Heading into Super Bowl LVI, one of the questions facing the Los Angeles Rams when they had the football was if the Cincinnati Bengals would rely on eight men in coverage and if they did, how Matthew Stafford would handle those looks.
If you recall the AFC Championship game, the Bengals used eight men in coverage on 45% of their snaps in the second half and overtime against the Kansas City Chiefs. That helped Cincinnati hold the Chiefs to just three points after halftime, enabling the Bengals to pull off the comeback.
Would Stafford do what Patrick Mahomes did in that game, becoming impatient and trying to force throws into covearge? How Stafford would handle those moments was a huge question facing the Rams this week.
