LA Rams’ wide receiver Cooper Kupp is the headliner of the season finale and has put everyone on notice. After a sensational performance in the game, the athlete was honored as Super Bowl’s Most Valuable Player, who caught the winning touchdown pass and led the team towards victory on Sunday.
Kupp had a blast this season with 21 games and caught 178 catches for 2,425 yards with 22 touchdowns. He led the league having 145 receptions, 1,947 yards, and 16 touchdowns, making him the Triple Crown in receiving. He was also recognized as the NFL Offensive Player of the Year at the 2022 NFL Honors, and a Super Bowl ring, coming off one of the greatest seasons in the league’s history.
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Cooper Kupp: The Standard
Cooper Kupp established himself in the game even after Odell Beckham Jr. suffered a major setback during the second quarter. He led the squad with 8 catches and 2 touchdowns.
As they presented him as the Super Bowl MVP and became the 8th wide receiver to do so; Kupp was at a loss for words. At the platform, he stated: “I just don’t feel deserving of this. God is just so good. I’m just so thankful for the guys I get to be around.”
"I don’t feel deserving of this … I don’t know what to say.”
— L.A. Rams star Cooper Kupp wins the Super Bowl MVP, the 8th wide receiver to do so pic.twitter.com/PfvXv0S1te
— The Recount (@therecount) February 14, 2022
After the trophy ceremony, Cooper Kupp attended the post-match press conference alongside his son; The interviewer questioned him regarding this moment, to which he responded, “They’re so amazing being able to see them while I was up on that podium; You know there was, in 2019 we walked off the field that last time after losing to the Patriots. I wasn’t able to be a part of that thing.”
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Kupp further added: “I don’t know what it was there’s just this vision that God revealed to me that we were going to come back we were going to be a part of Super Bowl, we were going to win it, and somehow I was going to walk off the field as the MVP of the game and, I shared that with my wife because I couldn’t tell anyone else obviously what that was but from the moment this postseason started there was just a belief in every game. It was written already, and I just got to play free, knowing that I have to play from victory and not for victory.”
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People are rooting for Cooper and his exceptionally well-receiving tactics in the Super Bowl LVI as he presents one of his best actions so far; As the Rams go further, they can highly benefit from the athlete’s magnetism and valor.
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