The Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos once shared a division, now share a bowl.

The sun rose in the Colorado sky with that familiar orange glow.  It glows orange all the time but we notice it more when the Denver Broncos are victorious. Especially over Tom Brady.

In the moments leading up to the contest, I tried my best to avoid watching interviews with Tom Brady, but I did not succeed.  Brady resorted to the under dog motivation tactic in claiming that no one really gave them much of a chance all season long.  The truth is, we did not give your team much of a chance.  Everyone has been forced to accept the greatness that is Brady, regardless of how bad the team is.

Manning is a much more humble quarterback legend.  He hasn't achieved as much as Brady, but you never found yourself rooting against Peyton Manning, even when he wasn't a Bronco.  Brady is a full fledged love him or hate him character which means he is really really good and really bad at hiding how good he knows he is.

For the Broncos to defeat the Patriots 26-16 Sunday at Mile High, they had to overcome a legend with a lot on the line.  In the end, it was clear that the inspiration of our legends was much greater than the fear of theirs.  Champ Bailey and Peyton Manning are leaders worth winning for.  Their leadership, on and off the field, has inspired this team to play for each other in a way that appears to be unstoppable, but they'll face a stiff challenge in former division rival, the Seattle Seahawks

When the Vegas line opened up for the Broncos .v. Patriots game, the Broncos were favored by 10 points.  Vegas had it right, but they also opened the upcoming Superbowl line with Seattle beating Denver by 2 points.  Within 1  hour that line moved to Denver by 2 points. It is always hard to really know what Vegas is up to, but the early line says that if Seattle wins, it won't be by a field goal.

Early polls gauging fan support for these two teams has Denver in a landslide.  The only states on the map that had Seattle winning the Superbowl happened to be in the Seattle area and in the New England area.(haters).  Early polling of a Seattle player declared that this would be the leagues best offense against the league's best defense, but was he overlooking the team that held Brady to 16 points in the biggest game of the season.

If the same defense that shut down Brady shows up against Russell Wilson and the Seahawk's, then we are likely to crown Denver the champions of the NFL.  This Superbowl  might make us begin next season with new questions about who truly is the best defense in the league, and does legalizing marijuana and professional football performance have a correlation.