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Manning 'near tears' during Broncos' meeting

In the Broncos team meeting on Saturday night before Super Bowl 50, both Peyton Manning and DeMarcus Ware got choked up when addressing the team.

"Both were very emotional and near tears," team president Joe Ellis told ESPN's Sal Paolantonio.

Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak addressed the team first, telling them what the game meant to him.

"He told them he loved them," Ellis said.

Kubiak laid out a blueprint for how the team could beat the Carolina Panthers in all three phases of the game, then turned over the podium to Manning first, then Ware.