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Krieger: A stunning Super Bowl self-destruction

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Super humbling of the highest-scoring team in NFL history began on the first play from scrimmage.

Krieger: Yay for brilliant Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey

Bailey is one of the best cornerbacks in history. Yet, a thoroughly unscientific poll on KOA earlier this season on the five greatest Broncos saw Bailey finish 23rd.

Krieger on the Broncos: A super mawkish true sports story

Sportswriting so often succumbs to the mawkish. If Kevin Costner wrote this script — for himself, naturally — you’d roll your eyes.

Krieger on the Broncos looking back for the win

For two weeks, Manning and the Broncos heard about nothing but history. A digital loop replayed the nightmare from last year's playoff loss, Rahim Moore amazingly still misjudging the ball after all this time.

Krieger: You call that cold?

Half an hour afterward, Peyton Manning was diplomatic about the third 50-point explosion of the season by the Broncos offense he runs.

Krieger on Peyton Manning kryptonite

Call it some kind of weird, backward karma. Rahim Moore was the apparent goat the last time the Broncos played in a freezer, at home in the playoffs last season, even though Tony Carter was at least as responsible for the catastrophic play.