It\u2019s hard not to pay attention to what the winner of the Most Valuable Player award has to say after the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n
Thus, a few mainstream media features after the Los Angeles Rams\u2019 victory focused on a bit of very personal testimony by superstar wide receiver Cooper Kupp. In a way, what he said resembled the kind of stereotypical Godtalk that filters into the news when believers are asked to express their first reactions after a major event \u2014 glorious or tragic \u2014 in their lives.<\/p>\n
Long ago (pre-Internet), I interviewed the late, great Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry about all of this. People tend to think that believers pray to win football Games and either God hears them or not, he said. The reality is more complex than that and, most of the time, players and coaches are trying to make sense of these events \u2014 wins and loses \u2014 in the context of how God is working in their lives.<\/p>\n
In the case of Kupp, this win in The Big Game linked into what he claimed was a vision after a Super Bowl loss. Here is the top of a story from The Athletic<\/em>: \u201cHow the Rams\u2019 Cooper Kupp\u2019s quiet vision became reality in front of the whole world<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n One of the greatest seasons by a WR ever ends with a ring and Super Bowl MVP.<\/p>\n Fairytale ending for @CooperKupp<\/a>. 🙌 pic.twitter.com\/j5bF7ef4gZ<\/a><\/p>\n — NFL (@NFL) February 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n