Recapping Rams wild Super Bowl win plus

Recapping Rams wild Super Bowl win plus

Welcome to the Monday edition of the Pick Six newsletter and happy Valentine's Day to everyone except for me. My Valentine's Day is off to a rough start because I just watched my team lose in the Super Bowl, I'm 2,000 miles away from my valentine/wife and I think I ordered oat milk in my coffee today instead of almond milk.With all that happening, it's a minor miracle that there's even a newsletter today, especially when you also consider that I'm pretty sure the day after the is the No. 1 day of the year to skip work. I was going to skip work, but then I thought the least I could do is show up and go through the motions, which is kind of what it felt like the officials were doing last night during the ' WILD 23-20 WIN OVER THE in Super Bowl LVI. And just for the record, I thought the officiating was bad for both teams and that the team that deserved to win ended up winning.As you can imagine, we have a lot to cover today and 80% of it is Super Bowl related, so Arlington Hambright Jersey let's get to the rundown.As always, please tell everyone you know to sign up for the newsletter. To get them signed up, all you have to do is with them. If you need a reason to convince them to sign up, just tell them that the guy who writes it is going to be sulking for the next two weeks because his team lost in the Super Bowl. Actually, that's not a great selling point, but I don't feel like thinking of something else, so let's just use it. 1. Today's show: Full recap of Super Bowl LVIIf you want to see someone look and sound depre sed for 30 straight minutes, then I highly suggest that you listen to our Super Bowl recap podcast. As the resident Bengals homer here at CBSSports.com, I was definitely not emotionally ready to record a podcast after the game, but I sucked it up and recorded a live hit from SoFi Stadium with Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson. I was only on Xavier Crawford Jersey the pod for 35 minutes, but Wilson and Brinson stuck around for nearly an hour after that to break down every aspect of the game, so you'll want to make sure to listen to the entire thing.Here's a look at some of the keys from the game that we touched on during the podcast.Rams defense dominates second half. There's a reason why is a future Hall of Famer and he showed why in the second half. Led by Donald, the Rams' defensive line absolutely took over the game in the third quarter. The Rams' defense sacked a Super Bowl record-tying seven times in the game and the painful part Jeremiah Attaochu Jersey for Burrow is that FIVE of those sacks came in the third quarter. It was a defensive performance that the Rams needed because their offense sputtered out of the gate in the second half. After threw a pick on the Rams' first play of the second half, it looked like the Bengals might run away with the game, but the defense limited Cincinnati to a field goal on the ensuing po se sion and then didn't let the Bengals score for the rest of the game.Bengals couldn't stop or Odell Beckham. With the Bengals absolutely shutting down the Rams' run game, Los Angeles needed a big performance from its star receivers and both guys came through. Before leaving the game with an injury in the first half, Beckham caught two pa ses for 52 yards and a TD. The Bengals had no answers for him and he might have finished with 125 yards or more if he had stayed in the game. As for Kupp, although he got off to a quiet start, the Super Bowl MVP took over the game on the po se sion that led to the Rams' game-winning TD. Not only did he catch the game-winning score, but he also came through with a key 7-yard run on fourth-and-1.Bengals coaching staff didn't have a great game. One of Cincinnati's best players in this game was , but for some reason, Zac Taylor seemed to forget about Mixon's existence on big plays. Overall, the Bengals faced third-and-1 or fourth-and-1 a total of FOUR times against the Rams and Mixon wasn't on the field FOR ANY OF THEM. The Bengals running back averaged 4.8 yards per carry (15 rushes for 72 yards) and to not have him on the field for those key plays was simply inexcusable. The Bengals' inability to convert a Chicago Bears Jackets fourth-and-1 at the beginning of the game and a fourth-and-1 at the end was e sentially what cost them the game. The failed fourth-and-1 in the first quarter set the Rams up with great field position and led to a quick L.A. touchdown.Not a great game for the officials. During the conference title games, we didn't hear a lot about the officiating, but that definitely wasn't the case on Sunday night. On the 's biggest stage, the officials stole the show in a bad way and the ugly calls went both ways. On ' 75-yard TD in the third quarter, the officials probably could have thrown a flag on Higgins for an offensive pa s interference against . On the other hand, Bengals linebacker got called for defensive holding against Cooper Kupp on the Rams' game-winning TD Caleb Johnson Jersey drive and it was a penalty that probably should not have been called because Wilson didn't seem to do anything illegal. The Wilson penalty also probably shouldn't have been called at all because the Rams clearly jumped offsides on the play (which ). As a Bengals homer, I basically felt like both teams got a free touchdown that they probably shouldn't have gotten and if you take those away, we're right back where we started: The Bengals trailing by three with 1:25 left needing a TD to win or a FG to tie.To listen to today's episode -- and to subscribe to the best daily NFL podcast out there -- . If you want to see what it looks like for me to sulk for 35 straight minutes, then you can see . 2. Cooper Kupp takes home MVPWith the Rams winning such a close game, there was definitely some debate about who the MVP was going to be, and in the end, the award ended up going to Kupp, who finished with eight catches for 92 yards and two touchdowns. Kupp got the award over Donald, who finished Mario Edwards Jr. Jersey with two sacks.Here's a look at how Kupp won the award:Kupp comes up in the clutch. The Rams receiver basically clinched the award with his play on his team's game-winning TD drive. With the Rams in need of some big plays, Kupp came through big time, touching the ball five times for 46 yards. Not only did he catch the game-winning touchdown, but he also had a huge 7-yard run on fourth-and-1. If Kupp had failed on the run, the Bengals likely win the game. Besides the run, Kupp had four catches for 39 yards on the final drive, including a 22-yard reception that moved the Rams from Cincinnati's 46 down to the Bengals' 24.Kupp joins elite company. Kupp becomes the eighth receiver in NFL history to take home the Super Bowl MVP while also becoming the second one to do it against the Bengals (Jerry Rice won the award in Super Bowl XXIII). The last receiver to take home the award was , who won it in Super Bowl LIII against the Rams.Kupp finishes one of the greatest postseasons in NFL history. Durin

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