In this edition of Top-10 Stats of the Week, it's the ultimate Super Bowl 56 edition. Matthew Stafford silences all his critics. Aaron Donald and Cooper Kupp show why they're the best players at their positions, and head coach Sean McVay is rising up the coaching ladder quickly. Also, say what you will about Odell Beckham Jr. -- he's now a champion.
50s -- Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay has now been a head coach in two Super Bowls and won one. He turned 36 years old in January. Bill Belichick didn't make a Super Bowl appearance as a head coach until his late 50s. Belichick is considered the greatest coach in NFL History. Could he have company in McVay one day?
40s -- Rams veteran offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth became just the third player in his 40s to ever start a Super Bowl. The other two players? Tom Brady and Jerry Rice. What a way to ride off into the sunset.
1.9 -- Rams running backs averaged only 1.9 yards per rush in Super Bowl 56, becoming just the fifth team to average fewer than two yards per rush in the Super Bowl era. Of those teams, they're the only team to emerge victorious.
5th -- Rams receiver Odell Beckham Jr. suffered an injury to his left knee on a non-contact play with 3:50 remaining in the first half. Yet, he still finished with the fifth-most yards of any position player in Super Bowl 56. Not bad for a guy who missed the final 33-plus minutes of the game.
16 -- Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford finished the 2021 campaign with a total of 16 total wins, including playoffs. That's more victories than he had in the previous three seasons combined.
1 of 7 -- Stafford is one of just seven quarterbacks in league history to throw for more than 300 career touchdowns and be a Super Bowl champion.
29 -- In the past 29 days, Stafford racked up more postseason wins than Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson have in the past five seasons combined. Not too shabby for a guy who went 12 seasons without winning a single playoff game.
33 -- Rams superstar receiver Cooper Kupp, who became the fourth player since the NFL's 1966 merger to win the receiving triple-crown, finished the playoffs with 33 receptions -- a new single-season record.
2,000/20 -- Kupp joins legends Emmitt Smith and Terrell Davis as the only players in league history to record 2,000 all-purpose yards, 20 touchdowns, and win a Super Bowl all in the same season (including playoffs). Talk about elite company.
2.0 -- Rams defensive stars Aaron Donald and Von Miller both had 2.0 sacks. It's just the second time a pair of teammates recorded two full sacks during a Super Bowl since sacks became an official stat in 1982.