5 greatest send offs for NFL legends ft. Peyton Manning's Super Bowl 50 win
Winning a Super Bowl in the final season is the ultimate way to send off an NFL legend. It's a difficult goal to accomplish, but a few NFL legends have been able to pull it off. Here are five times that an all-time great won the ring in their final season.
NFL legends who retired on a high due to a Super Bowl victory
#1 - Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning is one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. He won five NFL MVP awards in his career, the most of any player in NFL history. He won his first Super Bowl earlier in his career with the Indianapolis Colts before winning a second one with the Denver Broncos in his final season before retiring. He cemented his legacy with the second ring.
OTD (2/7/2016): In what would be his final game, Peyton Manning and the #Broncos stellar defense defeated Cam Newton and the #Panthers 24-10 to win Super Bowl 50! (Via NFL/YouTube) https://t.co/Ta9iSf8mTs
#2 - John Elway
Before becoming an executive for the Denver Broncos, John Elway had a legendary career as their quarterback. The only thing he was missing from his Hall of Fame resume was a championship. He finally achieved this by winning two consecutive rings in the final two seasons of his playing career.