The Los Angeles Rams are Super Bowl champions once again. The Rams lifted the Vince Lombardi trophy after getting a narrow 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl LVI clash on Sunday night.
The Rams were overwhelming favorites entering the game thanks to their star-studded roster and the fact they were playing an inexperienced and young Cincinnati Bengals team. The LA team justified the prediction early in the game, racing to a 13-3 lead midway through the second quarter thanks to touchdown catches by Odell Beckham Jr. and Cooper Kupp.
The Bengals, however, found their footing before the end of the first half and cut the lead to 13-10. They continued the comeback in the third quarter, opening the period with a 75-yard touchdown connection between quarterback Joe Burrow and wideout Tee Higgins. Cincinnati’s defense then did their part, intercepting QB Matthew Stafford and setting up a field goal to make it 13-20.
The Rams made it 16-20 on the ensuing possession before the game turned into a defensive contest midway through the third quarter. Neither team managed to get their offense going resulting in seven consecutive punts.
It was the Rams who managed to put a coherent drive first, marching 79 yards down the field late in the fourth and scoring a touchdown to get ahead.
The Bengals received the ball once with just over a minute left on the clock, but the Rams defense forced a turnover on downs to effectively bring the game to an end and secure the Vince Lombardi trophy for their franchise.
“You got to be relentless,” said Rams’ Aaron Donald, who finished the game with two sacks. “You want something bad enough you’ve got to go get it. You know it was right in front of us … all offseason you work, you train, you got camp, you got a long season just for this one game. You know we the last team standing.”
