Morning Coffee: Rams open as Super Bowl favourite

The stage is set for the biggest sports betting date on the calendar.

Most people expected the Los Angeles Rams to contend for a championship after they went all-in with the acquisition of quarterback Matthew Stafford in the off-season.

The same can’t be said about their Super Bowl opponent.

The Rams entered the regular season at 15-to-1 to win it all – only six teams had shorter odds.

Meanwhile, the Cincinnati Bengals could be found as high as 150-to-1 to win it all at some spots in the pre-season.

That’s the longest pre-season odds for a team to make it to the Super Bowl since Kurt Warner’s St. Louis Rams made it as a 150-to-1 long shot in 1999-2000.

Cincinnati entered the season at 120-to-1 to win the Super Bowl and could be found as high as 180-to-1 to win it all entering Week 3 of the regular season.

For perspective, the only teams with longer odds to win it all in Week 1 were the Detroit Lions and the Houston Texans.

The fact that Joe Burrow and company are in the Super Bowl after going 2-14 last season is a remarkable turnaround.

Now they have a legitimate chance to cap off the season with a Super Bowl win. 

Here’s the TSN EDGE Morning Coffee for Monday, Jan. 31, 2022.

Rams open as Super Bowl favourite

The Bengals will be an underdog once again when they face the Rams in Los Angeles in two weeks.

The Rams opened as a 3.5-point favourite, but that number quickly moved to L.A. -4.

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It’s the first time in NFL history that the Super Bowl will feature two teams that were seeded fourth or worse.

The Rams are just the second team in NFL history to play the Super Bowl in their home stadium, after the Tampa Bay