when he was playing for the patriots, i m wondering what you think of how he perhaps feels about all of this. as you said, he wants to control the messaging, he probably doesn t want to overshadow the big championship games that are coming later today, too. right. it s a good pocket after today. today is both conference championships are today then you have two weeks before the super bowl. that s a nice little soft landing spot for tom to come out with his thing next week anytime tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, before the week of the super bowl action which would kick off in the week, but, yeah, there s plenty of time for him to do this. for him to do it the day before the afc/nfc championship games not characteristic. he didn t want it to get out that way. the reporters who got this are good. i believe it s true. i listened to tom brady sr. and his agent don yee they are not telling us it s not true they re telling us this has yet to be announced and will be announced
more than 70,000 fans are expected at the big game. the rams are the second team in nfl history to play in a super bowl at their home stadium and unlike years or last year, this super bowl, there is no covid capacity restrictions so fans are still required to mask up in accordance with l.a. county s health guidelines for large outdoor gatherings. we ll have to see if fans followed that rule and many did not happen during the nfc championship, including governor gavin newsom and mayor garcetti, and they said they took the masks off for the picture. many fans are expect today turn up to the game and a lot of excitement. this super bowl is expected to generate more than $500 million for the l.a. region. edward: wow, you know, the l.a. mayor saying what he held his breath for that. aside from security, let s get you on record now.
victory? i have to say the same thing. they came up and impressed. i got to say with the rams, they ve been playing great football as well. they have a very diverse offense all around. i think they ll be a very tough matchup. and steve, what stands out, too, cincinnati did it on the road. san francisco had a lot of fans there. i mean, you couldn t have been in a more hostile environment than cincinnati who hasn t been there since 1988. i m taking the rams. they won the nfc championship at home and have the super bowl at home. so i think it s only right for them to pull it out. i love the cincinnati bengals and joe burrow and what he s been doing. but with aaron donald, von miller, the rams pull it off.
we d be going to the super bowl, i probably would have called you crazy, but then we played a whole season and nothing surprises me now. i know the kind of guys we have and the team that we have. so there s still one left. we re excited about this one, but we ll celebrate tonight and move on. all right. nfc championship, the rams tried everything they could to keep 49ers fans out of sofi stadium. a sea of red in the stands. they cheered them to a 17-7 lead to spark the fourth quarter. but matthew stafford bringing the rams back. he found his favorite target, cooper. stafford then led two more scoring drives to take the lead. then ceilingsealing the deal. jimmy garoppolo under pressure would throw the interception. rams finally beating the 49ers 27-17 was the final. after 12 seasons with the lions, stafford heading to his first super bowl. been a lot of years in this
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) After Matthew Stafford s wife leaped into his arms, he took a moment to soak it all in this victory, this confetti-strewn field, this remarkable year