SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The Super Bowl’s weeklong 50th birthday party has included a look back, an eye toward the next half-century and all sorts of chatter on everything from how hip Cam Newton is to how long before Peyton Manning needs a hip replacement.
Sunday, the Denver Broncos will play the favored Carolina Panthers in an actual game at Levi’s Stadium. The creaky 39-year-old Manning, a five-time MVP in possibly the final game of his 18-year career, will take on the seemingly indestructible 26-year-old Cam Newton, who won his first MVP on Saturday night and represents the latest prototype in the NFL’s never-ending evolution of the quarterback position.