First Superbowl shutout?

[Matthias]

Some may look at this and say it's a crazy idea.  The two teams that make it to the Superbowl are battle tested and surely will be able to put up more than one score.  However, the idea of a shutout in the Superbowl is not as far-fetched an idea as you might believe.  The '85 Bears almost pulled it off against the Patriots.  The 2000 Ravens came close to doing it against the Giants.  Even though our defense is not as great as those examples, they are great at getting turnovers and stopping the run.

So here we are, playing a team in Denver whose offense is pretty much in game manager mode.  If we stop the run which I strongly believe we will do relatively easy, Denver would have to rely on Manning to come out and throw it around like his younger days.  The problem with that is, he ain't young no more!  We will blitz the mess out of him and will surely set records in turnovers.  If the NFL thought Palmer looked bad, wait until they see old man Manning come next Sunday.  In my opinion, this will be the first shutout in the Superbowl.  What say you Panther faithful?

[therealmjl]

I'm ALL IN--- YES

[JawnyBlaze]

Nah. If we're up big at half time we'll go into conservative mode and they'll dink and dunk their way to a score or two. It's inevitable. 

 

But that would be awesome heh. 

[KSpan]

Would it be awesome to shut out the Broncos? Absolutely. Will it happen to EITHER team? Highly unlikely.

[Matthias]

Just now, JawnyBlaze said:

Nah. If we're up big at half time we'll go into conservative mode and they'll dink and dunk their way to a score or two. It's inevitable. 

 

But that would be awesome heh. 

We did go for two points in a blowout against the Cards.  Perhaps this coaching staff want to send a statement from here on out.

[g5jamz]

shut yo mouth!

[Jangler]

Well...now that you have this thread. No.

[tondi]

I think Manning will fade as the game progresses so if we can shut them out early then we might have a shot.

[juliosantos]

It would be very tough but it could happen.  People hyping up denver but is denver really better then seattle and arizona? I think the afc was historically terrible . Is denvers defense that much better then seattles? I just cant see it 

[Jangler]

We should definitely be prepared for Asswilder. (spelling)

[d-dave]

As thrilling as it would be to shut out Payton Manning, I just don't see it happening, nor do I want to think about the terrible, fantasy of a jinx.  Denver didn't get to the SB by luck alone, they are a great team.  I just don't see us being able to completely shut them down.  Our D is good for a play or two where everyone misses the boat and they score.  I think that will happen again.

[FootballMaestro]

Talk about Blatant Overconfidence???

I curse at you Ye Football gods.

[Jangler]

8 minutes ago, Matthias said:

We did go for two points in a blowout against the Cards.  Perhaps this coaching staff want to send a statement from here on out.

That was just something else for the Broncos to be ready for. No need for it, but did it. 

[umpjl]

I think you may be a bit over confident on this one.....Yeah their offense is not as powerful as some other teams we have played, but they didnt make it to the Super Bowl by not scoring points.