The Denver Broncos’ defense manhandled the Carolina Panthers on their way to a 24-10 victory in Super Bowl 50. It only took the country 150 days to recognize how dominant this defense is, but Carolina Panthers’ tight end Greg Olsen is not entirely buying it.

According to the Black and Blue Review, it seems that Olsen was not in awe of the Broncos’ defensive dominance after watching the tape of last Sunday’s matchup in Santa Clara.

“I watched it, and you feel worse after you watch it because this notion that they suffocated us and we couldn’t do anything,” Olsen stated, “Go back and watch the tape, see the plays that were there to be made. See the guys we had that came up just a little short on a couple plays, but go back and watch it.”

In Olsen’s defense, he is not wrong. The Panthers were able to move the ball at times, but were only able to convert on three of their 15 third down opportunities. They finished with 265 passing yards and 118 rushing yards, but some self inflicted wounds left them on the losing side of a lopsided scoreboard.

Olsen continued, “This notion that we couldn’t do anything offensively is not the case, and I think that’s even more the tough part to swallow. They made a couple big splash plays that really turned out to be the difference in the game.”

I respectfully disagree. There is a laundry list of statistics that would prove that this defense is one of the greatest of all-time. Plus, nearly every NFL game has a couple plays that change the course of the final score.

You can’t call it luck when the Broncos’ defense has made “big splash plays” all season long.

Olsen himself was held to 4 catches for 41 yards despite averaging 6 catches and 95 yards per game throughout the postseason. League MVP, Cam Newton, put together his best Tim Tebow impression by completing 18 of his 41 passes. The 26-year old quarterback was also sacked six times and threw an interception in Denver territory.

The highest scoring offense in the NFL was held to 10 points.

Give credit where credit is due.