The Importance Of Daunting In Professional Sports

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Leading up to the Denver Broncos third Super Bowl win to take the fiftieth ever nation football championship. You must know that ever since the establishment of the Broncos football organization my dad’s side of the family was involved. And, I don’t mean involved as in, “hey we watch the games.”. I’m meaning involved as in my great grandparents donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the developing team. I’ve personally been to the Mile High Stadium at Sports Authority, in Denver, at least 15 times. I’ve been in the press box, I’ve been in the locker room, I’ve been everywhere that stadium has to offer. I would have to agree with the fact that my family lived all across Colorado, from Kremling to Colorado Springs, and being that they lived …show more content…
Peyton played a good couple games and then had an injury. Many people including myself thought the playoff dreams were over. But, along came the backup quarterback, Brock Osweiler. I didn’t think much of him. Boy did he prove me wrong. Brock’s first game was against none other than the New England Patriots themselves. Daunting. Daunting should be and backup quarterbacks feelings when it’s your very first game and you’re going against not only your rival, but the previous Super Bowl champions. I was scared for him. Brock showed up to play. Defeating the Patriots, 30 to 24. Playoff dreams became hopeful again. Those dreams became reality. The Broncos were rewarded with a first round bye because they achieved first seed overall in the AFL conference. The second round , Peyton Manning was back, and the Broncos blew passed the Pittsburgh Steelers, 23 to 16. Then the Conference round, win and go to the Super Bowl. Lose, and go home. The Denver Broncos opponents. The New England Patriots. Sorta like deja vu? Whoever said the famous quote of, “defense wins games.” Is the smartest to have ever spoken. The Broncos led by the relentless force of defensive end, Von

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