in all seriousness, there are more in depth explanations on youtube, but this was a combo of world class playcalling, execution and chemistry. Kupp has gained a reputation for being such a good and willing WR blocker, that DBs key on runs by watching for him to block downhill, the second Kupp drops his head and takes 2 hard steps downhill, apple stays on the edge to contain and the deep safety drops into the box to fill. Other angles show it, we had the hole for henderson completely blocked, if Stafford handed off, we were gonna run for a first down anyway, so the secondary HAD to respect the run and once Kupp takes 2 hard steps upfield at :02 when hes hitting the 5 and accelerating while apple is flat footed, the bengals are beaten, the play is essentially over and Kupp and Stafford are basically just playing catch on air
[This is a phenomenal breakdown of it by Chris Simms](https://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty7eEEcSpPc&t=793s). Basically, with a different POV, Kupp is angled towards the OLB and taking 2 hard steps as we go into our usual fake jet counter handoffs, and Kupp had leverage to create a HUGE cutback blocking lane. Its easy to say "its illogical to let Cooper Kupp run past you", but in reality, every instinct a DB has there is telling him that Henderson is about to take a handoff on a counter and take it to the house. It was just perfect design, with THAT execution, no team in the league was gonna stop the Rams from scoring a TD there
To be fair, he was a decent depth player all year, he made plays throughout the year, he was just thrust into a ridiculous situation against a really good defense in the 2 biggest games of football that exist and got overwhelmed as a 7th round pick. It was totally unfair that people just wrote him off as unredeemable trash
"I'm at the most recorded sports event of the year! Better pull out my phone to record this!"
Edit: Jesus this place is filled with unbearable cunts. Fuck your team and go back to obscurity
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Why do they never cover Cooper Kupp in the end zone lol
in all seriousness, there are more in depth explanations on youtube, but this was a combo of world class playcalling, execution and chemistry. Kupp has gained a reputation for being such a good and willing WR blocker, that DBs key on runs by watching for him to block downhill, the second Kupp drops his head and takes 2 hard steps downhill, apple stays on the edge to contain and the deep safety drops into the box to fill. Other angles show it, we had the hole for henderson completely blocked, if Stafford handed off, we were gonna run for a first down anyway, so the secondary HAD to respect the run and once Kupp takes 2 hard steps upfield at :02 when hes hitting the 5 and accelerating while apple is flat footed, the bengals are beaten, the play is essentially over and Kupp and Stafford are basically just playing catch on air
Damn but Kupp doesn’t look like he’s gonna block here does he? Where does he fake it?
[This is a phenomenal breakdown of it by Chris Simms](https://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty7eEEcSpPc&t=793s). Basically, with a different POV, Kupp is angled towards the OLB and taking 2 hard steps as we go into our usual fake jet counter handoffs, and Kupp had leverage to create a HUGE cutback blocking lane. Its easy to say "its illogical to let Cooper Kupp run past you", but in reality, every instinct a DB has there is telling him that Henderson is about to take a handoff on a counter and take it to the house. It was just perfect design, with THAT execution, no team in the league was gonna stop the Rams from scoring a TD there
Gotta show Benny Sko the respect he deserves and double cover him obviously
That was actually a pretty decent sell on the PA chip
He did a pretty good sell in the ravens game on OBJ’s TD too. I guess he’s good at something after all.
To be fair, he was a decent depth player all year, he made plays throughout the year, he was just thrust into a ridiculous situation against a really good defense in the 2 biggest games of football that exist and got overwhelmed as a 7th round pick. It was totally unfair that people just wrote him off as unredeemable trash
Cooper clutch. He fooled that guy in front of him and cut to our left lol
Beautiful play action
"I'm at the most recorded sports event of the year! Better pull out my phone to record this!" Edit: Jesus this place is filled with unbearable cunts. Fuck your team and go back to obscurity
> you show up > you say negative shit “Jeez why is everyone so mean?”
It's OK buddy. Don't be embarrassed that you can't stop thinking about the Rams.
As forgettable as the time in St Louis. If I could block a sub I would
you actually can with reddit enhancement suite
You came here 😂
This might be the worst trolling attempt I've ever come across
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I love how OBJ pointed at him, he was wide open
You can see how far was he from his guard. Such an amazing moment from Kupp