CINCINNATI -- The lasting image of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow from Super Bowl LVI happened behind a long black curtain.
Several minutes after the Bengals lost to the Los Angeles Rams, 23-20, Burrow took a slow walk from the team's locker room to the dais for his final news conference of the 2021 postseason. He had been sacked seven times, tied for the most ever in a Super Bowl, and hit 11 times in the loss.
"We expected that they were going to get some pressure," Burrow said. "They did a good job.