Editing Super Bowl XXII (section)

===Super Bowl pregame news===
Coming into Super Bowl XXII, the Broncos were favored to win (−3 as noted on the NFL Today show by [[Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder]]) because most experts thought both teams were equal in terms of talent with Elway presumed to be the superior quarterback to Williams. Elway had won the [[National Football League Most Valuable Player Award|NFL Most Valuable Player Award]] and was selected to start for the AFC in the [[Pro Bowl]], while Williams had played just five regular season games in the 1987 season.

Before the game, it was announced that Williams underwent emergency root canal treatment for an abscessed lower right molar the previous night. Team dentist Barry Rudolph said there were no complications, and Williams then was pronounced fit to start.<ref name="Redskins pull Bronc-Buster">{{Cite web |date=January 8, 2014 |title=REDSKINS PULL BRONC-BUSTER |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/super-bowl-xxii-redskins-pull-bronc-buster-article-1.1568882 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref>

As the [[Super Bowl#Home team designation|designated home team]] in the annual rotation between AFC and NFC teams, the Broncos opted to wear their home orange uniforms and white pants. The Redskins, as the road team, countered with white uniforms and burgundy pants that they typically wore during home games and which they also wore in their two previous Super Bowl appearances during the 1980s.