The Broncos' best hope to bring home another Lombardi Trophy to go with the two GM John Elway won during his Hall of Fame playing career might very well be to keep it close against Carolina in Super Bowl 50.

That toughness has been on display all season as they made a habit of winning close games.
"We never waiver on our faith," linebacker Brandon Marshall said after Denver denied Brady's 2-point attempt to tie it with 12 seconds remaining. "We stay strong. We believe. Everybody plays hard. We play fast. We play physical. Four quarters.
"What blowout did we have this year? Maybe the Packers game,Deion Jones Falcons Jersey UK, that's it. So,Nike Air Max 2018 Womens, we are used to playing in close games. That's what we do. We're used to playing in games that come down to the wire. And we prevail."
"I am convinced that Broncos fans are the most well-conditioned fans in the NFL," Bird wrote on Facebook after Peyton Manning bested Tom Brady in the AFC championship. "Our hearts got a workout with every game but one this season. Who needs the gym?"
Denver's model is no longer lighting up scoreboards but grinding it out, hanging around and making big plays at the end.
The Broncos benefited from the offensive balance, defensive dominance and abundance of tight games.
"The mindset to me is that you know we play for 60 minutes — even though we haven't consistently played well for 60 minutes — you know our mindset has been there," Elway said. "And that's why this team is a tougher team because it's a mentally tough one."
After that last landslide, Elway signed free agents DeMarcus Ware, T.J. Ward and Aqib Talib. The last two drafts, he also selected defenders who slipped down the board in first-round picks Bradley Roby and Shane Ray.
The Broncos (14-4) are heading to Super Bowl 50 on the strength of a dizzying defense and opportunistic offense that led Denver to an NFL-record 11 wins by seven points or less, including Sunday's 20-18 classic against the New England Patriots.
When Elway switched coaches last year, he said he wanted to build a team that would go down "kicking and screaming," after Fox's teams lost their last game by a cumulative 150-66.
Denver's wins have come by an average of just 6.92 points. Carolina's average margin of victory is nearly twice that — 13.41 points.
"I think it helps playing a lot of close games during the course of the season, starting with the very first one against Baltimore," Manning said. "That was a dog fight, grinder and went down to the last drive. If you can be in a lot of those games and win those games, it certainly gives you confidence and,Adrian Wilson Cardinals Jersey, hey, it's playoff football."
"It doesn't faze us with the game on the line."
"Guys really don't panic," Harris said. "We've been in these situations all season. It's really prepared us for this time. I think in the past we've had a lot of blowouts,Dale Hawerchuk Jersey, we were beating teams by a lot of points and we didn't ever get in those situations like this. But we've been in these situations all year, so it's normal for us now.
In the 2012 season, the Broncos rolled into the playoffs on an 11-game winning streak in which their average margin of victory was 16.45 points. They promptly lost in double-overtime to Baltimore 38-35 in what was their first close game in three months.
"That kind of has become a theme for us," coach Gary Kubiak said after Denver's 23-17 win over Pittsburgh in the divisional round, "to grind and work and just keep ourselves in position to be successful."
The Broncos' only breather all season came when Green Bay brought a 6-0 record to Denver in November and left with a 29-10 defeat, the worst outing of Aaron Rodgers' brilliant career.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — As confetti cannons showered the Denver Broncos with a blizzard of orange and blue, Methodist minister Don Bird of Aurora, Colorado, expressed the feelings of so many sweat-drenched, fingernail-nibbling fans.
They piled up a record 606 points in 2013 and got shellacked by Seattle in the Super Bowl.
The Broncos just don't get tight when the games get that way.
Denver is 11-3 in games decided by seven points or less, and a 12-point win at Detroit was close until David Bruton Jr.'s interception led to a last-minute TD.
They also bring a bravado borne from having played so many close games.
Elway would rather bring the league's No. 1 defense to the Super Bowl like he's doing this year th