The following weekend came four wild Divisional Rounds games that were all last second, suspenseful finishes. The weekend began with the red hot Cincinnati Bengals going up against the number one seed Tennessee Titans who were accompanied by the returning Derrick Henry. Despite Henry’s return, Joe Burrow and the Bengals were able to pull off a 19-16 victory thanks to a game winning field goal by Evan McPherson. The other AFC divisional game was a shootout between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs who were both led by their star quarterbacks, Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes. Despite a record breaking, four touchdown game from Gabriel Davis the Buffalo Bills still fell short with a 36-42 overtime loss to Mahomes and the Chiefs. The next matchup was a 2020 NFC Championship Game rematch between the Green Bay Packers and the 49ers. The results were the same as the 2020 Championship game as the 49ers won over the Packers with a 13-10 victory off of Robbie Gould’s game-winning field goal. The final game of the weekend was between the Los Angeles Rams led by the triple-crown winner Cooper Kupp and the Tampa Bay Bucs led by Tom Brady. The Rams came away with the third game winning field goal of the weekend thanks to a clutch catch late in the game by Cooper Kupp.

Following the wild divisional round came the highly anticipated championship games. On the AFC side the Kansas City Chiefs were hosting the red hot Cincinnati Bengals. The game came down to the wire and ended up going into overtime, and although the Chiefs won the coin toss they were unable to capitalize and the Bengals advanced to the super bowl with a 27-24 victory. On the NFC side the Los Angeles Rams were hosting their division rival San Francisco 49ers. Cooper Kupp continued his dominant season and led the Rams to a 20-17 win.’

The Super Bowl was now set, The Los Angeles Rams were hosting the Cincinnati Bengals. This was a highly anticipated matchup as both quarterbacks were playing in their first Super Bowl and had never won a playoff game prior to this past season. The Rams were 4.5 point favorites to win the game and were heavily favored by Vegas and other sports betters. ThunderRidge teacher Mr. Allmendinger had this prediction for the game “I’ve gotta go with the Bengals, I think Joe Burrow will get it done, I think it will be close”. Mr. A’s prediction was pretty accurate for most of the game as the Bengals led the game the entirety of the second half. Despite the Bengals holding a lead for the majority of the second half, a Cooper Kupp touchdown reception with only 1:29 left in the game put the Rams ahead. The Bengals had a chance to win it, but were unable to convert a crucial 4th and 1 crowning the Rams as Super Bowl Champions. The Rams were full of stars who are now Super Bowl Champions for the first time, Aaron Donald, Jalen Ramsey, Matthew Stafford, and Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp are some of the stars who won their first ring. Overall, the Super Bowl was a great game and has now crowned the Los Angeles Rams as world champions.