Super Bowl LVI Los Angeles Rams vs Cincinnati Bengals live scores, stats and commentary

The countdown is on to the NFL's biggest game of the year as Super Bowl LVI, between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals, is held in California.

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By Andrew Mcgarry

This week we had the end of an era with the retirement of the greatest quarterback of all time in Tom Brady. He was responsible for four of the last seven Super Bowl victories — three with the New England Patriots and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Patriots are from the AFC (American Football Conference), who have won six of the last nine Super Bowls and 12 of the 20 Super Bowls from when Brady won his first of seven titles in Super Bowl XXXV.

Today the Bengals represent the AFC, and the favourites the Rams represent the NFC (National Football Conference).

LA might need to grab the win for the NFC while they can, though — with the list of elite or on the rise AFC quarterbacks including Patrick Mahomes (Kansas City Chiefs), Burrow, Justin Herbert (LA Chargers) and Josh Allen (Buffalo Bills), there are a lot of options for future NFL champion teams for the next few seasons.

By Andrew Mcgarry

Rams' Super Bowl record (as Los Angeles and St Louis) 1 win 3 losses

Bengals' Super Bowl record: 0 wins 2 losses

By Andrew Mcgarry

The Rams may have the attention with their wide receiving corps, but we can't forget about a man on the other side.

Rookie wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase has had a huge year — not quite as good as Cooper Kupp but getting there.

81 catches, 1,455 yards and 13 touchdowns — and that was just in the regular season. Like Kupp, he has speed, good hands and all the moves.

The advantage for the