... in 1998, in a little town called San Diego, California, an old quarterback who couldn't shake the "loser" tag and a mid-career gunslinger coming off of a Super Bowl title went toe to toe. In what I affectionately refer to as XXXII, the 14-point underdogs led by an NFL legend finally took one down.

In hindsight, Pat Bowlen put it best with a simple phrase: "This one's for John."

Brett Favre walked off of the field that day knowing he had been beaten by an opponent who was tired of losing. People forget Elway's best traits were his intangibles. He led so many storied comebacks, but finally, in the end, he wouldn't let himself lose. To anyone.

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