加利福尼亚英格尔伍德——他们的防守包围了孟加拉人，公羊队需要从他们沉睡的进攻中得到一些东西——任何东西。

精确的79码车程去袁绍奖杯怎么样?

这不是一次经典的行军，受到了连续三次孟加拉点球的帮助，并被一些糟糕的罚球所困扰。没关系:当库珀·库普在还剩1分25秒时接到马修·斯塔福德1码外的传球时，洛杉矶的进攻确实及时觉醒，以23-20赢得了周日的超级碗。

“那是艰苦的工作，那是在一起的时间，”斯塔福德说。“我只是感谢教练(肖恩·麦克维)把它...“嘿，马修，你和库珀去把这件事做完。”他不停地为他叫牌，不停地想办法让他拿到球。他创作了令人难以置信的戏剧;他就是这么做的。"

洛杉矶在那场比赛中所做的最终达到了它的防守在晚上大部分时间里所做的:压倒了辛辛那提的拦网者，解雇了乔·陋居，创下了7次超级碗平纪录。由亚伦·唐纳德和冯·米勒领导的压力是不间断的。

“你必须坚持不懈，”唐纳德说，他为自己的名人堂生涯增添了一项最高成就。“你想要足够糟糕的东西，你必须去得到它。你知道它就在我们面前...整个休赛期，你工作，你训练，你有营地，你有一个漫长的赛季，就为了这一场比赛。你知道我们是最后站着的队伍。”

站在为冠军建造的场地上，公羊队(16胜5负)赢得了他们自1999赛季以来的第一个NFL冠军——也是他们自1951年以来第一次代表洛杉矶。

他们在自己的家园，价值50亿美元的SoFi体育场做到了这一点，这使得公羊队成为继一年前坦帕湾队成为第一个之后，连续第二个获得冠军的东道主。

“就建造这座体育场而言，”公羊队老板斯坦·克伦克说，他在2016年把他们从圣路易斯搬回来，“我认为结果很好。”

获胜的系列赛，在这场比赛中，MVP库普的4码触地得分被抵消的点球所抵消，很快结束了，美国国家橄榄球联盟年度进攻球员在终场区的右上角轻松击败了伊莱·苹果，获得了胜利的分数。

库普在39码处有四次接球，在冠军赛中，他在公羊30的四分之一和一分之一处有7码的跑动。

辛辛那提(13胜8负)在常规赛中因最少的码数(620)而被罚下第二少的次数(72次)，但旗帜伤得很重——包括在禁区内对库普的传球干扰。

“我已经说了一整年，无论别人对我的要求是什么，无论我的工作是什么，我只想尽我最大的能力去执行，”库普说，他在2021年赢得了三冠王，在接球、码数和触地得分方面领先。“我相信随着比赛的进行，我也会有机会，我只是想为那些锁定的事情做好准备。”

就像那次传球一样紧锁。

恰如其分的是，陋居在第四名和第一名的比赛中受到了压力，并且投得不完整，引发了这座城市自1983年洛杉矶突袭者队赢得冠军以来从未有过的足球嘉年华。

赛后，泪流满面的唐纳德说:“我太想要了。我梦见了这个。”

36岁的麦克瓦伊是最年轻的超级碗冠军主教练，他补充道:“对于进攻来说，能够找到一种方法，然后亚伦能够完成它，这很有诗意，伙计。”

在第三节开始的22秒内，因两场比赛得到10分，辛辛那提第一次领先。

蒂·希金斯在75码处的得分使比分变为17-13，一场比赛后，奇多贝·阿乌齐接下了他的选秀权。埃文·麦弗逊以38码的第14个投篮得分追平了亚当·维纳尔蒂耶里的季后赛纪录。新秀没有错过季后赛。

希金斯在下半场的第一场比赛中击败了全职业角后卫彭江雨·拉姆塞——接球手显然在比赛中拉了拉姆塞的面罩。在斯塔福德在接下来的比赛中被拦截后，孟加拉人得到了麦弗逊的射门机会。

当俄亥俄州西南部的人们屏住呼吸时，他们试图坚持下去。

“我对自己的整体表现感到失望，”263码和触地得分33投22中的NFL年度复出球员陋罗说。这将推动我们进入明年...我们对今年的工作不满意。"

在15场比赛之后，库普也用他的跑位完成了第四次进攻。

“我们想处于进攻模式，尽可能给他们施加压力，”孟加拉队教练扎克·泰勒说。“有时候有用，有时候没用。”

库普甚至赢得了最有价值球员的荣誉，尽管他经常被双人包夹，因为小奥德尔·贝克汉姆在第二节膝盖受伤，他在洛杉矶第二次得分时触地得分。库普在92码处完成了8次接球。

对公羊的追随者来说，一个恐惧是斯塔福德不明智的抛投，他有两个。他左路的深传球在上半场末段被杰西·贝茨三世挑中。在第二次拦截中，新秀本·斯库鲁内克只能将其转移——直接转移到阿乌齐。

除了马特·盖伊在第三节晚些时候的41码外，这都是防守，直到公羊队的决定性推动。

“世界冠军，宝贝!”麦克维宣称。

从一开始就充满活力，在2020年开幕的体育场上，70，048名观众欢呼着由《摇滚》介绍每支球队。然后孟加拉的球迷，早些时候比他们的公羊队的球迷更响亮，当特雷·亨德里克森解雇斯塔福德时，他们开始摇摆不定，导致了一次失败。

洛杉矶的防守回应是在中场还剩一码的情况下守住第三和第四个唐斯。欧内斯特·琼斯传球给贾马尔·蔡斯，让他将球翻了过来，出色的站位创造了第一次触地得分。

贝克汉姆在被克利夫兰驱逐后于第10周加盟公羊队，他以17码的比分轻松击败迈克·希尔顿。然后贝克汉姆在最后一区展示了他的月球漫步。

库普的第一次触球是斯塔福德的一次短投，当贝茨三世铲球时，他变成了20码的增益。这不会是孟加拉人的最后一丝气息，最终他们付出了巨大的代价。

最有趣的比赛，年度最佳进攻新秀接球手蔡斯对阵全职业拉姆塞，在第一节末变得非常有趣。蔡斯出色地跟踪了陋居的抛投，单手抢下拉姆塞，46码处领先洛杉矶11分。驱动没有更进一步，麦弗逊取得了29码。

贝克汉姆利用两个后卫相撞的机会在下一次进攻中获得了35码，达雷尔·亨德森得到了25码，而亨德里克森后撤掩护了他——嗯?——库普在禁区右侧的11码处大开大合。

库普说:“这只是归结于这支球队和我们准备的方式，他们是我们彼此相爱，彼此信任的方式。

然而，正如他们在季后赛落后时的习惯，孟加拉人以75码的远射回应，并被乔·米森的诡计所掩盖。他的跑动效率很高，当陋居传球时，二传被吸了进去，米克森将一个6码的TD传球传给了希金斯。

直到中场休息，比分仍是13-10，其中贝克汉姆的左膝伤势最为显著;他不得不被搀扶着离开球场，没有回来。

不过，多亏了库普，公羊队完成了比赛。

“我们总是谈论成为比自己更大的事物的一部分有一些特别的东西，”麦克维说。“这些家伙为彼此而战。”

Kupp's late TD lifts Rams over Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl

The Associated Press

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp (10) is congratulated by teammates after s...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Their defense laying siege to the Bengals, the Rams needed something — anything — from their slumbering offense.

How about a precise 79-yard drive to the Lombardi Trophy?

It wasn’t a classic march, aided by three successive Bengals penalties and mired by some bad throws. No matter: When Cooper Kupp caught a 1-yard pass from Matthew Stafford with 1:25 remaining, LA’s offense indeed had awakened just in time for a 23-20 Super Bowl victory Sunday.

“That’s hard work, that’s hours together,” Stafford said. “I just thank coach (Sean McVay) for putting it ... ‘Hey, Matthew, you and Coop go get this thing done.’ He kept calling plays for him, kept finding ways to get him the ball. He made unbelievable plays; that’s what he does.”

What Los Angeles did on that drive finally measured up to what its defense was doing most of the night: overwhelming Cincinnati's blockers, sacking Joe Burrow a Super Bowl record-tying seven times. The pressure, led by Aaron Donald and Von Miller, was nonstop.

“You got to be relentless," said Donald, who added a crowning achievement to his certain Hall of Fame career. "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.”

Standing in a venue built for champions, with the Rams (16-5) earning their first NFL title since the 1999 season — and their first representing Los Angeles since 1951.

They did so in their home, the $5 billion SoFi Stadium, making the Rams the second consecutive host to win the championship after Tampa Bay became the first a year ago.

“As far as building this stadium,” said Rams owner Stan Kroenke, the man who moved them back from St. Louis in 2016, “I think it turned out all right.”

The winning series, during which game MVP Kupp’s 4-yard touchdown reception was negated by offsetting penalties, ended soon after with the NFL Offensive Player of the Year easily beating Eli Apple in the right corner of the end zone for the winning score.

Kupp had four receptions for 39 yards, and a 7-yard run on fourth-and-1 from the Rams 30 on the championship drive.

Cincinnati (13-8) was penalized the second-fewest times (72) for the fewest yards (620) in the regular season but flags hurt badly — including pass interference on Kupp in the end zone.

“I’ve said it all year, whatever is asked of me whatever my job is gonna be, I just want to execute to the best of my abilities," said Kupp, who won the triple crown of receiving in 2021, leading in catches, yards and touchdowns. “I trust as the game goes on I’ll have opportunities as well, and I just want to stay ready for those things stay locked in.”

As locked in as that pass rush.

Fittingly, Burrow was under pressure on fourth-and-1 and threw incomplete, setting off a football fiesta this city has not seen since the LA Raiders won the 1983 championship.

A tearful Donald said after the game, “I wanted it so bad. I dreamed this.”

Added McVay, at 36 the youngest Super Bowl-winning head coach: “For the offense to be able to find a way, and then Aaron to be able to finish it off, it’s poetic, man.”

Ten points because of two plays in a span of 22 seconds at the outset of the third quarter put Cincinnati ahead for the first time.

Tee Higgins’ 75-yard score made it 17-13 and was followed one play later by Chidobe Awuzie’s pick. Evan McPherson tied Adam Vinatieri’s postseason record with his 14th field goal, a 38-yarder. The rookie didn't miss in the postseason.

Higgins beat All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey on the first play of the second half — the receiver clearly tugged Ramsey’s face mask on the play. After Stafford was intercepted on the next play, the Bengals got McPherson’s field goal.

They tried to hold on as all of southwest Ohio held its breath.

“I was disappointed in my performance overall,” said Burrow, the NFL Comeback Player of the Year who was 22 of 33 for 263 yards and a touchdown. That’s going to propel us into next year ... we’re not satisfied with what we did this year.”

Not after the 15-play march in which Kupp also converted a fourth down with his run.

“We wanted to be in attack mode and pressure them as much as possible,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor said. “Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t.”

Kupp even earned the MVP honor despite often being double-teamed after fellow wideout Odell Beckham Jr. — who had a touchdown catch on Los Angeles' second drive for the game's first score — went out with a knee injury in the second period. Kupp finished with eight receptions for 92 yards.

One fear for Rams followers was ill-advised throws by Stafford, and he had two. His deep pass moving left was picked in the end zone late in the first half by Jessie Bates III. On his second interception, rookie Ben Skowronek could only deflect it —directly to Awuzie.

Other than Matt Gay's 41-yard field goal later in the third quarter, it was all defense until the Rams' decisive drive.

“World champs, baby!” McVay proclaimed.

Energized from the outset, the crowd of 70,048 at the stadium that opened in 2020 roared to introductions of each team by The Rock. Then the Bengals fans, far louder than their Rams counterparts early on, got to rocking when Trey Hendrickson sacked Stafford, leading to a punt.

LA’s defense responded by holding on third and fourth downs with a yard to go at midfield. Ernest Jones knocked down a pass for Ja’Marr Chase to turn over the ball, and the excellent field position set up the first touchdown.

Beckham, who joined the Rams in Week 10 after being exiled from Cleveland, easily beat Mike Hilton on a corner pattern for the 17-yard score. Then Beckham showed off his moonwalk in the end zone.

Kupp’s first touch was a short throw from Stafford he turned into a 20-yard gain when Bates III fanned on a tackle. That would not be the last whiff by the Bengals, and it cost them mightily at the end.

The most intriguing matchup, Offensive Rookie of the Year receiver Chase against All-Pro Ramsey, got real juicy late in the opening quarter. Chase brilliantly tracked Burrow’s throw and made a one-handed grab over Ramsey for a 46-yard gain to the LA 11. The drive went no further and McPherson made a 29-yarder.

Beckham took advantage of two defenders colliding to pick up 35 yards on the next drive, Darrell Henderson got 25 while covered by Hendrickson dropping back — huh? — and Kupp was wide open in the right corner of the end zone for his 11-yard score.

“It just comes down to this team and the way we prepared, they way we loved on each other, trusted each other,” Kupp said.

As has been their wont when behind in the playoffs, though, the Bengals responded with a 75-yard drive capped by the trickery of Joe Mixon. He was so efficient running that the secondary was sucked in when Burrow handed off, and Mixon lobbed a 6-yard TD pass to Higgins.

It remained 13-10 until halftime, with Beckham’s left knee injury most notable; he had to be helped off the field and didn’t return.

Thanks greatly to Kupp, though, the Rams finished it off.

“We always talk about there’s something special about being a part of something bigger than yourself," McVay said. "These guys play for one another.”