the field to gronkowski, and back in the first quarter, gostkowski missed the p.a.t. a lot of things have happened since then but that's why they're at this point right now facing a two to try to force overtime andnd they have amendola back for this play. he's been out this whole drive up until this two-point conversion. so the denver defense has to be in a little bit of shock after the two fourth down conversions, the latest one going for the touchdown but they must regroup here because one stop takes them to the super bowl. here's brady. rolling out. rolling and throwing. it's tipped in the heir and it's intercepted! it's intercepted by roby. he lost the football back at the 20 but it doesn't matter. it was tipped by talib.

at the end. phil: once again, they're going to double-team the tight end rob gronkowski. look down at the bottom of your screen. easy to say now but that was your one-on-one. and as we've said all day long, pressure made brady move. jim: talib was the one who tipped it. roby, who has a nose for the football -- we've seen that over the course of his two years. he ended up making the pick and brady see -- brady's season, which has been a remarkable season. so undermanned across the whole offense to get them to this point and peyton manning begins the celebration here. as now gostkowski will get set for an onside kickoff. watching manning through a last

nine years ago when we were at the a.f.c. championship g ge at indianapolis and he was sitting on that sideline and could barely watch. phil: came back from a 27-3 deficit. the patriots have a high number of different onside kicks. you always have to be alert for the one right down the middle. jim: they've had two successful onside kicks this year. and it's recovered by keo. phil: gostkowski was trying to kick it and get there first. keo, great job of reading it, caught it on the hop. jim: have to clear off the field here because we're one official

-- kneeldown away and it's going be one triumphant kneeldown for peyton manning and these denver broncos. there weren't a whole lot of people giving them a chance coming into this one. phil: he did it once again. 17-32, 106 yards. the two touchdown passes in the first half and the defense came through so many times for denver today. jim: denver wins it.

phil: well, jim, a couple of weeks ago he was the backup quarterback. jim: backup quarterback for the first time since he was a freshman in college. came off the bench week 17. got the broncos restarted. gave them a spark. won the division, won the one seed. phil: what a battle. jim: it was the first time in history that two quarterbacks met for the fifth time in postseason history and in all five occasions, the quarterback who was playing at home won. phil: let's go back to what we said at the start of the game.

peyton, when you saw how he played. he knows the team. they're tough. it's about the defense. you have to go out there and complement it and the offense did all day long. jim: everyone around the patriots will tell you they had never seen, if it was possible, to have more motivation or a bigger chip on your shoulder, they'd never seen tom brady so laser focused like he was this season. phil: it could have been true or it is, but he's always laser focused. tom brady always finds something to drive whatever it is. disdown him. to drive himself and the football team but they ran up against a super bowl defense in the broncos and couldn't make enough plays today to win the game. jim: defense as a chan -- franchise is going to the super bowl for the eighth time.

history, along with the patriots, the cowboys and the steelers. all of them with eight trips. gary kubiak in his first year as the head coach of the broncos takes the team he played for to the promised land. taking them to the super bowl. phil: changed the team. defensive oriented. tough. you saw all that here today with gary kubiak, wade phillips and the denver broncos. jim: "the subway postgame show" is coming up. the 17th edition of brady-manning was very memorable. right up there maybe the greatest of them all. there have been a lot of good ones. not a lot of people saw this result coming, but the broncos win it 20-18 and they're heading to the super bowl and we're heading down to the field for

you're watching the nfl on cbs. james: and hello, everyone, and welcome to "the subway postgame show." it's a final here in denver. the broncos are the a.f.c. champs by defeating the patriots 20-18. they will play in super bowl 50 in santa clara.

colleagues, tony, coach, bart, and boomer esiason. and a reminder that you can also catch us online. watch "the subway postgame show" at cbssports.com. time now to look at our player of the game present by auto trader. it's denver linebacker von miller. bill: von miller said on friday if i get two sacks we'll win the game. he did that. the pressure by the defensive front. wade phillips' coverages. day. boomer: you're talking about quarterback. at the end of the game, i want to know why on their second to last possession the patriots kicked a field goal, kicked off to peyton manning and his offense who were doing very little in the second half and they get the ball back and drive for a touchdown to win the game. bart: danny trevathan played a huge role in stopping james white.

tony: this is -- was one heck of a game. we talked about it being the last chance rivalry between peyton and tom and they can't unt have delivered better. and peyton manning, no turnovers, pretty first quarter with the football. my hat's off to him. this was an outstanding game. james: the question coming in was could wade phillips design a scheme to put pressure on tom brady and that quick release? the resounding answer, yes.y'ders fred deluca and dr.peter buck teamed up with one simple mission... fresh sandwiches... i like it. fresh sandwiches... the idea seemed crazy in a time when artificial foods and gimmicks were all the rage. but roller-skates didn't make food any fresher... and mascots didn't make it any tastier. as it turned out, fred was right. sandwiches made with freshly baked bread, fresh veggies and delicious meats would stand the test of time. we were fresh before it was fresh to be fresh. the subway sandwich shop.

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james: and it is a jubilant crowd here at sports authority field at mile high as we welcome you back to the "the subway postgame show." i went to commercial asking the questiti could wade phillips design a game plan to put pressure on tom brady and that quick release? not very often do you see him beif you woulded virtually the entire game. bill: he mixed up covepblgs, dropped people in coverage, blitzing them. the defensive front put pressure on him all day. i don't know why new england didn't go into no-huddle, what they've done all year long. bart: especially when new england had two safeties in the game. boomer: i saw belichick and phillips at the end of the game walking off the field.

game you called. james: let's send it to jim nantz for the presentation of the lamar hunt trophy. jim: thank you, james brown, and denver, congratulations, the broncos are heading to the super bowl. i'm up here with annibelle bowlen, wife of broncos' owner pat bowlen. john elway, gary kubiak, the bowlen family and terrell davis is here to present the lamar hunt trophy to the bowlen family. >> bronco family, let's give a big old round of applause to the 2015 a.f.c. champion broncos! yeah! and it's my pleasure to give this trophy to annibelle bowlen

for the a.f.c. champions. jim: i'll hold it for you. terrell, you hold it. >> may i talk now? jim: yeah, you may. >> ok. on behalf of my husband pat and the bowlel -- bowlen family, i want to congratulate john elway, coach kubiak, our players and most importantly, the most incredible fans in the nfl. we are so honored to accept the

the a.f.c. in super bowl 50! let's get it done for pat! and go, broncos! jim: congratulations, anibel. this trophy, we're going to bring it over here, if you don't mind, to this gentleman by your side. john elway, ladies and gentlemen. put this team together. and you brought back your old roommate, and in his first year he comes in and wins the a.f.c. championship. congratulations, john. john: thank you. we couldn't have done it without all the fans here today but gary and his whole staff did a tremendous job. stepped into a hot seat. jim: you need to get your hands on that trophy. pass this long here.

me slip in gary kubiak. you're going to the super bowl. how did your team beat a very good new england patriot team today? gary: we have great respect for them but the one thing we've done all year is grind as a football team. our fans are great to play for. defensively we played our tails off all year long and found another way to win a close up. jim: to team up with elway, to come back yes our -- where your career started, you were a player and assistant here. to bring it back, to bring your team to the super bowl. what does that mean before all these fans? gary: it means the world to me. john gave me a chance to come back to my football home and i'm so proud to be a part of this organization and this football team. jim: how about a little handoff like the old days to number 18

[cheers] >> thank you very much. thank you. jim: peyton, you now break the mark that belonged to john elway. he was previously the oldest quarterback to ever take a team to the super bowl and now that great honor belongs to you. at this stage in your career, tell me about the fact you're going back to the super bowl. peyton: it's a tremendous honor, jim. it's been a special four years playing here in denver for these great fans, for this great organization and to be going to our second super bowl in four years is very special and just an awesome effort by our entire team tonight. what an incredible effort by the pay rots. for us to beat that team today, a very special win. jim: you had a rather long handshake at the end with tom brady.

there and a lot of respect and admiration. what can you tell us was exchanged there and how about also with bill belichick as you guys today were able to beat a powerful combination? peyton: it's been a special rivalry over the course of my career against the patriots and the entire organization and to play four times in the a.f.c. championship with so much on the line, those games have been very special so i just wanted to take the time to share with tom and bill how much respect i have for them and what special coaches and players they are. jim: peyton, congratulations. you are going back to the super bowl with all your teammates of the broncos. some very big performances by this defense. and we're going to send it back to james brown and all the crew, as von miller and all the broncos celebrate their a.f.c. title here today. james: a game-long effort that got it done in superb fashion. stay with us. "the subway postgame show" will

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same way that john elway did. bart: what a valiant effort on the road in a hostile environment, what a performance by the new england patriots. my hat goes off to these guys. i've lost this game three times in a row. i have to give them credit for what they did on the road. bill: i've lost in the championship game multiple times and i thought this one hurt most because it was so close. an old adage in football, offense wins games, defense wins championships. can they take that to the field two weeks from now? they lost t.j. ward and darian stewart, two starting safeties but this is a very special defense. they can match up with anybody and with peyton, that was his second consecutive game he's not thrown an interception. even running for a while in that situation. moving the chains there.

that's where he is in his career. he's a great leader. tony: if i ever had any doubt before about defense winning championships, dr. watson, both sides in both teams, the defenses stepped up big time to go against these legendry quarterbacks and looks like we'r'rgoing to get one last chance to see the sheriff go out in super bowl 50. i'm happy as heck to be able to sit here and watch today. this was truly a special game. james: one team has punched its ticket going to san francisco-santa clara for super bowl 50. obviously the other ticket will be punched later today but as you look at this denver team what do you see? boomer: if von miller plays the way he did today and demarcus ware does, they had the help of this fab base. i forgot how loud this stadium can be. being down here on the sideline, i'm thinking about marcus cannon. there's no way. he was like on roller skates the

that's going to be the key for this team because peyton manning only completed seven patses in the second half. the patriots defense played great too. i still wonder if they're going to be thinking about fourth and 1, they went for it as opposed to kicking a field goal and that final drive could have been for a touchdown to win and they wouldn't have had to go for two. bart: what a match-up super bowl 50 is going to be. maybe the possibility of cam newton, the hottest quarterback in the league. but every team left in the tournaments has outstanding defenses, strong run games and quarterbacks that can flatout game. bill: gostkowski hasn't missed a extra points since his rookie career. that missed extra point turns out to be the difference in this game. there's aqib talib. they can match up that secondary withnybody. the biggest question will be can

offensive side, not turn it over to win themselves another championship game? tony: i think you said it, coach. this team has turned a corner. they've come together by playing that great defense but not turning the ball over. they were able to run the ball with c.j. anderson. if peyton can do what he's done the last two weeks, be efficient, don't turn the ball over and his guys are making plays. emmanuel sandered flat-out made some plays. and owen daniels, two catches, two touchdowns, came up big. they're a complete football team going boo the super bowl. james: all the kudos should go to denver but only the -- on the other side of the ball, although tom brady was kept off balance the entire game, she -- they only lost by a couple of points and still at the end made it democratic. boomer: had they not lost that game in miami, this game would

there probably would have been a different outcome. james: evan washburn with devin mccourty. evan: i think you can say you guys did your job in freight peyton manning a lot of this game. what factors did lead to you guys lose something >> we just didn't play well enough. you get to the a.f.c. championship, you get down, you have to play really your best football of the year and today we just fell short. a couple of plays here and there where they made better plays, really the deciding factorings in the game. evan: what peyton manning was able to do against tom brady. what did you see? >> i think overall they played better. you have to have complementary football. offense, defense, and special teams. they did all those well and we didn't. evan: where do you guys go from here? obviously this is still pretty fresh.

you play in a championship game, it's a tremendous high and if you lose it it's a real low. we just move forward. the season is over but we move forward and we'll be ready to go next year. evan: devin, i really appreciate you stopping by. thanks. james: there's no question that the new england patriots have been the dynasty in an era designed for parity in the nfl. and coming up next on cbs, a special edition of "60 minutes" about people who are making a difference, followed by another special edition of "60 minutes," then "madam secretary" and" ncis." for boomer esiason, bart scott, coach cowher and tony gonzalez, i'm james brown. we'll see you at super bowl 350 two weeks from today.to reach perfection so our chefs have more than a little time on their hands. hey what's that?

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