Super Bowl 50: Grading The Weekend Festivities

Offense

The Super Bowl got a taste of old school and new school from the quarterback position. No doubt Hall of Famer Peyton Manning, who just became a two-time Super Bowl winner, and already has a laundry list of regular season awards and records to his name. Then there is Cam Newton who is the ideal quarterback in today’s NFL who played his way to the 2015 MVP award. The hype was there as Newton was chasing his first championship and Manning looked to earn his second before walking off into the sunset.

13 years separated both quarterbacks, but there was one issue common to both — they both stunk it up.

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Super Bowl 50 might arguably be one of the worst offensive games in NFL history. Both quarterbacks combined for zero touchdowns as the offense committed six turnovers and allowed 12 sacks. Taking away field goals and defensive touchdowns, the game would have been a mere 7-7, with the only offensive points coming from Jonathan Stewart and C.J. Anderson.

Denver’s offensive struggles have been known for weeks and it is was impressive they got to the Super Bowl at all. The Panthers all year long hadn’t been projected to even make the playoffs. Yet they blew through the regular season with the league’s highest scoring offense.

So who’s to blame for a shaky offensive Super Bowl?

Many dropped balls by the Broncos receivers hurt their chances of pushing ahead on the scoreboard. With 12 sacks in the game between both teams, the offensive lines were horrid and the weaknesses were well highlighted. Mike Remmers stood no chance against the Super Bowl MVP, Von Miller, who might be on his way to earning a lot of money, and stomping on the franchise tag talks.

Ryan Harris struggled mightily containing Panthers defensive end, Kony Ealy, who played much like an MVP himself. Manning and Newton couldn’t buy time in the pocket.

Devin Funchess wins the award for keeping the Super Bowl interesting with a couple of difficult pass receptions made in traffic.

Overall, Super Bowl 50 brought out a poor offensive performance by both teams.

Grade: D-

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