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Two QBs, two paths, one Super Bowl

The MMQB's Peter King answers your questions from Twitter including if John Elway or Cam Newton had the strongest arm and what should the Tennessee Titans do with the first pick in the NFL Draft.

The two most important players in Super Bowl 50 got where they are through different means 11 months apart—Cam Newton to Carolina as the first pick of the 2011 draft and Peyton Manning to Denver in a frenzied 2012 free-agency period that began with Manning asking a coaching friend, “I don’t know what to do—what does a free agent do?”

The abridged tales of how one of the most intriguing quarterback matchups in Super Bowl history—the elder statesman in the twilight (Manning) versus the quarterback of the next generation (Newton)—was made possible in the past five years:

Peyton Manning and Cam Newton shook hands after a Nov. 2011 Panthers-Colts game in Indianapolis.
Peyton Manning and Cam Newton shook hands after a Nov.