Swami Sez - Chris Berman picks the winner of Super Bowl 2022

Chris Berman is back for his Swami Sez NFL pick for Super Bowl LVI between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals.

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After 54 years of no team playing in the Super Bowl in their home stadium, we now get two in a row with the Rams hosting the 56th edition of the Big Game.

It's not a classic home-field advantage, not only because the Rams have a «newish» fan base, returning to L.A. in 2016 after 21 seasons away in St. Louis, but also because it's only the first year with fans in the new stadium.

So the Rams don't yet have a fanatic home fan base, but will be playing in their own locker room, so that counts for something, right?

A matchup not many of us saw coming has fascinating storylines. The Rams are chock-full of big NFL names that fans have known for the last decade… Donald, Stafford, Miller, Beckham, Ramsey, Floyd. The Bengals are a blank canvas with young players like Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase.

The Rams built the team preseason and during the season in a way that hasn't really worked in the past. «All-in» hasn't led to Super Bowl championships. You might say Tampa Bay did it somewhat last season, but not in the same manner as Brady, Gronk and others came aboard in the offseason and they had time to work together. Usually the method the Rams used falls short of its goal, but maybe not this time.

We know the list. Matthew Stafford, heralded in the offseason trade. Von Miller, has won a Super Bowl in Denver. Odell Beckham Jr., arrived midseason with a lot of fanfare to add to the homegrown talent of Hall-of-Famer-to-be Aaron Donald, one of the biggest names in the game.

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