After Cooper Kupp watched his team from the sideline in Super Bowl LIII, the Los Angeles Rams wideout won the MVP award in Super Bowl LVI.
His presence made a tremendous difference in the second go-round. Kupp tore his ACL and missed the Rams’ first Super Bowl appearance under Sean McVay against the New England Patriots. In the Rams’ 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Super Bowl Sunday, he finished with eight catches for 92 yards and two touchdown receptions.
Following his Super Bowl appearance, he had a vision of just that.
“In 2019, we walked off the field that last time after losing to the Patriots,” Kupp told reporters at SoFi Stadium after the game. “I wasn’t able to be a part of that thing. I don’t know what it was. There was just this vision God revealed to me that we were going to come back, we were going to be part of a Super Bowl, we were going to win it and somehow, I was going to walk off the field as the MVP of the game.
“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. Every game, it was written already, and I just got to play free knowing that I got to play from victory, not for victory. I got to play in a place where I was validated not for anything that happened on the field, but because of my worth in God and my Father, and I’m just so incredibly thankful.”
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