Joe Burrow, Bengali fell right after the Super Bowl impossibility – Orange County Register

INGLEWOOD – Joe Burrow’s long and lonely wait begins in the middle of the Rams’ 15-player run.

Burrow quickly emerged as an NFL superstar thanks to his calm demeanor, but nervousness showed when the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback moved quickly on the sidelines, as the Rams’ Matthew Stafford quarterback made a comeback in the final minutes of Super Bowl LVI on Sunday night at SoFi Stadium.

Burrow walked from the edge of his seat to get behind his teammates on the sidelines. He then accepted that the Rams would score and it was time to show the confidence that helped bring the Bengals to this game.

“We came in with a good mood because we believed in him,” said Tyler Boyd, the Bengals’ wide receiver.

The Bengals are likely away from the worst record in the league to world champions over a two-year period. The Burrow swagger almost succeeded before clashing with the dominant Aaron Donald, who wrecked a 4 and 1 game for the Bengals to claim the Rams’ Lombardi trophy after a 23-20 victory.

“It was heartbreaking,” Burrow said of the crushing loss. “We are a young team. You’d think we’d return to this situation many times over the next few years. We take this up and let it empower you for the rest of your career. ”

Burrow’s right knee being twisted by Von Miller seemed as painful as the loss, but Burrow said he never thought about leaving the game. He did not allow medical coaches to treat him as he limped on the sidelines with 12 minutes into the fourth inning.

He got rid of his knee pain and refocused, the same way he did on the sidelines in Stafford’s game win, consuming nearly five minutes from the clock. Burrow picked up his helmet when Bengals defender Logan Wilson was flagged for holding wide receiver Cooper Kupp near the end zone.

Burrow accepts the fact that the Rams will eventually score and take the lead. He waited a few more minutes on the sidelines as the Bengals were flagged a few more times before Stafford connected with Kupp for a 1-yard touch to take the lead, 23-20, 1:25 left. regulations.

Like he did for most of the season, Burrow appeared composing for the biggest impetus of his career. He netted reliable rookie Ja’Marr Chase for 17 yards and Boyd for 9 yards in the first two innings of the drive. That’s when they clashed in an uncomfortable pitch, ending the unlikely saga of the Bengals going from three consecutive finishes in last place in the AFC North to winning the AFC Championship.

The Bengals had to try three times to get a yard and continue the race. Burrow had two failings and they ran away with no gain in between the fires.

“We put a lot of effort into getting out there and doing and doing well, and things didn’t go the way we wanted,” Burrow said. “It’s very disappointing.”

Burrow was sacked seven times and hit 11 times, but he doesn’t blame frequent pressure in the second half as the reason why the Bengals lost, and he certainly won’t have a hand in Boyd dropping the first game. first in the season that led to the Rams winning the Game. Boyd will extend the Bengals’ lap if he completes the catch in third and 9th with 6:23 left.

“I wouldn’t look down on myself after a drop,” Boyd said. “I still need to capture it and knock it down first, but I’m human.”

1 pick overall of the 2020 NFL Draft, had to remind himself in the locker room of what the Bengals have achieved in his second season. He recalls a moment in Kurt Warner’s documentary “A Football Life” when the grief of loss engulfed it. Warner had a Hall-of-Fame career with the Rams and Arizona Cardinals but was 1-2 in his Super Bowl games.

“I watched Kurt Warner’s football life last week when we had a bit of a break and I was thinking about this in the dressing room,” Burrow said. “When they lost one (Super Bowl), and then in the documentary, he said they let the pain hurt to the point of not celebrating what they had achieved.

“Obviously it stings, but we had a great year. But I think we still have something to celebrate.”

Burrow finished 22-33 for 263 yards and one touchdown. He got help from re-running Joe Mixon in many ways. Mixon threw a 6-yard touchdown to wide receiver Tee Higgins, who broke out behind the late-zone in a trick that cut the Rams’ advantage to 13-10 with 5:47 in the second half. .