Sports Illustrated Special - Super Bowl LVI Commemorative (2022)

39 the block and gave chase. He ran the quarterback down near the sideline, and, as he got him, Garoppolo f lipped the ball reck ...

Coming BEHIND THEIR NEW QUARTERBACK AND THEIR DEFENSIVE CORNERSTONE, THE RAMS CAME BACK AGAINST THE BENGALS TO CLAIM THEIR FIRST ...

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42 T HE TRIP THAT changed the course of the 2021 NFL season started with an unusual forecast for Los Angeles: gloomy, with a sig ...

FORMER LION, KING Against Cincinnati, Stafford threw for 283 yards and three touchdowns, and was particularly sharp on the final ...

44 speed, consistency, improvisation and no drop-off as the quarterback entered his mid-30s—intrigued him. But more than that, h ...

45 to a restaurant at the resort for drinks. Stafford wore board shorts and a dark gray T-shirt with a U.S. f lag pocket. They o ...

46 man,” Smith told him, “this dude is the truth.” Eight years later, as rumors swirled that Donald was considering retirement, ...

47 Three years later, the Rams traded for Miller, on Nov. 1, and he would then play a pivotal role in helping Snead secure anoth ...

48 put Cincinnati up 17–13. Higgins appeared to get away with a facemask on Ramsey, but still: It was the longest touchdown in a ...

49 Stafford kept his eyes in a position that tied Cincinnati safety Vonn Bell to his area. The move created a slim void of space ...

THE DRIVE TO SUCCEED CAME FROM MANY SOURCES, INCLUDING AN OBSESSIVE WIDE RECEIVER, AN INSPIRED MIDSEASON PICKUP AND AN ACCOMPLIS ...

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52 L AST SPRING, BEFORE Cooper Kupp turned this season into an argument for NFL history, he moved to a Portland suburb and trans ...

TOP MARKS Kupp, the NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year, achieved a rare triple crown by leading the league in receptions (145), ...

54 compounding, efficient and nerdy as all hell—guided Kupp’s ongoing football evolution. As he transformed from undersized, ove ...

55 T HE SPORTS WORLD met Cooper Kupp, football scien- tist, this past December, when he gave one of t he most detailed answers i ...

56 college debut), Washington in ’14 (8-145-3), Oregon in ’15 (15-246-3) or Washington State in ’16 (12-206-3). Still, this wasn ...

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58 E RICA DONALD always asks her husband the same ques- tion: Do you know how great you are? He’ll laugh and mumble out somethin ...