Sean McVay received’t be the one wunderkind within the Tremendous Bowl this time round.
Three years after squaring off towards a legendary head coach 33 years his senior, the 36-year-old McVay led the Rams back to the Promised Land, the place he’ll match wits in Tremendous Bowl 2022 towards the Bengals’ Zac Taylor in a recreation made for some “Fabulous Underneath-40” record.
The 38-year-old Taylor, who was the Rams quarterbacks coach beneath McVay once they misplaced Tremendous Bowl LIII to Invoice Belichick’s Patriots, steered the Bengals to an 18-point comeback and overtime upset of the Chiefs on Sunday within the AFC Championship recreation. About three hours later, McVay’s Rams accomplished a 10-point fourth-quarter comeback to halt a six-game shedding streak towards the 49ers within the NFC Championship recreation.
“So pleased for Zac Taylor and the Bengals — what a tricky, resilient group they’re. We’ve got some extra work to do,” McVay stated. “You look at first of that [Bengals-Chiefs] recreation, it didn’t look good for them. They’ve simply continued to indicate why they’re a mentally powerful outfit. I believe that’s mirrored by their head coach. I do know what an awesome coach he’s.”
Want one other manner that youth is served on this unlikely Rams-Bengals matchup? Joe Burrow, 25, may be a part of Joe Montana, Russell Wilson, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes and Ben Roethlisberger as the one beginning quarterbacks to win a Tremendous Bowl at age 25 or youthful.
There can be some veterans with one thing to say about it, nevertheless.
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, who turns 34 on Feb. 7, is making an attempt to make up for 12 misplaced seasons with the Lions. The Rams have adopted a win-it-for-Aaron Donald mentality, though he’s solely 30. And Von Miller, 32, is chasing a second ring after the lean years that adopted his Tremendous Bowl 50 MVP efficiency for the Broncos.
“It’s similar to having a second child,” Miller stated. “You like the primary one. When you might have one other, you’re keen on the second child, too. However they’re each completely totally different. You wish to separate the 2. A number of the particular issues we did that yr I attempt to apply to this workforce.”
It’s the fourth Tremendous Bowl look for the Rams (winners in 2000) and the third for the Bengals, who misplaced twice to the 49ers within the Eighties. The marginally favored Rams will attempt to develop into the second straight Tremendous Bowl winner celebrating in its residence stadium — the Buccaneers received in Tampa Bay final February — after the host metropolis didn’t ship a workforce in every of the primary 54 Tremendous Bowls.
“It’s nice that it’s right here, but when we’re enjoying in it I don’t have a sh– the place it’s,” Stafford stated. “I simply wish to play within the dang factor.”
