the house of Super Bowl LVI, that is, the one that will be played next February, received the Cardinals and a renewed JJ Watt. Well, that renewed is more saying than anything else, because given Arizona’s need for their defensive leader, they placed him as an asset for the game… after several months injured.
In honor of the truth, JJ Watt was more of a mood lift than anything else, because he was not in as many plays as the headcoach expected and was not decisive on the grid and it is understood, he has been inactive for several months in competition.
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The Cardinals say goodbye to the playoffs and that at the beginning of the season it was the last team to lose the undefeated, but also, he was one of the first to lose an important piece like JJ Watt, as a result of that, they fell and ended up as one of the last seeds in the National.
But not only the loss of JJ Watt affected them, the injury of DeAndre Hopkins, the best receiver on the team at the end of the season… it was the final blow to a Cardinals who only had to reach the wild card round to say goodbye of the NFL season thanks to the Rams.
And if we add to that Kyler Murray sinned as a rookie and he doesn’t have that much time in the NFL and it is understandable. He delivered several balls, one of them went to the scoreboard before halftime. Nothing came out for the Cardinals, a clean Catemaco would not hurt them at all.
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The factors of the Rams to beat the Cardinals
Matthew Stafford, the long-awaited playoffs in his career
When Matthew Stafford came to the NFL with the Lions, nobody could guarantee that the team would have the opportunity to reach the postseason several times. and so it was, even having one of the best receivers in history such as Megatron, Calvin Johnson Jr.
With the Lions, had few postseason games and the change from Detroit to Los Angeles, fell like a glove and with a more than complete team in all its lines, he could dream of going very far and in one of those, playing the Super Bowl in his stadium.
With the Rams in this wild-card round, he worked all his passes to perfection and didn’t make the mistakes that Kyler Murray did. And with offensive weapons like Odell Beckham Jr., Cooper Kupp (the best receiver of the season) and the return of running back Cam Akers, finally had the long-awaited victory he was looking for in the playoffs.
There goes that man. @CooperKupp secures the TD to put the @RamsNFL up 28-0!
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Rams defense armed and dangerous
The Rams are a built team, something that is not wrong, at the end of the season the goal is to win and they were getting quite important elements to be able to get to where they are and they have made worth all the millions spent on the grid.
Aaron Donald was already (arguably) the best defensive player in the NFL and one of the most dominant and they added Von Miller to the linebackers and a elite perimeter. They took advantage of every mistake by Kyler Murray and James Conner.
Already ahead by 21 points at halftime, the Rams’ defense relaxed. a little bit and began to rest while still looking to provoke the Cardinals’ error. Total, with such a wide advantage, they can give themselves a taste.
PICK-6. TO THE HOUSE. #RAMSHOUSE.
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El factor Odell Beckham Jr.
The Rams added Odell Beckham Jr. after all the drama in Cleveland with the receiver and head coach. In the ‘Rams’ he found what he had always been looking for since his arrival in the NFL and that neither the Giants nor the Browns offered him, the possibility of being champion.
In the game against the Cardinals, OBJ proved his worth and not only because of the touchdown that opened the scoring but because he had some important receptions and He even disguised himself as a QB to send a pass to Cam Akers that would become Cooper Kupp’s first touchdown in the meeting
throw-dell beckham jr.
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