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Rams have 15th-best odds to win Super Bowl LVIII next season
Cameron DaSilva
February 3, 2023 1:19 pm PT

This time last year, the Los Angeles Rams were one of the favorites to win Super Bowl LVII. Obviously, the season didn’t go according to plan, finishing 5-12 and missing the playoffs for just the second time under Sean McVay.

Following their disastrous 2022 campaign, oddsmakers view the Rams as just a mediocre team heading into 2023. According to DraftKings Sportsbook, the Rams have just the 15th-best odds (+3500) to win Super Bowl LVIII next season.

Among the teams that have better odds than Los Angeles are the Jets (+2500), Broncos (+3000), Jaguars (+3000), Lions (+3000) and Packers (+3000). The Chiefs are the favorites at +550, while the Cardinals and Texans are tied for the longest odds at +10000.

The 49ers, despite not knowing who their quarterback will be, have the third-best odds (+700). The Seahawks have some of the worst odds again, sitting at +7000.

The Rams obviously have a lot of work to do, but they still have a ton of talent on their roster. Matthew Stafford is coming back, Cooper Kupp will return from his ankle injury, Jalen Ramsey is still there, as are Aaron Donald and Bobby Wagner.

Not to mention, Sean McVay has opted to return for another season, so there won’t be wholesale changes on the coaching staff. That makes a big difference.

Thats encouraging...

I like the Lions but it is a little embarrassing that they have better odds to make the SB than the Rams. I'm sure Goff is smiling.

Meh........odds coming out prior to the SB, unrestricted free agency, the draft and training camp ought to carry as much weight as the first quarter score in week 1 of preseason.

Of course now would be the time to take on some long odds/make some money down the line

Those odds are based on the prevailing (and incorrect) conventional wisdom that the Rams are in a cap hell rebuild mode .. I would put them at something like +1400 .. or around 9-10 as rankings go.

Odds are odds. Last year we were one of the favorites and we know how that turned out.

They're not worthless but they're not definitively predictive either, kind of in the middle somewhere...

Agreed - these types of futures bets are not so much about predicting what will happen as what people at large think will happen.

Elvis wrote:They're not worthless but they're not definitively predictive either, kind of in the middle somewhere...

A starting point

So middle of the pack? No longer top 5 or 10. I guess its expected. We're predicted by many to be owing that balloon payment now. Its not so much what kind of team you have going into the season but what you did the previous season. We won 5 games. That is what its mostly based on.

A lot of things tend to happen before and during the season. I expect when the season approaches and all these pundits start making their predictions, they'll have us in a 3 way battle for 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the division. It'll pretty much be unanimous the 49ers are division favorites.