Super Bowl 50: Live Stream Guide, Panthers vs. Broncos CBS TV Coverage Info

Many football fans will crowd around television screens at Super Bowl parties Sunday with their friends, family and far too many chicken wings and watch the showdown between the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers on the CBS broadcast. 

A game featuring superstars such as Cam Newton and Peyton Manning should live up to the hype, and there are always the highly anticipated commercials and musical performances from Lady Gaga (national anthem), Coldplay (halftime) and Beyonce (halftime) to light up the screen between snaps.

However, there are other ways for pigskin devotees to watch the marquee showdown Sunday if the traditional telecast isn’t their preferred method.

With that in mind, here is a look at the critical information for Super Bowl 50, as well as additional coverage information for Sunday’s clash and a prediction for the winner.

Super Bowl 50

When: Sunday, Feb. 7

Where: Levi's Stadium; Santa Clara, California

Kickoff Time: 6:30 p.m. ET

TV Broadcast: CBS 

Tickets: Tickets may become available at ScoreBig.com before kickoff

Additional Live Stream and Coverage Info 

Here is a look at the pregame coverage, per NFL.com:

Time (ET)	Program	Channel
1 p.m.	Phil Simms All-Iron Team	CBS
2 p.m.	Super Bowl Today	CBS
6 p.m.	Super Bowl on CBS	CBS
6:30 p.m.	Super Bowl Kickoff	CBS

CBSSports.com provided fans a description of how to watch the game outside of the CBS broadcast:

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The 2016 Super Bowl will be available Live on CBS, your computer or tablet at CBSSports.com, or home entertainment device (Xbox One, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Chromecast, and Roku). Live streaming on mobile devices is only available for eligible Verizon Wireless customers via the NFL Mobile App.

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Prediction

The marquee matchup is the one between the Carolina Panthers offense and the Denver Broncos defense, and Jim Reineking of NFL.com noted “this is also just the second Super Bowl ever to pit the No. 1 scoring offense (Panthers at 31.3 points per game) against the No. 1 defense (Broncos, 283.1 yards per game).”

Newton is the engine that drives that Panthers offense as arguably the best and most dynamic player in the league. He finished with 3,837 passing yards, 636 rushing yards and 45 total touchdowns on the campaign and kept Carolina atop the NFC standings throughout the year.

Running back Jonathan Stewart only played 13 games as Newton’s backfield partner in crime, but he managed to tally 989 rushing yards and seven total touchdowns—his best numbers since a breakout effort in 2009.

Newton and Stewart’s overall rushing prowess forced many opposing defenses to stick additional bodies in the box, which freed up lanes for speedsters Ted Ginn Jr. and Corey Brown to exploit the secondary. There were understandable question marks surrounding the Panthers' aerial attack when No. 1 option Kelvin Benjamin went down with injury before the year, but Ginn and Brown have thrived with Newton’s strong arm leading the way.

Even if Denver accounts for all those weapons, it still has to worry about tight end Greg Olsen, who led the Panthers with 1,104 receiving yards this season.

Steven Ruiz of USA Today described why the Broncos' typically stifling defense will prove no match for Carolina on Sunday:

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Denver has the best cornerback group in the league. With Chris Harris Jr., Aqib Talib and the emerging Bradley Roby, the Broncos are one of the few teams that can matchup with receivers man-to-man. These corners can get up in receivers’ faces and stop the quick, short passes that are en vogue all across the league. This unit is built to play in today’s NFL.

Well, the Panthers aren’t built like the rest of today’s pro offenses. Their attack is based on a bruising run game and taking deep shots in the pass game. Newton is the key. His running threat forces defenses to bring an extra guy into the box, which limits what coverages a defense can play. And if Denver does bring a safety down, that will leave Ted Ginn Jr. one-on-one with no help over the top, which he has feasted on all season on his way to a career-high 10 touchdowns.

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That may be a bit dismissive of a Broncos unit that was first in total defense and fourth in scoring defense during the regular season. It also turned in one of the most impressive performances of the year with a 20-18 victory over Tom Brady’s New England Patriots. Marc Sessler of NFL.com said Brady “took more hits in this game (20) than any QB in any game all year.”

Still, Newton is much more mobile than Brady and will be able to avoid some of those hits based on pure athleticism alone. Even if it is unwise to expect another 49-point explosion like Carolina turned in against the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game, the Panthers offense will find scoring opportunities against Denver. 

While much of the focus will rightly be on that showdown, the prediction here is the Panthers defense proves to be the ultimate difference-maker.

Just ask Green Bay Packers wide receiver James Jones.

Jones said on NFL Network (via Chris Wesseling of Around the NFL): “I truly believe the Panthers have the advantage on defense…fastest defense I’ve seen in nine years.”

The Carolina defense set the tone in the first half against the Seattle Seahawks during its 31-24 victory in the divisional round, even if it let the Seahawks back into the game after it took its proverbial foot off the gas.

The pick-six from Luke Kuechly helped make it 14-0 within the first five minutes of the game, and the Panthers ultimately picked Russell Wilson off twice and held Seattle’s running backs to a mere 46 rushing yards.

All Carolina did for an encore against the Cardinals was force seven turnovers, six of which came from quarterback Carson Palmer (four interceptions and two lost fumbles) in a 49-15 win. It was an absolute beatdown, and the defense’s effort even overshadowed Newton’s 335 passing yards.

Next up is Manning, who only tossed nine touchdown passes to 17 interceptions this season and posted a career-low 67.9 passer rating, per ESPN.com.

He started off quickly against New England with two touchdown passes to Owen Daniels in the opening 17 minutes, but he didn’t throw for another score and only finished with 176 passing yards on the game, as the defense ultimately bailed the Broncos offense out with a historical performance against Brady.

The Panthers destroyed Palmer with consistent pressure and overwhelmed a dynamic Arizona offense. Manning may be an all-time great, but his prime is firmly in the rearview mirror, and it will show Sunday.

The Panthers defense will pressure No. 18 and hit him early, which will wear the 39-year-old out over the course of the four quarters. He won’t have as much zip in the second half on what is already a softly thrown ball, and Carolina will force a critical turnover late in the game.

Newton and company will then take full advantage of favorable field position and punch it in for the decisive score.

Prediction: Carolina 27, Denver 17