Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp named Super Bowl MVP after playing for 92 yards and two touchdowns; Odell Beckham Jr. is out with a knee injury in the first half; Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has fired a joint Super Bowl record seven times.
The Los Angeles Rams returned to stun the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI, lifting the Vince Lombardi Trophy after a 23-20 home win at SoFi Stadium.
Joe Burrow and the Bengals would return the ball with 25 minutes left, but with the Rams’ pass repeatedly coming home in the second half, Aaron Donald landed the game-breaker on the fourth down.
Burrow was fired in the league 51 times in the regular season and reduced the playoff record nine times in Cincinnati’s division round win over the Tennessee Titans, but he only lost once in the first half due to a vaunted passing by the Rams. rush – Donald did not manage to make a single tackle. The script changed dramatically in the second half as the Bengals quarterback ended up being sacked a joint Super Bowl record seven times and Donald finished with two of them, three QBs and two tackles for the loss.
The Rams broke out of control and took a 10-point lead early in the second quarter with Stafford throwing touchdowns to Odell Beckham Jr. and Kupp. However, Beckham retired with a knee injury later in the first half and did not return.
The Bengals closed to three Rams by the half – running back Joe Mixon hit a touchdown pass to Tee Higgins – and then took a staggering lead after the first play-off after the break. Burrow found Higgins with a deep ball down the left touchline for a 75-yard TD! However, the provisional score was not without controversy, with Higgins avoiding a penalty flag despite seemingly pulling on cornerback Jalen Ramsey’s face mask in the game.
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Stafford would add to Los Angeles’ misery by throwing his second interception of the game to set up a second field goal for Evan McPherson to give Cincinnati a 20-13 lead. The Rams closed the gap to four points with a field goal in their next series, before both offenses began to crack heavily after more than 20 minutes without points.
The stagnation was largely due to the Rams’ lack of OBJ, as well as the fact that both quarterbacks were hit hard in different games, and Burrow was injured on one of his six second-half takedowns.
But, just as it looked like the Bengals might close the deal and cling to the first-ever Super Bowl title, Stafford came forward and connected with Kupp for the winning score after the wide receiver had previously converted a 4th and 1st-line play- with seven meters.
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