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Cameron DaSilva
February 15, 2022 9:05 am PT
4 Down Territory: Super Bowl LVI Recap
Though the Bengals didn’t boast a star-studded defense, it was a unit that played its best football at the end of the season. And against a high-powered offense like the Rams’, Cincinnati deserves credit for the way it performed in Super Bowl LVI.
Matthew Stafford was just a little bit better, finding a way to get the job done down the stretch. He finished the game with 283 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions – one of which wasn’t his fault. He didn’t put up those numbers by dinking and dunking his way down the field, either.
He averaged 8.7 intended air yards, which was higher than his season average of 8.5. He also threw it 0.9 yards beyond the sticks per attempt, considerably higher than Joe Burrow’s -2.1 average in the Super Bowl.
Stafford’s passing chart from Next Gen Stats shows how he attacked the Bengals defense, throwing a ton of passes in the intermediate range of 10-19 yards downfield. He completed 8 of those 12 attempts for 154 yards and two touchdowns, though his interception came in that range, too, after a pass went off Ben Skowronek’s hands.
Matthew Stafford gained a majority of his production on intermediate passes (10-19 air yards) in the #Rams 23-20 victory.
Stafford on Intermediate Passes
