February 14, 2022
The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI on Sunday night, becoming the second-straight team to win the Vince Lombardi Trophy on its home field.
This is the Rams' second Super Bowl title in franchise history and first since the team relocated back to Los Angeles in 2016. The team's first Super Bowl title came in 1999 when the franchise was in St. Louis.
While it was a good night for the Rams, their performance wasn't free of blunders – including one that caught the attention of Eagles fans everywhere.
The Rams decided to try their own Super Bowl version of the legendary Philly Special play, and the attempt fell flat on its face. It happened in the third quarter of Sunday night's game with Los Angeles trailing 20-13.
Quarterback Matthew Stafford handed the ball off to running back Darrell Henderson, who then ran to his left and pitched it to wide receiver Cooper Kupp. Stafford went out for the pass and was wide open near the right sideline, but Kupp fired the ball over Stafford's head and out of bounds. The Rams then kicked for a field goal to make it a 20-16 game.
The #Bengals had Joe Mixon throwing a touchdown earlier, this time the #Rams tried a Philly Special and it failed.
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) February 14, 2022
Kupp to Stafford.pic.twitter.com/Q336S5BR0c
The Rams failure – and any other failure to successfully run the Philly Special – only cements the mythological status of Nick Foles in the minds of Eagles fans, a sentiment some expressed on social media Sunday night.
People who cannot both throw and catch the ball:
— Incorrect Claude Giroux, & only Claude Giroux Fan (@IncorrectFlyers) February 14, 2022
- Tom Brady
- Matt Stafford
People that can:
- Nick Foles
Nick Foles watching another QB fail at the Philly Special #SuperBowl #SBLVI pic.twitter.com/TzPzc5gUFN
— KilaViz (@weszmarsh) February 14, 2022
These teams keep trying to be the Eagles but nobody can do it as good as Nick Foles did
— RB (@RBPhillyTake) February 14, 2022
Nick Foles to Matthew Stafford after missed #SuperBowl Philly Special: pic.twitter.com/SdZ4ZCk10L
— Danny Armstrong (@DArmstrong44) February 14, 2022
I hope Corey Clement, Trey Burton and Nick Foles are enjoying their evening wherever they are.
— Brooklyn (@Brookie425) February 14, 2022
The best reaction came from former Eagles tight end Trey Burton. When the Eagles ran the Philly Special against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII, Burton was the player took the toss from running back Corey Clement and threw a beautiful touchdown pass to Foles, who was wide open in the Super Bowl.
.@RamsNFL 👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽
— Trey Burton (@TreyBurton8) February 14, 2022
Stafford and Kupp made up for their failed attempt by connecting on the Rams winning touchdown on the Rams' final drive with 1:25 left in the game.
Among the other Philadelphia allusions in Super Bowl LVI, were a couple appearances by actor Kevin Hart. He starred in a Sam's Club Super Bowl commercial that was shown late in the fourth quarter.
Hart also appeared in a pregame promo dressed up as former NFL linebacker James Harrison. The promo posits Hart starring in a fake football movie called "100 Yards to Glory." Harrison famously had an NFL-record 100-yard interception return from end zone to end zone when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII.
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