How many hours did the Rams’ “9 and 10” connection spend in total?
Getty Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp is all smiles after the Rams won Super Bowl 56 over the Bengals on Sunday, February 13. Like two out-of-state tourists taking in the Los Angeles County beach rays of Santa Monica or Malibu, time was well spent between Cooper Kupp and Matthew Stafford from when the sun rose on the 2021 NFL season to its sunset on Sunday, February 13. The moment they became teammates on the Los Angeles Rams this season, they spent a lot of time working on what would become the “9 to 10” connection in the City of Angels. Too much time, as Kupp unveiled after Super Bowl 56 to reporters. But their chemistry, and extra time well spent, eventually led to the 23-20 Super Bowl win over the Cincinnati Bengals with both men responsible for the game’s final touchdown. IT’S BEEN COOPER KUPP ALL YEAR. HE DOES IT AGAIN. #RamsHouse ????: #SBLVI on NBC ????: https://t.co/K02y40b5Nu pic.twitter.com/02QlsZmirX NFL (@NFL) February 14,2022 In fact, the man who went from consecutive 90-catch wideout with Jared Goff to the league’s triple crown leader in every major receiving category with Stafford gave an approximate tally of the total extra hours he and Stafford put in. Let’s just say, it wasn’t 40 hours total…or even 100. Kupp himself was giving an estimate on the hours he was around his new quarterback. “Stafford and I spent a ton of time together. I think I was actually adding it up in the car on the way over here. I think the extra time outside of the obligatory time was north of 500 hours this season,” Kupp said via Greg Beacham of the Associated Press.
