Three Great Super Bowl Bets to Consider as the Rams Take on the Bengals

03-02-2022

When the NFL season started back last September, there were very few people, if any, who would have predicted that the Super Bowl would see the Los Angeles Rams face off with the Cincinnati Bengals on February 13th, but that’s how things have panned out.

From the outset, many had backed the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to fight it out, with Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady leading the sides, in the showpiece event, but both those teams fell by the wayside in the playoffs.

The Bengals have never won a Super Bowl, and the Rams last did so back in 1999. Meaning, it’s a game that promises to be a tightly-contested affair, and if you bet on sports, then you can expect a few twists and turns in this encounter, and there are many different bets worth considering for the big day.

Joe Burrow 275.5 Yards - Over (-115)

You should back Joe Burrow to have a significant impact on proceedings, and we can see the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback going over in terms of his passing yards on the day as he’s been in great form. The 25-year-old has thrown for 842 yards in the course of their three successful playoff games, and we think he’ll continue in that vein.

Burrow threw for 4611 yards over the course of the regular season, with only five players managing more.

Back the Cincinnati Bengals to Win the Super Bowl (+170)

The Bengals are the underdogs for this contest, and they started the season at (+10000) but have overcome the odds to first qualify from the regular season with a 10-7 record and then eased past the Las Vegas Raiders, the Tennessee Titans, and then most impressively, the Kansas City Chiefs.

As the underdogs, they don’t have a weight of expectation upon them, and we think this is enough to give Zac Taylor’s side a decent shot at upsetting the odds against the Los Angeles Rams.

Evan McPherson for the Super Bowl MVP (+10000)

This truly is a long shot. No kicker has ever won the NFL MVP award, and that’s why the odds are massive. However, rookie kicker Evan McPherson has played a crucial role in getting the Bengals this far.

He kicked four field goals in the three playoff wins the Bengals managed, including the key one to see off the Kansas City Chiefs in overtime. If this game is tight, then the 22-year-old may be called upon to score the winning points.

Clearly, the picks we’ve made are with a view to chasing the odds, especially when it comes to the MVP choice, but we do feel that the Bengals have the impetus to get past a Rams side who many wouldn’t have predicted would get this far.

We think Joe Burrow and his teammates are riding a wave of optimism that can see them through to a win at the SoFi Stadium.