ATLANTA — Stephon Gilmore knew the play he wanted was coming.
Trailing by a touchdown with less than five minutes remaining in Super Bowl LIII, quarterback Jared Goff and the Los Angeles Rams were charging up the field in hopes of leveling the score at 10 apiece. But Gilmore had a feeling that the ball would be heading the defense’s way.
“The series before that, we’re sitting on the bench, and Steph goes, ‘[Goff]’s going to throw us one. We just have to make sure we squeeze it and hold on to it,’” relayed cornerback Jason McCourty after the game.