Gridiron Magazine

10 February 2022

Issue 68 of Gridiron magazine celebrates Super Bowl LVI with a full guide to the big game and the two teams fighting over this season’s Lombardi Trophy. In-depth looks at the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals ahead of their Super Bowl clash in SoFi Stadium, complete with profiles of the players that could be the difference between winning and losing. Jeff Reinebold breaks down the key areas of the Super Bowl matchup. Matthew Sherry takes a deep dive into the very first Super Bowl, also played in Los Angeles, that pitted the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs against the NFL’s Green Bay Packers. Simon Clancy asks whether college football needs to rethink its playoff procedure to include more teams, or risk becoming a closed shop to all but the biggest institutions. Jim McMahon, the winning QB of Super Bowl XX and one of the b est rebels in NFL history, takes Neil Reynolds through some of the more contentious moments of his ‘Big Dance’ experience in New Orleans. Mike Carlson looks back on professional football in Los Angeles as the Super Bowl returns to Tinseltown after 29 years away. Our stats man, Tom Kislingbury, takes a look at some of the past season’s emerging trends — and explains why they may continue into 2022.