The ugly memory of Super Bowl XLVIII is a driving force for many Broncos. “We saw that a great defense could shut down a great offense, and that’s kind of what happened,” Denver GM John Elway says.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For the Denver Broncos, all the hope and swagger leading into Super Bowl XLVIII started to slip away on literally the first play. That’s when the snap sailed past Peyton Manning and into the end zone for a safety.
It went downhill from there — “a perfect storm” of Broncos mistakes and Seahawks domination, recalled guard Louis Vasquez, one of 16 players who experienced that humiliation two years ago and are back for another try.