{"id":26916,"date":"2016-01-27T09:03:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/broncos-heap-praise-on-panthers-leading-up-to-super-bowl-50\/"},"modified":"2016-01-27T09:03:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:03:50","slug":"broncos-heap-praise-on-panthers-leading-up-to-super-bowl-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/broncos-heap-praise-on-panthers-leading-up-to-super-bowl-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos heap praise on Panthers leading up to Super Bowl 50"},"content":{"rendered":"

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. \u2014<\/strong> Nothing but compliments for Cam Newton after completely bashing Tom Brady.<\/p>\n

And no, this nasty Denver Broncos defense hasn\u2019t suddenly turned soft. They\u2019re simply playing nice with the Super Bowl still two weeks away.<\/p>\n

The pleasantries seem tame after all the trash talking Denver did before the New England game. The Broncos called Brady a crybaby for complaining to the officials over calls. They also accused tight end Rob Gronkowski of constantly pushing off to get open.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, they backed up their words by constantly harassing Brady in a 20-18 win over the Patriots to earn a spot in Super Bowl 50 against Carolina (17-1).<\/p>\n

Now, the Broncos (14-4) are pulling out the respect card, especially when it comes to Newton.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s probably the most dangerous quarterback in the NFL right now,\u201d Pro Bowl cornerback Aqib Talib said.<\/p>\n

Outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware heaped plenty of praise on Newton, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t rush timid because if you do that, he\u2019s one of those pocket quarterbacks that can get the ball deep down the field,\u201d said Ware, whose team will wear their white road uniforms on Feb. 7 in their record-tying eighth Super Bowl appearance. \u201cYou have to be able to get pressure on him, but you have to be decisive on how you\u2019re rushing. You can\u2019t be a wild rusher.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Broncos certainly went wild against Brady, hitting him 23 times, all the more amazing given how quickly Brady usually gets rid of the ball.<\/p>\n

And no one was in his face more often than Von Miller, who had 2 1\/2 sacks and an interception on a pass intended for Gronkowski.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe go out there and the scoreboard talks for itself,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n

So good was defensive coordinator Wade Phillips\u2019 scheme that after the game, coach Gary Kubiak felt he had to give out several game balls.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to come up with a great game plan against them like we did against New England,\u201d Talib said. \u201cWe may switch it up here and there a little bit, but for the most part, we\u2019re going to get pressure on the quarterback and cover.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Broncos are facing a different kind of QB in Newton. He\u2019s not like Brady, who will find seam after seam for big play after big play. Instead, Newton will take off if the pressure is too intense. In a 49-15 win over Arizona during the NFC title game, Newton rushed for two TDs and threw for two more.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuper unique,\u201d Talib said. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen anybody who is that size. He can sit in the pocket and throw it, and then he can run, run wide out. He probably could play any position in the NFL that you wanted to. He\u2019s definitely a unique player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kubiak saw Newton last season when he was offensive coordinator in Baltimore. Newton completed 14 of 25 passes for 197 yards that day but was under duress for much of the game. Newton was sacked twice as the Ravens won 38-10.<\/p>\n

The Broncos first-year head coach wouldn\u2019t mind a repeat performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving to tackle him out in the open field, having to defend the quarterback runs and those types of things will be something different for us,\u201d Kubiak said. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to have a couple of weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. \u2014 Nothing but compliments for Cam Newton after completely bashing Tom Brady. And no, this nasty Denver Broncos defense hasn\u2019t suddenly turned soft. They\u2019re simply playing nice with the Super Bowl still two weeks away. The pleasantries seem tame after all the trash talking Denver did before the New England game. The Broncos […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":26917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-26916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26916"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=26916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}