Broncos pass rushers are elite, theyve made tackles look foolish all season. Yesterday was just another example.

I'm talking about the Manning Brady rhetoric, not the Manning in the playoffs rhetoric. I could get into why he's lost some games in the playoffs, but I don't really care.

In a rather unsurprising twist...

Aww. I thought his performance was masterful.

So, just as chesire said, the Broncos will not wear orange. Denver's announced they will be wearing their white jerseys in the Super Bowl, sparing America from a visual atrocity on the NFL's biggest stage.

Did they just throw the navy jerseys away? Are those no longer an option anymore?

Should have fired McDaniels instead, I doubt the line coach has much to do with play calling. That line needed help. Broncos went through the same thing in the Oakland game where Mack had like 5.5 sacks. Broncos made 0 adjustments there and NE made 0 adjustments Sunday, was bizarre to see from such a typically good coaching staff.

I love the Broncos orange. But the white looks good too.

Saying that as a Packer's fan took real bravery.  I applaud you for that. 

I feel like McDaniels is in something of an Erik Spoelstra-esque situation when Lebron was with the Heat. He's not a particularly good coach, but he's surrounded by so much talent that his team (or in this case, his unit) performs well enough that it's difficult to justify firing him. More than anything, though, I think his playcalling is what needs to be fixed. The Patriots nearly gave both Buffalo (in the first game of the season) and Kansas City a chance to come back and win by continuing to pass with double digit leads late in the fourth quarter. And, well...against the Broncos, I don't think I need to elaborate.

Fans on sports talk radio around here were losing their minds worrying that the broncos were going to be wearing their orange for the super bowl again, given that they've lost four damn super bowls in orange.  The team has already officially announced that they'll be wearing white, as I had guaranteed.  Regardless, their current uniforms are far and away the best they've ever had, as much as I miss the old big D helmets the rest of the uniform that accompanied them were hideous, yet still not even close to the worst in team history.

The original uniforms, which they only wore for two years, were actually old throw aways from a high school team, used because the ownership at the time was cheap as sin and also by far the poorest in the league, relatively at least.  They quite literally torched these abominations before the start of their third season.

The Broncos uniform redesign was one of the best in recent sports history.  The blue ones look especially great.  I used to really dislike clash between the orange jersey and old, lighter blue helmets.