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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Champ Bailey finally gets a chance to live up to his name. The 12-time Pro Bowler is headed to his first Super Bowl in his 15th -- and most trying -- NFL season, one in which he missed 11 games and parts of two others because of a nagging foot injury. "It hurt not being out there," Bailey said after Denver topped New England in the AFC championship game, "but here I am. Im on the field and my teams still in the running. Thats what its all about." Baileys subdued celebration and measured reaction in delirious Denver stood in stark contrast to the scene in Seattle later Sunday night, where Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman stole the spotlight with his game-saving deflection, his taunting of Michael Crabtree and his television rant on the field afterward. The two contrasting styles will draw much attention in the days leading up to the Super Bowl on Feb. 2. Sherman is the 25-year-old trash-talking leader of the leagues best defence, Bailey the 35-year-old sage of a unit thats been through the ringer this season, but has come on strong over the past month despite injuries that cost them several starters, including Von Miller and Chris Harris Jr. Bailey is one of the leagues top cornerbacks, but hes clearly on the downslope of his spectacular career that includes the most Pro Bowls by a defensive back in NFL history. Bailey was greeted in the locker room by former teammate John Lynch, who was with him the previous time hed come this close to the Super Bowl -- 2,919 days earlier. One week after sealing a playoff win with a 100-yard interception return to hand Tom Brady his first playoff loss back in 2006, Bailey had another interception in his grasp and the end zone in his sights, but Hines Ward somehow came down with the football instead and Pittsburgh went on to beat Denver 34-17 for the AFC title following the 2005 season. "I said hed play really big and I think quietly he really did," Lynch said. "Its been a tough year. Everyone thinks hes old, over the hill, but hes been a great player throughout his whole career and great players, when it matters most, play great." Bailey had no spectacular plays this time, no pick-6s or takeaways or forced fumbles or sacks, just his usual steady play and calming leadership. He was hardly tested by Brady at all and finished with three tackles. "I thought yesterday was his best performance of the season," coach John Fox said Monday. Peyton Manning, who knows a little bit about overcoming injuries and long odds to reach the Super Bowl, said he was "certainly happy for Champ, I know a lot of people are." "Theres a guy -- lets see, Champs one year younger than me so hes in his 15th season -- like I said, its hard to get to the Super Bowl. Its hard to win it, but Im telling you its hard to get there," Manning said. "... Im glad that hes back out there on the field. Hes battled through some injuries and has stayed at it and been committed to his rehab." Bailey started just three games this season, and he finished just one of those, against Jacksonville on Oct. 13. After aggravating his foot injury in his two other starts, he was relegated to slot duty by the time he finally got healthy in mid-December. That changed when Harris got hurt in the Broncos playoff win over San Diego and Bailey started Sunday opposite Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, then moved into the slot on passing downs to thwart the heart of the Patriots offence. "I knew Id be back at some point," Bailey said. "My coaches, teammates, they never gave up on me. They knew Id be back to 100 per cent at some point. Here I am, Im playing probably my best football of the year -- because I havent played much. Im just looking forward to the next one, making sure my body is right for the next game." And dont count on him getting caught up in the comparisons at the Super Bowl between him and Sherman, who represents this new breed of cornerback, the bigger, athletic DBs who trash talk as well as any of the receivers they cover. About the only trash-talking that came out of Baileys mouth Sunday was when he was asked about how the Broncos shut down the Patriots ground game. The Broncos held LeGarrette Blount to 6 yards on five carries a week after scoring four TDs against Indianapolis. "Well," Bailey said matter-of-factly, "they didnt play the Broncos last week." Notes: Fox said RB Knowshon Moreno is day to day after X-rays on his ribs were negative and CB Tony Carter has a pinched nerve but no concussion. ... The Broncos return to work Thursday. Fake Football Jerseys Online . -- EJ Manuel followed the worst game of his career with the best. Fake Football Jerseys . Green-Ellis was Cincinnatis leading rusher each of the last two seasons. His role was reduced last year when Giovani Bernard was added to the backfield. Green-Ellis ran for 756 yards and a career-low 3. https://www.fakefootballjerseys.com/ . The 27-year-old forward has informed the Leafs that he will be unable to play in Monday nights home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Cheap Football Jerseys . The 36-year-old Colts receiver is going back to the playoffs as a division champion. Wholesale Football Jerseys China . The result was a game-winning, power-play goal. Chiasson snapped a third-period tie and lifted the Dallas Stars to a 3-2 victory on Monday night.Fernando Alonso finished more than 1.5s clear of his nearest challenger on an encouraging first day of in-season testing for McLaren at Silverstone. The Spaniard, who failed to score a point at the British GP despite the MP4-31s upgrades, set a 1:31.290 in the morning session before a downpour during the lunchtime break had teams ducking for cover in the pits.The pace was so impressive that Alonsos benchmark would have earned him sixth on the grid had he set it in Q3 last weekend. However, it was set on the supersoft tyre, a compound which wasnt then available to drivers. Leading the chasing pack was Mercedes youngster Esteban Ocon, who stuck to the medium compound for the entire morning and completed 80 laps, eventually adding 43 on a wet afternoon to rack up the most of the day.Alex Lynn enjoyed another test for Williams in third while current GP3 leader Charles Leclerc, fresh from his F1 debut in practice for Haas, finished fourth for Ferrari. Their times, however, were some three seconds shy of Alonsos best effort. See Red Bull test their newest safety device during mid-season testing at Silverstone Race regulars Carlos Sainz and Rio Haryanto finished sixth and ninth for Toro Rosso and Manor respectively while Pascal Wehrlein ran in eighth in the 2014 Mercedes car, testing 2017 tyre components and materials for Pirelli.But by far the most fascinating, if not surprising, story of the day came from Red Bull, who completed an installation lap with the Halo fitted to Pierre Gaslys car at the beginning of the test.Despite pioneering the Aeroscreen concept, Red Bull tested the cockpit protection system - which Ferrari have trialled twice this season, most frequently in last weeks British GP P1 - despite Christian Horners recent criticism of the device.Full story: Red Bull run Halo at SilverstoneThe team principal said he wouldnt be voting the Halo, FIAs preferred head safety mechanism for next season, in for 2017 and that it shouldnt be rushed through. Force India deputy team boss Bob Fernley, speaking to Sky Sports News HQ on Tuesday, agreed with Horner - adding that he thought a driver could get hurt.We need to do a lot more work to understand that the Halo isnt going to create other problems, which I think it will do, he told Craig Slater. I think you could actually create other opportunities for injuries to drivers and therefore its not the right solution.Gasly, meanwhile, said the Halo looked a bit weird and that he believed Formula 1 should stay the way it is. Watch 10 of the 11 teams in action at F1s mid-season testing at Silverstone On slick tyres and in the dry, a flurry of activity at the start of the day saw Ocon, who is testing on both days for Mercedes because of their need to field a young driver, rush to the top of the timesheets.dddddddddddd. But the Frenchman, a reserve driver at Renault this season, was quickly leapfrogged by Fernando Alonso.The 34-year-olds fastest time came during a three-lap stint on the supersoft tyre, with Ocon concentrating on longer medium stints in the W07. Alonso eventually completed 105 laps and was by far the most experienced driver on display. In fact, by taking him out of the equation, the average age of the field was less than 20 years old.Nikita Mazepin, 17, and Santino Ferrucci, 18, helped lower that average age on their F1 debuts for Force India and Haas. Mazepin, a Formula Renault 2.0 driver finished fifth with a 1:34.521, with GP2 competitor Ferruci down in seventh. Sergey Sirotkin of Renault and Gasly propped up the field but the Red Bull youngster was plagued by a wiring problem all morning, only managing nine laps in the dry. When the issue was fixed and the engine was fired up again, the heavy rain had started.The torrential downpour was lengthy, if not as sudden as the shower that saw Sundays race start behind a Safety Car, and few teams ran on the full wet tyre. Conditions slowly improved but the track didnt dry out, while the afternoon session was bizarrely interrupted by a red flag when a piece of wood fell from the lighting gantry above the pit-straight. The two-metre long baton fell to the near-side of the track before being quickly removed - but it was certainly a safety scare.The first day of the second and final in-season test of 2016 finished with limited running on the intermediate tyre - though no one could get close to Alonso. The test concludes on Wednesday, with the green flag at 9am. See the full driver line-up here. Silverstone in-season test, day one1. Fernando Alonso, McLaren, 1:31.290, 105 laps2. Esteban Ocon, Mercedes, 1:32.833, 123 laps3. Alex Lynn, Williams, 1:34.433, 54 laps4. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, 1:34.466, 19 laps5. Nikita Mazepin, Force India, 1:34.521, 35 laps6. Carlos Sainz, Toro Rosso, 1:34.643, 91 laps7. Santino Ferrucci, Haas, 1:34.866, 55 laps8. Pascal Wehrlein, Pirelli test, 1:34.982, 48 laps9. Rio Haryanto, Manor, 1:35.631, 64 laps10. Sergey Sirotkin, 1:36.575, Renault, 48 laps11. Pierre Gasly, 1:43.891, Red Bull, 50 lapsDont miss Wednesdays F1 Report at 8.30pm as Sky F1s Ted Kravitz and 1981 Silverstone winner John Watson join Marc Priestley to review the British GP and Lewis Hamiltons latest triumph. Also See: Full 2016 calendar and TV times Hamilton riding a wave of form Red Bull run Halo at Silverstone Silverstone test line-up ' ' '