Von Miller bagged Super Bowl MVP honors.
Peyton Manning got the storybook ending (if he so chooses).
Demarcus Ware and Wade Phillips snared their long-sought-after Super Bowl rings.
And Chris Harris Jr. and Aqib Talib joined Miller and Ware as Pro Bowl selections.
Those were the headline grabbers, the main characters – the leading men, if you will – in what turned out to be a Super season for the Orange & Blue, but they had ample assistance.
After all, like miked-up Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly said to teammate Thomas Davis in a second-half Super Bowl soundbite: “These guys are pretty damn good.