The Los Angeles Rams have had an extremely productive offseason, buying and selling for future Corridor of Fame defensive finish Myles Garrett and star cornerback Trent McDuffie, whereas including cornerback Jaylen Watson in free company to assist remake their protection.
And that was earlier than it was lastly introduced on Sunday that Aaron Donald could be popping out of retirement to hitch this yr’s staff.
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Oddsmakers had already established the Rams because the clear Tremendous Bowl favorites, with Los Angeles at +500 odds and no different staff in single digits. The Buffalo Payments and Baltimore Ravens have the next-best odds to win the Tremendous Bowl at DraftKings at 10-1, adopted by the defending champion Seattle Seahawks at 12-1.
However with such brief odds to win the Tremendous Bowl within the preseason, ought to we simply give the Lombardi Trophy now to the Rams?
Historical past says … not precisely.
Up to now 30 seasons, there have been 20 situations — together with historic groups just like the 2007 New England Patriots and “The Best Present on Turf” St. Lous Rams groups from 2000-2002 — of the preseason Tremendous Bowl favourite having odds of +500 or higher getting into a season, per Sports activities Odds Historical past.
None of them have received the Tremendous Bowl.
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They’ve gone 0-for-20, together with most just lately the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in 2024 (+500 preseason Tremendous Bowl odds), 2021 (+450) and 2020 (+450).
Oddsmakers unanimously have the Rams as their high power-rated staff heading into this season, however do not have Los Angeles rated as extremely as lots of the different groups on that checklist. One oddsmaker had the Seahawks at No. 2 as solely a half-point behind the Rams.
A number of oddsmakers Yahoo Sports activities spoke with over the previous few weeks have additionally talked about {that a} standard cross-sport futures parlay has been bettors tying collectively the Rams to win the Tremendous Bowl with the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the World Collection.
With a win complete of 11.5 (the franchise’s highest since at the least 1989) and the perfect playoff odds of any NFL staff (-500), it could be surprising to see a subpar season from the Rams. It is a loaded roster with stars at almost each place group and a quarterback in Matthew Stafford coming off an MVP season.
However let’s not hand them the Lombardi simply but.
