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Matthew Stafford’s no-look Super bowl pass even more impressive from new angles

Matthew Stafford secured his career moment on Sunday, leading a late fourth-quarter drive in the Super Bowl that ended with a go-ahead touchdown pass to Cooper Kupp.

But it wasn’t the scoring pass that turned heads on Sunday. Instead, it was a second-down pass to Kupp from midfield that got people talking.

The 22-yard pass was the longest play of the 15-play, 79 yard drive that ate 4:48 of game clock and left the Bengals with 1:25 to respond. Stafford took the snap in shotgun on second-and-7 from the Bengals 46-yard line with 3:06 remaining on the game clock.

He looked off Bengals safety Vonn Bell — who was sitting in man coverage — and found a streaking Cupp over the middle to set up first-and-10 at the Cincinnati 24-yard line. Vertical footage of the play shows just how effective Stafford was in executing misdirection.

Stafford freezes Vonn Bell, finds Cupp

Stafford looked to his right as Kupp ran straight down the field from the right slot. Bell watched Stafford from the snap and…

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