{"id":1792,"date":"2022-02-19T16:52:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T16:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2022-02-20T21:45:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T21:45:24","slug":"cooper-kupp-named-super-bowl-lvi-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/19\/cooper-kupp-named-super-bowl-lvi-mvp\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Kupp named Super Bowl LVI MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Los Angeles Rams wide receiver&nbsp;<strong>COOPER KUPP<\/strong>&nbsp;was voted the winner of the Pete Rozelle Trophy awarded to the Super Bowl LVI Most Valuable Player. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cooper Kupp has been a dependable mainstay for the Rams all season and the game-winning drive to seal the victory for Los Angeles proves why he is the appropriate MVP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Cooper Kupp on QB chemistry\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GeerjzQ0xws?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kupp recorded eight receptions for 92 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winning touchdown catch with 1:25 remaining in the fourth quarter. He also had seven rushing yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to the Super Bowl, Kupp talked how participating in the team\u2019s quarterback meetings helped him build essential chemistry with Stafford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is the eighth wide receiver to be named Super Bowl MVP and the first since New England wide receiver&nbsp;<strong>JULIAN EDLEMAN<\/strong>&nbsp;in Super Bowl LIII.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kupp joins Pro Football Hall of Famer&nbsp;<strong>JOE MONTANA<\/strong>&nbsp;(1989) as the only players to win Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year and Super Bowl Most Valuable Player in the same season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kupp recorded 33 receptions during the 2021 postseason and surpassed&nbsp;<strong>TRAVIS KELCE<\/strong>&nbsp;(31 receptions during the 2020 postseason) for the most receptions in a single postseason all-time. He also registered 478 receiving yards this postseason, trailing only&nbsp;<strong>LARRY FITZGERALD<\/strong>&nbsp;(546 receiving yards in 2008) for the most in a single postseason ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award is chosen by a panel comprised of 16 media members and fans interactively through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\">National Football League&#8217;s<\/a> official website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video of Cooper Kupp discussing the importance of quarterback chemistry leading up to his game-winning touchdown sealing his MVP nod. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-super-bowl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cooper-Kupp2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1792"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1796,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792\/revisions\/1796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}