McVay was asked during his halftime interview about playing without Beckham. Rams coach Sean McVay isn’t ready to talk about playing the second half of Super Bowl 56 without wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. The crowd had lanyards with LED lights that flashed in coordination with the show’s beats. The set was surrounded by what looked like a lit-up cityscape from above, with classic convertibles and a replica of the sculpture outside the Compton Courthouse. It was a rare Super Bowl halftime show performed in the daylight, but it still had a feeling of a nightclub at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, with a set made up to look like the houses of nearby Compton and South LA.ĭre and Snoop opened the show with “Next Episode” and “California Love.”ĥ0 Cent, not among the announced performers, started his “In Da Club.”īlige was decked out in silver sparkles and surrounded by backup dancers as she sang a medley of her hits.Įminem was surrounded by a rock band as he performed “Lose Yourself,” at one point taking a knee in apparent tribute to Colin Kaepernick’s protests. Blige, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar splitting a fiery medley of their hits as expected, and a surprise appearance by 50 Cent. There was about as much hip-hop as a stadium can hold at Super Bowl halftime, with Dr. That interception gives the Bengals eight this postseason, most since the Green Bay Packers had eight in 2010. On the Rams’ first play to start the next drive, a pass from Matthew Stafford intended for Ben Skowronek bounced to Bengals cornerback Chidobe Awuzie at the Los Angeles 32.Įvan McPherson hit a field goal to put the Bengals up 20-13. Higgins ran to the end zone to finish off the 75-yard TD for a 17-13 lead. Joe Burrow moved to his right and then up before throwing deep to Tee Higgins, who caught the ball as Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey fell. The Bengals scored a touchdown on their first offensive play of the quarter. Super Bowl 56 has turned in favor of the Cincinnati Bengals with two big plays all in the span of the first 22 seconds of the third quarter. That matches the NFL record set by Vinatieri in 2006. The rookie the Bengals drafted with the fifth pick out of Florida now has 14 field goals this postseason. That gave the Bengals a 20-13 lead over the Los Angeles Rams as they got points off Matthew Stafford’s second interception. McPherson made his second of the Super Bowl with a 38-yarder with 10:15 left in the third quarter. That pulled the Rams within 20-16 of the Cincinnati Bengals.Ĭincinnati rookie Evan McPherson has matched Adam Vinatieri for the most field goals in a single NFL postseason. But they didn’t connect, and Matt Gay kicked a 41-yard field goal with 6:02 left in the third. Three plays later, the Rams tried their version of the Philly Special with Cooper Kupp throwing to Stafford.
Stafford needed 209 yards to reach 6,000, and he got that with a 16-yard pass to Brycen Hopkins in the third quarter. He joins Drew Brees, who had 6,404 yards in 2011, Peyton Manning with 6,387 in 2013, Eli Manning had 6,152 and Tom Brady 6,113 in 2011 and Dan Marino with 6,085 in 1984. Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford has become the sixth player to throw for 6,000 yards in a single season. 1 pick overall of the 2020 draft now has been sacked a record 18 times this postseason, and he has been sacked 69 times all season.Ĩ:20 p.m.: Rams' Stafford joins exclusive club during 3rd quarter of Super Bowl It’s the fifth time in Burrow’s short career and third time this season he has been sacked at least six times. It was the first time since at least 2000 that a quarterback has been sacked at least five times in a quarter in the playoffs.īurrow now has been sacked six times in this game. The Bengals lead the Los Angeles Rams 20-16 through three quarters despite Burrow getting sacked five times in the third alone. That is if the Bengals can keep Joe Burrow upright. The Cincinnati Bengals are minutes away from the first Super Bowl championship in franchise history. It is the second time in the playoffs the Rams have had three straight three-and-outs, but they had a 14-0 lead over the Arizona Cardinals in the wild-card round when it happened last time. The Rams got within 20-16 of the Cincinnati Bengals on Matt Gay’s 41-yard field goal but have gone three-and-out on three straight possessions. The Los Angeles Rams offense has been stuck in neutral since late in the third quarter. Stafford completed 7 of 11 for 57 yards on the 15-play, 79-yard series.Ĩ:51 p.m.: Rams offense stagnant in 4th as Bengals lead in Super Bowl He also had a key 7-yard run off right end on fourth-and-1 from the LA 30-yard line. Kupp had four receptions for 39 yards on that drive, including the last three. Cooper Kupp caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford with 1:25 remaining, and the Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 to win the Super Bowl on Sunday night.
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