Denver Broncos running back C.J. Anderson deserves a lot of credit for his two-yard game-sealing touchdown run against the Carolina Panthers late in Super Bowl 50.

Panthers linebacker A. J. Klein was in the backfield right away, and Anderson made him miss. Anderson then kept his legs moving and kept pushing until he scored, displaying a Kicking and Screaming mentality that general manager John Elway talked about this offseason.

But Anderson wasn’t the only one that showed a never-die attitude on the play.

Guard Louis Vasquez was a few yards away from the play when Luke Kuechly and Thomas Davis had Anderson stopped a yard short of the end zone. It looked as if Carolina was going to keep Anderson out of the end zone.

Then Vasquez came crashing in and pushed Anderson into the end zone for a score.

With the score, Denver went up 22-10 and then converted a two-point conversion to make it a two-touchdown game at 24-10.

It would have been second-and-goal from the one-yard line had Anderson not scored, and a field goal alone would have made it a two-possession (nine-point) game.

But Anderson and Vasquez went 110 percent anyway, keeping the play alive until they found the end zone.

This is the kind of heart and desire that Denver lacked in postseasons past. Credit Anderson and Vasquez for helping Denver channel that determination on Sunday. The Denver Broncos are World Champions because of the effort exemplified in that play.