Welp 5 straight AFC championship game appearances for the Pats...and they lost 3 of them. Their record in those games is pretty bad, much like the 49ers. If they won they would have been in their 9th Super Bowl though, which is impressive as fuck, and its really insane when you think of what could of been if they win all those AFC championship games....they could of been in like 12 Super Bowls...lol.
Oh well, the Patriots were fortunate as fuck to win the title last year, and the football gods made sure they didnt get another opportunity this year. Although, Im not sure how a Super Bowl birth for Manning is fitting? It just feels hollow. Manning doesnt really deserve a chance at another ring but he is going to get it and he should be extremely grateful.
Sadly for him the Panthers are a much better team than I thought, and Newton is on an inevitable collision with greatness. If he win the Super Bowl and Super Bowl MVP and lights it up, he will be a Hiesmann winner, national title winner in an undefeated season, reg season MVP, offensive player of the year, super bowl champion and super bowl mvp and he is only like 26.
Its nuts when you think not even 2 years ago people were talking about Newton being a selfish cunt who couldnt turn his big time ego and persona into wins and was maybe overrated and not a good franchise QB. Now he is on the cusp of snatching every accolade available.