Super Bowl Caps Off a Terrific Postseason

 February 15, 2022

The NFL postseason was the best I have witnessed in my lifetime.* Most games were won by three points or less, with many game winning plays occurring in the last two minutes. What also made this special was the slew of upsets. The Cincinnati Bengals scratched and clawed their way to the AFC championship game. Things were going according to plan as the Kansas City Chiefs scored touchdowns on their first 3 possessions. The Bengals defense allowed only three points the rest of the way and upset the heavily favored Chiefs by three.  The Tom Brady vs. Aaron Rodgers matchup never materialized, as both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Green Bay Packers were both upset in their opening games.

The usually anti-climactic Super Bowl was as compelling as the previous games, with the L.A. Rams scoring a touchdown with a minute and half remaining to beat the Bengals by three points.  The game was dominated by defense as neither team reached 315 total yards. The Bengals scored only two touchdowns. The first on a trick play with running back Joe Mixon hitting wide receiver Mark Higgins. Higgins scored another touchdown that shouldn’t have counted. He turned the head around of safety Jalen Ramsey with a face mask penalty that wasn’t called. The best defensive player Aaron Donald and the Rams defense was able to keep Joe Burrow in check for most of the game.

Matt Stafford must be thanking his lucky stars that he was traded to the Rams. He is a good quarterback who had no support with the Detroit Lions. The Rams first touchdown was scored by Odell Beckham Jr. an excellent pick up in November. Stafford also has the best wide receiver in the NFL Cooper Kupp, who had 8 catches for 93 yards including two touchdowns for which he received received MVP honors.

All in all this was real compelling Super Bowl with some really good ads. My favorites include, Anna Kendrick for Rocket Mortgage and Barbie’s dream house. The Doritos ad with the animals, the Manning brothers with Terry Bradshaw for Lays and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Zeus with Salma Hayek for BMW electric car. 

 *I must admit my favorite playoffs was when the Bears won their lone Super Bowl.