Though the Bengals didn’t boast a star-studded defense, it was a unit that played its best football at the end of the season. And against a high-powered offense like the Rams’, Cincinnati deserves credit for the way it performed in Super Bowl LVI.
Matthew Stafford was just a little bit better, finding a way to get the job done down the stretch. He finished the game with 283 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions – one of which wasn’t his fault. He didn’t put up those numbers by dinking and dunking his way down the field, either.
He averaged 8.7 intended air yards, which was higher than his season average of 8.5. He also threw it 0.9 yards beyond the sticks per attempt, considerably higher than Joe Burrow’s -2.1 average in the Super Bowl.
