SANTA CLARA, Calif. • Kony Ealy wrapped his arms around Peyton Manning’s right leg to pull down the Denver quarterback.
He tugged Manning by the back of his jersey to put him on the turf another time, and he came from behind to shake up the Broncos’ offense, too.
The unheralded second-year defensive end even caught Manning by complete surprise — not in addition to most everybody else in Levi’s Stadium — when he made a snazzy, one-handed grab to secure a second-quarter interception with Denver driving at the Carolina 20.
Then Ealy scrambled 19 yards on the return.