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Wild Ride: Tale of Super Bowl 50 champs Broncos

This story appears in the Feb. 15-22, 2016 issue of Sports Illustrated. Subscribe to the magazine here.

Before the motorized cart that idles outside the Broncos’ locker room can whisk Von Miller away on his victory lap, there remains one important logistical matter to take care of. Which explains why the outside linebacker just stands there, wearing nothing but two towels, and asks no one in particular, “What happened to my pants?”

Behind him, his locker resembles the Panthers’ offense for most of Super Bowl 50: cluttered and disorganized. In both cases the mess is largely of Miller’s making.