Los Angeles won the NFC West at 12-5. They beat the Cardinals in the Wild Card Round, Tampa Bay in the Divisional Round and beat the 49ers in the NFC title game. This will mark their 5th appearance in the big game, winning one title back in 1999. As for the Bengals, they finished 10-7, winning the AFC North. They beat the Raiders in the Wild Card round, then topped the Titans in the Division round, before beating the Chiefs in overtime in the AFC title game. This is the 3rd ever appearance in the Super Bowl for the Bengals, who are looking for the first title.
Cincinnati has a lot going for it. Their last two games they beat the top seed in the AFC and a team who's considered by many to be the best team in football, despite the record. Burrow and his young teammates have been killing it all playoffs and have turned a lot of heads. And with the way Evan McPherson has been kicking all playoffs and kicking well. That's going to be huge.
But they are going up against a team that has been a modern version of the Greatest Show on Turf. And a small part of me really feels good for Matthew Stafford. Stafford is finally get a shot to show what he can do in the playoffs. He's taken advantage of it and run with it. And he's got a ton of talent around him to do it with too. If Cam Akers can actually hang onto the football. Oh and the Rams have a great defense as well. Nothing against that defense that the Bengals have, which is pretty good in its own right. But the Rams is on on another level.
Its going to be an entertaining football game on paper, there's no doubt about that. And with the way this year's playoffs have gone that comes as no surprise to anybody. At the end of the day, there's just too much talent on the NFC side of the field.
Prediction: Rams 34, Bengals 21
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