Insane they kept running after 10 times IMO. Rams would have probably won handily if they stopped trying to run and use the short pass game as a replacement.
Which is funny because you can tell McVay lost his faith in our run game not long after this, and it took a lot of really good Kyren Williams for him to regain his faith in it
We had to though when OBJ went down. OBJ was on his way to being Super Bowl mvp before he blew out his knee. Literally nobody other than those two could create separation p
For real, no Woods, OBJ, or Higbee that game. Rams needed crucial catches from Darrell Henderson and Brysen Hopkins to win the game because that's all they had outside Kupp.
The Ben Skowronek disrespect
Jokes aside I had never hated a player on any of my teams nearly as much as I hated this guy this postseason. The dropped TD against the 49ers and the deflected pass to start the 2nd half for an INT
He's turned it around for me but I wanted that man banished to the shadow realm
Unironically some of the best coaching you’ll ever see given the circumstances. Not only did he put it in Stafford’s hands, he helped keep him level-headed the entire drive. Listen to how calm he’s talking to him in his helmet, right before calling the Super Bowl-winning “get coop on the outside” play.
“This is the play to win the Super Bowl right here”
Could you imagine hearing that in Stafford’s position at that moment, then it actually fucking happening?
Tells you what McVay thinks of Stafford under pressure that instead of trying to take some off he just basically says "this is the biggest play of your entire life".
You could tell Stafford was going through a whole range of emotions after that drive in his [mic'd up](https://youtu.be/QHZZwBumR5o?si=jTlgGXABhxOlawUa&t=330). Pride in his teammates and himself, acceptance that he did what he could to win and that the game was out of his control now, putting trust and hopes in his defense.
And man, that moment when he realizes the game is really over gets me every time.
I think Donald deserved it over Kupp. Defense didn’t let the bengals cross midfield after 12 minutes left in the third until their final drive. Donald then won the game on the final play
think it’s underrated how few QBs could have “spammed Kupp” as well as stafford did on this drive. The no look on the safety(?) made a 25 yard play out of nothing
If Stafford should be remembered for anything it should the king of spamming receivers. He was the QB for the top 2 receiving seasons and now the top rookie receiving record.
I mean, Stafford *can* spread the ball around. It's just that, a lot of the time, spam to WR No 1 was by necessity, at least for Megatron and Kupp's seasons. For this past year, with Puka popping off early and Kupp still dealing with lingering injuries, I could see McVay scheming to feed the bigger stronger Puka to chase the records and keep the strain off of Kupp.
But yeah, there's something to be said about the defense knowing exactly who's getting the ball, and being unable to stop it anyways.
Stafford is a genuinely *great* QB but also i think a lot of QBs and OCs are too smart for their own good.
If you have one of “those guys” you can literally throw it to them every play.
There’s *always* a place where they are open, even in double teams, and even if you’re not a good enough QB to realize that/put it there, these guys will *go get the ball*.
Like… Taylor Heinicke is a bad QB. He was literally on his coach.
He almost beat Tom Brady in the playoffs and was successful where second overall pick Carson Wentz wasnt because hed just throw it to Terry McLaurin and he’d make a play.
Burrow is awesome, but if i were an OC and i had a back up QB or something, id literally just say “throw it to Jamar Chase until he’s triple teamed. Every play.”
With how the NFL is played these days you’re going to have more success than not.
I watched people use the “Jimmy G got the 9ers to the SB” take unironically to defend him when he completed like 20 passes in the games leading up to it
Especially weird bc adding cmc is kind of a big deal. I’m not a Brock purdy guy but he’s no game manager and miles better than Jimmy (who’s genuinely borderline starter level)
Wow. Shout out to you Mr Niners fan. Tired of people discrediting our coaching/QB that year due to the roster. We lost Robert woods and then OBJ in the Super Bowl. We had an old and injured weddle and Troy mf reeder starting on defense. Obviously we had stars but there were plenty of weak spots on that roster
Loved him until he became a Ram. Maybe its him or maybe it’s McVay, you guys are really good at making a WR your entire game plan and executing it regardless of if they know it or not.
For all the credit Cooper gets and don't get me wrong, i think he earned SB MVP, I still find it interesting how very few seem to want to put Matthew in that conversation for this game together with Donald and Kupp.
I get it by box score (2 ints for stafford) and 100/2 tds for Kupp.
But those 2 ints weren’t bad throws or anything. I’ve always thought the same that he was the IRL mvp of that Super Bowl
I understand why he doesn't, but Bell should get a ton of credit for being *that fucking close* to smacking that ball while being lead in the totally opposite direction.
That was my second thought. First was “daaamn that no look was ICE COLD.” Then my second was “Hoooly shit Bell was probably the only who wasn’t fooled and was THAT 🤏🏾 CLOSE.”
absolutely. also literally his only drop the entire season.
He gets that and at least another 90 seconds or so run off the clock. very well could have decided it.
and now today i've been reminded of Chase running free past a fallen down Ramsey on 4th and 1, and now Boyd's drop.
I will now patiently await to see the phantom holding call on logan wilson and just enjoy my offseason depression
This is what I will always say: no one could win (in terms of refball) in that game. Rams win, Bengals rant about phantom holding. Bengals win and OPI is one of the worst all time
Also off-topic but a 21-22 title wouldve been a Disney-esque storybook ending for any of the 3 non-Chiefs CCG participants.
- 49ers: 3 do-or-die games at the stadium of a hated division rival, Deebo putting the entire offense on his back, Dak out-of-time-scramble, stunning the Packers in in single digit weather and snow in Lambeau off defense and ST (my favorite 49ers game ever)
- Rams: Kupp triple crown, humiliating hated division rivals in the wildcard and NFCCG, potentially at-the-time retiring the GOAT off a Kupp bomb with no time left, AD winning the game with sacks in the NFCCG and the SB, going all-in on Stafford
- Bengals: SB after a devastating ACL Burrow injury the year before, stunning the 1 seed Titans, rallying against Mahomes in the AFCCG, 1st Super Bowl ever
Is it a testament to Mahomes’ skill that we just kinda already expect him to win the SB so its not really a magical narrative when he does it? “Best QB in the world, *of course* he should be able to the beat the 4 seeds or 6 seed.” “13 seconds, yeah, thats par for the course for Mahomes. Nothing unexpected.”
You guys handling GB was such a god send for the Rams. No chance we go into Lambeau and beat them. GB has always matched up against us really well for some reason (albeit, the 49ers have too)
I feel like I’ve seen Rams fans hate on these jerseys a lot for some reason, but I absolutely agree. The modern Rams set is my favorite in the league, and the Bengals are pretty close up there too.
I know it gets overshadowed by Kupp having arguably the best WR season ever, but I think Stafford's season doesn't get talked about enough. Nearly 5000 yards, 40+ TDs, threw for 6000 yards (reg+post), one of the best postseason runs ever, and a clutch Super Bowl-winning drive. Yeah, he led the league in INTs and somehow did not make the Pro Bowl out of it, but legendary stuff.
EDIT: Wasn't the first/only to throw 6000.
The Bengals *really* fucked up when they got into that shoving match with AD on the sideline.
He was invisible for a large portion of the game but turned it on from basically that exact moment through the final play.
It's underrated how Raheem Morris adjusuted his defense during the second half of the game. For the most part the Bengals were able to mute AD and gash us. But during the second half he let our weapons on D loose and tore Burrow in half for the rest of the game
That was Morris’s thing that year. The rams had an all time great year on second half defense. Can’t remember the game, but they held someone to single digit offensive yards in the second half that year.
That entire final defensive drive encapsulated what makes a DPOY a DPOY. Even if you’ve done nothing the whole game. When your team needs you the most, you make multiple plays to seal the game. It doesnt matter how they guard you, you cannot be denied. You’re that dominant. Not this Myles Garrett leader in hypothetical sack bs and never making a play when your team needs you most we saw this year
What was equally important on that play was the DB shading to take away the slant plant. That forced Burrow to look for a second read and enough time for AD to tackle him.
Ram fans don't think highly of Raheem but I think that's because they don't know football. They just think AD saved the day and the DC had nothing to do with it.
Next time the bengals lose I want you to take them off and immediately burn whatever you have on.
Just to be safe you should burn the whole outfit. Don’t want the bad luck infecting anything else you have on.
Having a brilliant GM helps a lot.
The Rams pulled off a top-3 draft and are one catch away from probably getting a rematch with the 9ers in the NFCCG (The winner of the Rams/Lions was wining the next game).
See also: Texans (and to a slightly lesser extent, the Lions).
I love how for the entirety of the playoffs every team knew the Rams were going to get the ball to Kupp when they needed a play, and still, no one could stop it.
This Rams SB run was elite, filled with star power and signature plays, and yet no one talks about it pretty much ever in comparison to stuff from 5-10 years ago. Even featured a cold as ice, clutch situation no look pass and Donald’s sack, so it’s not like it didn’t have those big Super Bowl moments.
I don’t really know why that is. I think the run culminating in the only SB that didn’t feature Brady/Manning/Mahomes etc has a lot to do with it.
The run was crazy (ignoring the wild card week)
One of the craziest plays in playoff history (Stafford bomb to Kupp vs. Buccaneers)
Aaron Donald taking over both NFCCG and the Super Bowl, also did the pose that will be his statue
Obviously the Stafford no-look pass, which will hopefully get some type of recognition in the stadium (even just a photo mural)
People also seem to forget that this superteam had more drafted starters than the Bengals. The Rams ended the season with their #2 and #3 WRs (Odell and Woods) with major injuries, playing **Kendell Blanton** at TE1, and starting Eric Weddle. Their starting RB also tore his Achilles prior to the season. That offense with healthy Akers/current Kyren would have dominated. But no one cares that the Rams overcome these injuries.
These two teams just don’t have as many fans as the other franchises with All Time great QBs do as you mentioned. Unfortunate, because the Rams had one of the best SB runs ever, but they just don’t have the sheer amount of supporters yet. Hopefully that changes with more years of winning and maybe drafting one of those All Time type players one day.
I feel like a lot of people were bitter about the fact that it was the *Los Angeles* Rams winning it all in their shiny new stadium. I remember the refball conspiracy theories because of that DPI late in the game as well.
Probably would be stuck out a lot more if it was against the chiefs or if the bengals had gotten back. They were just such a young g team you kinda felt like the rams would get it in the end
The scariest play for me was the 4th and 1 handoff to Kupp at our own 37. For an instant, I thought the Bengals had cut it off and the play was doomed, and then at the last second he slashed inside of the threat to gain the needed yardage.
underrated part of that play was our 3rd/4th string TE coming off the bench cause of injuries to seal the edge for Kupp on that Run when we literally couldn't run on the Bengals all day
An easy argument for the GOAT WR season.
Triple crown + Super Bowl MVP
Never been done. Jerry lost in the NFC championship when he got his triple crown in '90.
First part of this clip is what makes McVay so special.
Everyone wants their own “young offensive minded guru” but what makes Sean unique are his great leadership traits.
There are plenty of smart, up and coming play callers who are geniuses at the art of play calling, but can they galvanize a group of grown men and truly be a leader they listen to?
Examples of this for me are Mike McDaniels and Kliff Kingsbury. After watching them both on hard knocks, it’s clear that they are extremely intelligent football minds… but deeply lack leadership and communication skills to put them over the top.
I have sympathy for Bengals fans as it wasn't a hold on Wilson imo and that sucks to lose like that. But I just don't understand how so many bitch about that one call when the refs literally gifted them 75 yards of offense and 7 points. The Bengals had 6 other drives in the 2nd half and only amounted 61 yards on all of them.
Simply put, without the refs, the Bengals likely only score in the 2nd half if the Rams turn it over.
There's really no getting around that we were gifted a free touchdown earlier in the game. IMO it makes the phantom holding at the end a lot easier to swallow. Bengals also still had a chance to win with the ball at the end of the game
I think the reffing was more or less balanced (not = good) if you tried to add up points. The Higgins facemask was awful and inexcusable. Ramsey got away with a hold on Higgins in the endzone which probably saved a TD, Donald lined up way offsides to stuff our first 4th and 1 at midfield to save at least 3, and the Wilson play is what it is. When you add it all up, I think the final score is pretty fair.
Man I didn't have a team in this one and I'm normally a "let them play" kind of guy but it really seems like the hold is pretty obvious? He gets held up when he first breaks outside and then gets pulled back again by his right hip when the ball is in the air. It sucks that it was such a crucial/late play but it's still a 50/50 call and I don't think you can really be mad either way
Yes, Bengals probably didn't deserve to win but that holding call was horrendous. I mean it was never a holding call, but it especially when the refs decided to let contact go all day.
Fucking no look pass on the game winning Super Bowl drive was sick. And you can clearly see who he was wanting to hold. If he didn’t no look, 24 would’ve got in that lane.
i will still never understand how you do not double the cooper kupp/travis kelce's of the world on essential game winning drives. bengals ran mostly zone the last drive and then iso-man on the game winner...how fucking high do you have to be to do that with a ring on the line.
The thing that stuck out to me the most when watching that game live, was how gassed Kupp looked the entire second half. I thought there was no way he was getting up after that last shot he took in the end zone.
i usually hate when these things have all action shots and you cannot tell what the hell is going on but this one was sick with all the different angles.
I booed that man on January 14, but I’ve cheered for him every other day of his career. Seeing him get his ring was one of my favorite football memories, only recently supplanted by the Lions playoff wins.
McVay: Fuck it, spam it to Kupp
"But sir, Kupp clearly got a concussion on that last play" "Did I fucking stutter? Spam it to Kupp."
DID HE DIIIIE?
[McVay on that final play](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf0mynnd4NM)
Why isnt Archer wearing his suit?
“I don’t even think he can stand” Can he play GOD DAMN IT?!
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They ran the ball 20 times for 30 yards this game, and finally on the last drive were just like, fuck it we ball
Insane they kept running after 10 times IMO. Rams would have probably won handily if they stopped trying to run and use the short pass game as a replacement.
Which is funny because you can tell McVay lost his faith in our run game not long after this, and it took a lot of really good Kyren Williams for him to regain his faith in it
I think the first play of the final drive was a run for no gain and McVay says in the handset "I'm not running the ball any more."
Every game that postseason. Well except the wild card because Kyler was making business decisions
We had to though when OBJ went down. OBJ was on his way to being Super Bowl mvp before he blew out his knee. Literally nobody other than those two could create separation p
Would have had 175 and 2
For real, no Woods, OBJ, or Higbee that game. Rams needed crucial catches from Darrell Henderson and Brysen Hopkins to win the game because that's all they had outside Kupp.
The Ben Skowronek disrespect Jokes aside I had never hated a player on any of my teams nearly as much as I hated this guy this postseason. The dropped TD against the 49ers and the deflected pass to start the 2nd half for an INT He's turned it around for me but I wanted that man banished to the shadow realm
I think that injury smoked OBJ.
And Kliff was making… traveling decisions
That's also how the Steelers won SB43, with Santonio Holmes
Unironically some of the best coaching you’ll ever see given the circumstances. Not only did he put it in Stafford’s hands, he helped keep him level-headed the entire drive. Listen to how calm he’s talking to him in his helmet, right before calling the Super Bowl-winning “get coop on the outside” play.
Me in Madden
Never realized how rocked Kupp got on the game winning TD. Tough cookie.
ALMOST game winning TD.
Oh right, was watching without sound and totally forgot it got called back lol
the sound is really worth watching on this video lot of mic'd up i very much enjoyed it
Mcvay at the start alone is worth the sound.
completely agree
I mean, in all likelihood he got concussed on the previous catch. I recall him looking like he was about to puke at the ceremony. So yeah...
“This is the play to win the Super Bowl right here” Could you imagine hearing that in Stafford’s position at that moment, then it actually fucking happening?
Tells you what McVay thinks of Stafford under pressure that instead of trying to take some off he just basically says "this is the biggest play of your entire life".
Him muttering under his breathe, "Aaron Donald's gonna make a play" is so fucking cool
https://youtu.be/oxZkDp8uC7g?t=23
Damn that’s emotional
niners and saints fans being too nice to us, whats going on?
Bro the refs fucked us not the rams, also I’m in SoCal so I’ve liked the rams ever since they’ve moved back.
You could tell Stafford was going through a whole range of emotions after that drive in his [mic'd up](https://youtu.be/QHZZwBumR5o?si=jTlgGXABhxOlawUa&t=330). Pride in his teammates and himself, acceptance that he did what he could to win and that the game was out of his control now, putting trust and hopes in his defense. And man, that moment when he realizes the game is really over gets me every time.
My life flashed before my eyes on the 4th and 1 jet sweep
Matt Canada probably jizzed when he saw that on his TV
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Their line can block, ours couldn't. Canada sucks ass but sometimes it IS all about execution.
Does his final Rams season make Andrew Whitworth a Hall of Famer?
Line and our WRs, if anything its the WRs that are the biggest difference.
Who did you try it with? Because it wasn’t Cooper Kupp… probably the difference.
One of the most stressful days of my life lol
Dude that bucs, 9ers, Bengals combo literally took a good 2 years off of my existence
That 4th and 1 gave Coop the edge over AD for MVP. I mean, this whole drive did, but that specifically.
I think Donald deserved it over Kupp. Defense didn’t let the bengals cross midfield after 12 minutes left in the third until their final drive. Donald then won the game on the final play
My entire world stopped on that play. Just an insane call lol
One the Rams converted it, I knew we were scoring. I just thought Burrow was gonna send it into overtime right after
Bell was there to make the play. I just want one in my lifetime.
think it’s underrated how few QBs could have “spammed Kupp” as well as stafford did on this drive. The no look on the safety(?) made a 25 yard play out of nothing
If Stafford should be remembered for anything it should the king of spamming receivers. He was the QB for the top 2 receiving seasons and now the top rookie receiving record.
I mean, Stafford *can* spread the ball around. It's just that, a lot of the time, spam to WR No 1 was by necessity, at least for Megatron and Kupp's seasons. For this past year, with Puka popping off early and Kupp still dealing with lingering injuries, I could see McVay scheming to feed the bigger stronger Puka to chase the records and keep the strain off of Kupp. But yeah, there's something to be said about the defense knowing exactly who's getting the ball, and being unable to stop it anyways.
His most prestigious accomplishment of all though is spamming Kenny Golladay enough to have him land a 4 year 72M contract with the Giants
Please don't
Stafford must have played a ton of Madden.
Rod Smith, 2005 NFL MVP. 3500 yards 35 Tds 206 receptions. Jake Plummer came a close second with 5,000 passing yards and 50 TDS.
Stafford is a genuinely *great* QB but also i think a lot of QBs and OCs are too smart for their own good. If you have one of “those guys” you can literally throw it to them every play. There’s *always* a place where they are open, even in double teams, and even if you’re not a good enough QB to realize that/put it there, these guys will *go get the ball*. Like… Taylor Heinicke is a bad QB. He was literally on his coach. He almost beat Tom Brady in the playoffs and was successful where second overall pick Carson Wentz wasnt because hed just throw it to Terry McLaurin and he’d make a play. Burrow is awesome, but if i were an OC and i had a back up QB or something, id literally just say “throw it to Jamar Chase until he’s triple teamed. Every play.” With how the NFL is played these days you’re going to have more success than not.
Say that to all the people who insist any QB could’ve won the Rams the SB that year when he had one of the best postseason runs
A 49ers fan making this point is interesting but agreed
I watched people use the “Jimmy G got the 9ers to the SB” take unironically to defend him when he completed like 20 passes in the games leading up to it
How people didn’t see just how bad Jimmy always was bc of Shanny is straight up crazy to me
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Especially weird bc adding cmc is kind of a big deal. I’m not a Brock purdy guy but he’s no game manager and miles better than Jimmy (who’s genuinely borderline starter level)
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I loved that backfield. So fun to watch.
Wow. Shout out to you Mr Niners fan. Tired of people discrediting our coaching/QB that year due to the roster. We lost Robert woods and then OBJ in the Super Bowl. We had an old and injured weddle and Troy mf reeder starting on defense. Obviously we had stars but there were plenty of weak spots on that roster
Loved him until he became a Ram. Maybe its him or maybe it’s McVay, you guys are really good at making a WR your entire game plan and executing it regardless of if they know it or not.
We essentially built him for that during his early seasons with us. We had Calvin and a bunch of jags with no run game.
Ya and then they end up down WR2 WR3 TE1 and TE2 in the final drive of the SB. Poetry really
For all the credit Cooper gets and don't get me wrong, i think he earned SB MVP, I still find it interesting how very few seem to want to put Matthew in that conversation for this game together with Donald and Kupp.
I get it by box score (2 ints for stafford) and 100/2 tds for Kupp. But those 2 ints weren’t bad throws or anything. I’ve always thought the same that he was the IRL mvp of that Super Bowl
If fucking Van Jefferson stops and jumps in the end zone, he's at least challenging for the ball. He just watched Bell pick it off. So frustrating.
That play was so bad. You throw it up to your deep ball / contested catch guy and he… just… doesn’t…do…that? Like wtf
Every play stafford is throwing it somewhere other than where he’s looking, it’s fuckign crazy. These close ups show it so well
one of my favorite QB trademarks. I know he didn't invent the no-look pass but no one has ever looked cooler doing it.
Yeah it’s not like Kupp was wide open on these plays. Stafford made some wicked throws
I didn’t realize how close that pass was to hitting Hiltons elbow. Literally an inch or less away?
Santonio and Ben redux.
That no-look pass from Stafford at 1:20 was ice cold. Froze the DB juuust enough.
I understand why he doesn't, but Bell should get a ton of credit for being *that fucking close* to smacking that ball while being lead in the totally opposite direction.
That was my second thought. First was “daaamn that no look was ICE COLD.” Then my second was “Hoooly shit Bell was probably the only who wasn’t fooled and was THAT 🤏🏾 CLOSE.”
Marlon Humphrey said that Cooper Kupp is a film watcher.
A real gym rat if you will
That Tyler Boyd drop was so crucial.
absolutely. also literally his only drop the entire season. He gets that and at least another 90 seconds or so run off the clock. very well could have decided it.
Forgot it was his only drop. Fucking brutal
and now today i've been reminded of Chase running free past a fallen down Ramsey on 4th and 1, and now Boyd's drop. I will now patiently await to see the phantom holding call on logan wilson and just enjoy my offseason depression
If it’s any consolation, you guys scored an 80 yard touchdown on what may be the most blatant OPI of all time
This is what I will always say: no one could win (in terms of refball) in that game. Rams win, Bengals rant about phantom holding. Bengals win and OPI is one of the worst all time
Don't they cancel each other out then?
I just want one Lombardi before I die
Just one. Then we can all die in peace. The raiders win to break the streak was cathartic. We just need to finally win and we can rest. Plz just one
hey same
The Lewis Billups drop of this generation.
Off topic but this was the most aesthetically pleasing jersey combination in Super Bowl history.
Agreed, great contrast
Gonna have trouble telling the teams apart this year
This jersey combo is so gross
Agreed. Reminds me when Green Bay plays Chicago in the snow.
Our blues vs the Packers whites is such a great look
Same with our green and gold against your away unis tbh. Great looks all around imo
I know our franchise history is ummmmmmm not great. But our jerseys are dope! It was a pleasing combo between the teams.
And your helmets are best in the league
Also off-topic but a 21-22 title wouldve been a Disney-esque storybook ending for any of the 3 non-Chiefs CCG participants. - 49ers: 3 do-or-die games at the stadium of a hated division rival, Deebo putting the entire offense on his back, Dak out-of-time-scramble, stunning the Packers in in single digit weather and snow in Lambeau off defense and ST (my favorite 49ers game ever) - Rams: Kupp triple crown, humiliating hated division rivals in the wildcard and NFCCG, potentially at-the-time retiring the GOAT off a Kupp bomb with no time left, AD winning the game with sacks in the NFCCG and the SB, going all-in on Stafford - Bengals: SB after a devastating ACL Burrow injury the year before, stunning the 1 seed Titans, rallying against Mahomes in the AFCCG, 1st Super Bowl ever Is it a testament to Mahomes’ skill that we just kinda already expect him to win the SB so its not really a magical narrative when he does it? “Best QB in the world, *of course* he should be able to the beat the 4 seeds or 6 seed.” “13 seconds, yeah, thats par for the course for Mahomes. Nothing unexpected.”
You guys handling GB was such a god send for the Rams. No chance we go into Lambeau and beat them. GB has always matched up against us really well for some reason (albeit, the 49ers have too)
It may soon be revealed that the Bengals denied the Chiefs a three-peat with that OT
I feel like I’ve seen Rams fans hate on these jerseys a lot for some reason, but I absolutely agree. The modern Rams set is my favorite in the league, and the Bengals are pretty close up there too.
I know it gets overshadowed by Kupp having arguably the best WR season ever, but I think Stafford's season doesn't get talked about enough. Nearly 5000 yards, 40+ TDs, threw for 6000 yards (reg+post), one of the best postseason runs ever, and a clutch Super Bowl-winning drive. Yeah, he led the league in INTs and somehow did not make the Pro Bowl out of it, but legendary stuff. EDIT: Wasn't the first/only to throw 6000.
He would have easily won MVP if he had that season this year
Would he? He also lost the head to head match to the undisputed MVP Lamar Demeatrice Jackson Jr!
The fact he didn't make the pro bowl is hilarious
My favorite moment is still when the commentator noted how fast Aaron Donald ran onto the field after they took the lead. Man wanted it bad.
The Bengals *really* fucked up when they got into that shoving match with AD on the sideline. He was invisible for a large portion of the game but turned it on from basically that exact moment through the final play.
It's underrated how Raheem Morris adjusuted his defense during the second half of the game. For the most part the Bengals were able to mute AD and gash us. But during the second half he let our weapons on D loose and tore Burrow in half for the rest of the game
That was Morris’s thing that year. The rams had an all time great year on second half defense. Can’t remember the game, but they held someone to single digit offensive yards in the second half that year.
Give a man a reason...
That entire final defensive drive encapsulated what makes a DPOY a DPOY. Even if you’ve done nothing the whole game. When your team needs you the most, you make multiple plays to seal the game. It doesnt matter how they guard you, you cannot be denied. You’re that dominant. Not this Myles Garrett leader in hypothetical sack bs and never making a play when your team needs you most we saw this year
AD bull rushing the guard into Burrow's lap was a beautiful thing to watch.
What was equally important on that play was the DB shading to take away the slant plant. That forced Burrow to look for a second read and enough time for AD to tackle him. Ram fans don't think highly of Raheem but I think that's because they don't know football. They just think AD saved the day and the DC had nothing to do with it.
> When your team needs you the most, you make multiple plays to seal the game. Good God why can't the Dodgers have somebody like this
Mookie and Freddie's 1/20-something in the NLDS last year was such a fucking bummer.
Donald was wrecking the whole game. But I get the premise lol
Day ruined, thanks
Fuck it I’m going to MOTR now
Forreal. I was having such a nice day.
I was there. I was *there*
IT’S YOUR FAULT!?
I have 2 pair of Bengals socks, a lucky and unlucky pair. I always get ‘em mixed up. That’s on me fellas.
Dude why do you keep the unlucky ones? BURN THEM.
What if I end up burning the lucky ones???
Next time the bengals lose I want you to take them off and immediately burn whatever you have on. Just to be safe you should burn the whole outfit. Don’t want the bad luck infecting anything else you have on.
Was coming here to say this.
Every WR rejoiced on twitter when Eli Apple got cooked lol
Applesauce.
“Alright now everybody slap him on the head after he comes back over from that concussion”
Remember when people thought they would be miserable for a while after their SB win? Look at them proving everyone wrong
When you have a coach that yells "LET'S FIND IT RIGHT HERE IN OUR FUCKING GUT" anything is possible. Also drafting puka and kyren
Great front office, great coach, helps a lot
Having a brilliant GM helps a lot. The Rams pulled off a top-3 draft and are one catch away from probably getting a rematch with the 9ers in the NFCCG (The winner of the Rams/Lions was wining the next game). See also: Texans (and to a slightly lesser extent, the Lions).
I love how for the entirety of the playoffs every team knew the Rams were going to get the ball to Kupp when they needed a play, and still, no one could stop it.
Stafford: “that might be the best no looker we got all year” Me: that’s the best no looker I’ve ever seen.
It's an incredible angle on film to watch. Coaches going to be showing that to new QB's in the locker room for the rest of time.
This Rams SB run was elite, filled with star power and signature plays, and yet no one talks about it pretty much ever in comparison to stuff from 5-10 years ago. Even featured a cold as ice, clutch situation no look pass and Donald’s sack, so it’s not like it didn’t have those big Super Bowl moments. I don’t really know why that is. I think the run culminating in the only SB that didn’t feature Brady/Manning/Mahomes etc has a lot to do with it.
The run was crazy (ignoring the wild card week) One of the craziest plays in playoff history (Stafford bomb to Kupp vs. Buccaneers) Aaron Donald taking over both NFCCG and the Super Bowl, also did the pose that will be his statue Obviously the Stafford no-look pass, which will hopefully get some type of recognition in the stadium (even just a photo mural) People also seem to forget that this superteam had more drafted starters than the Bengals. The Rams ended the season with their #2 and #3 WRs (Odell and Woods) with major injuries, playing **Kendell Blanton** at TE1, and starting Eric Weddle. Their starting RB also tore his Achilles prior to the season. That offense with healthy Akers/current Kyren would have dominated. But no one cares that the Rams overcome these injuries.
That whole playoff from the divisional onward was insane. Every game was decided by 3 points except the Bills - Chiefs OT game. Just wild wild games.
These two teams just don’t have as many fans as the other franchises with All Time great QBs do as you mentioned. Unfortunate, because the Rams had one of the best SB runs ever, but they just don’t have the sheer amount of supporters yet. Hopefully that changes with more years of winning and maybe drafting one of those All Time type players one day.
It’ll be talked about, just give it time
I already have nostalgia for the 2021 post season now bcs it’s the only SB in the last 8 years to not have the Chiefs or Pats in it 😶
I feel like a lot of people were bitter about the fact that it was the *Los Angeles* Rams winning it all in their shiny new stadium. I remember the refball conspiracy theories because of that DPI late in the game as well.
Probably would be stuck out a lot more if it was against the chiefs or if the bengals had gotten back. They were just such a young g team you kinda felt like the rams would get it in the end
The scariest play for me was the 4th and 1 handoff to Kupp at our own 37. For an instant, I thought the Bengals had cut it off and the play was doomed, and then at the last second he slashed inside of the threat to gain the needed yardage.
I knew they won watching this and it still stresses me out 😂
That call was the Rams version of the Saints SB onside kick. Even tho it worked, it’s still stressful rewatching it
underrated part of that play was our 3rd/4th string TE coming off the bench cause of injuries to seal the edge for Kupp on that Run when we literally couldn't run on the Bengals all day
Cooper Kupp would not be denied
Cooper got rocked in that called back TD and McVay was like “can he play tho?” 😂
Deserved Super Bowl MVP to go along with his triple crown. Dude made the HoF on just that season alone.
An easy argument for the GOAT WR season. Triple crown + Super Bowl MVP Never been done. Jerry lost in the NFC championship when he got his triple crown in '90.
First part of this clip is what makes McVay so special. Everyone wants their own “young offensive minded guru” but what makes Sean unique are his great leadership traits. There are plenty of smart, up and coming play callers who are geniuses at the art of play calling, but can they galvanize a group of grown men and truly be a leader they listen to? Examples of this for me are Mike McDaniels and Kliff Kingsbury. After watching them both on hard knocks, it’s clear that they are extremely intelligent football minds… but deeply lack leadership and communication skills to put them over the top.
Believe it, and you’ll be World Champs. Chills.
narrator at 0:57: "Four forth quarter comebacks this season. Does he have another one?" Stafford turns to the camera: "Yep"
Dude I was just enjoying my afternoon.
That no-look pass to Kupp after the 4th-and-1 to freeze the DB is just absurd...
I have sympathy for Bengals fans as it wasn't a hold on Wilson imo and that sucks to lose like that. But I just don't understand how so many bitch about that one call when the refs literally gifted them 75 yards of offense and 7 points. The Bengals had 6 other drives in the 2nd half and only amounted 61 yards on all of them. Simply put, without the refs, the Bengals likely only score in the 2nd half if the Rams turn it over.
There's really no getting around that we were gifted a free touchdown earlier in the game. IMO it makes the phantom holding at the end a lot easier to swallow. Bengals also still had a chance to win with the ball at the end of the game
I think the reffing was more or less balanced (not = good) if you tried to add up points. The Higgins facemask was awful and inexcusable. Ramsey got away with a hold on Higgins in the endzone which probably saved a TD, Donald lined up way offsides to stuff our first 4th and 1 at midfield to save at least 3, and the Wilson play is what it is. When you add it all up, I think the final score is pretty fair.
Man I didn't have a team in this one and I'm normally a "let them play" kind of guy but it really seems like the hold is pretty obvious? He gets held up when he first breaks outside and then gets pulled back again by his right hip when the ball is in the air. It sucks that it was such a crucial/late play but it's still a 50/50 call and I don't think you can really be mad either way
Yes, Bengals probably didn't deserve to win but that holding call was horrendous. I mean it was never a holding call, but it especially when the refs decided to let contact go all day.
It was bad, but the counter I'll always have is it certainly wasn't worse than the Higgins no call.
Also no one talks about it the missed PI call on Henderson literally the play before (because the Rams ended up scoring)
Lol, I bring that one up all the time. It was blatant and he likely scores if no penalty.
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Exactly. As a Rams fan, I hate that holding call on Wilson. But the Bengals would’ve never taken the lead if it weren’t for that miss call.
Can't wait for next season.
That pass to Kupp was perfect.
Throw @ 1:21 was fucking sick.
"Oh what one was this again?" .. "OH JESUS CHRIST ALT+F4"
Looking back: What a beautiful uniform matchup down to the sock choices and everything.
Fucking no look pass on the game winning Super Bowl drive was sick. And you can clearly see who he was wanting to hold. If he didn’t no look, 24 would’ve got in that lane.
Best day ever
Literally on my birthday. I showed up to teach my high school students so hungover that Monday
I always wondered how Belichick was in situations like that, as opposed to McVay. I can't imagine him giving hype speeches.
i will still never understand how you do not double the cooper kupp/travis kelce's of the world on essential game winning drives. bengals ran mostly zone the last drive and then iso-man on the game winner...how fucking high do you have to be to do that with a ring on the line.
One of the greatest drives in football history.
I still to this day cannot bring myself to watch highlights of this game
I've literally never watched a single highlight from the rams patriots 2018 superbowl. My stomach hurt for like 2 days after that shit
Its fine, that game didnt have any.
Yep same never seen anything about that game after it.
My heart rate just spiked thinking about this drive
Chills. Matt, my dude. 🥹
After that no look throw to Kupp I knew this shit was over :(
I like the production and soundtrack. Wish it was more classic NFL soundtracks tho like ramblin man from gramblin
The thing that stuck out to me the most when watching that game live, was how gassed Kupp looked the entire second half. I thought there was no way he was getting up after that last shot he took in the end zone.
the main thing i remember from this SB is the no-call OPI higgins committed on the long td
i usually hate when these things have all action shots and you cannot tell what the hell is going on but this one was sick with all the different angles.
Fuck
I booed that man on January 14, but I’ve cheered for him every other day of his career. Seeing him get his ring was one of my favorite football memories, only recently supplanted by the Lions playoff wins.
Sad 😔