‘The game very well could have ended if Manuel didn’t have the physical ability to escape a muddied pocket not once, but twice down the stretch. Defensive end Greg Hardy rushed up the interior of the line and got into the pocket quickly as the Bills had just entered Carolina territory. Manuel was in Hardy’s grasp and the rookie stumbled but escaped to extend the play, rolled to his right and found C.J. Spiller for a four-yard gain and a clock stoppage. Had he taken that sack, the probability of winning falls dramatically.’