The Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals will need to wait two weeks to take the field again after winning their respective conferences on Sunday, getting extra time to prepare for each other in Super Bowl LVI.
In the next 13 days, there will be countless storylines discussed – from the coaching connections between Sean McVay and Zac Taylor to the sudden postseason success of Matthew Stafford and Joe Burrow. But the narratives go beyond just those two.
Here are nine early storylines for the big game at SoFi Stadium on Feb. 13, where the Rams will officially be the visitors in their own stadium.