Despite the fact that a controversial no-call led to it happening, the Los Angeles Rams are headed to the Super Bowl. Los Angeles came from behind to stun the Saints in New Orleans, punching their ticket to Atlanta with a thrilling 26-23 victory in overtime. It’s been a magical year for the Rams, and now, they’re one game away from potentially lifting the Lombardi Trophy.
A fun subplot heading into the game was Rams corner Marcus Peters’ awfully strong feelings about Saints coach Sean Payton. Back when the two teams played in the regular season, Payton mentioned New Orleans’ desire to go at Peters, which led to this absolutely tremendous response from the Pro Bowl corner involving consuming one of New Orleans’ finest culinary exports, gumbo.
Reminder: Marcus Peters had this to say about Sean Payton after the Saints' win in Week 9 👀
(via @LindseyThiry) pic.twitter.com/eh8TMgOMD1
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 14, 2019
It’s something that popped up again during the lead-up to this game thanks to Rams coach Sean McVay.
#Rams coach Sean McVay yells out "Let me get some of that soup" during Marcus Peters at the podium. #Saints @FOX8NOLA pic.twitter.com/wtKCH994II
— Garland Gillen (@garlandgillen) January 16, 2019
Fast forward to Sunday evening and Peters, before celebrating on the field at the Superdome, went to talk some trash to the Saints’ coach.
Marcus Peters just ran across the field to Sean Payton, leading to a large heated scrum of players from both teams.
— Josh Katzenstein (@jkatzenstein) January 20, 2019
Marcus Peters ran over to talk trash to Sean Paytonhttps://t.co/cvqs5jGwep
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 20, 2019
Then, in an absolutely delightful moment of jubilation, Peters ran around screaming about his desire to eat gumbo.
https://twitter.com/diannaESPN/status/1087129598897340416
You can tell this is something that Peters had on his mind for a while, and you can’t even begin to imagine the joy he feels about making the Super Bowl and getting to stick it to someone who doubted him. You can, however, know the joy that comes from consuming a bowl of gumbo, so I highly recommend you go do that.
