Super Bowl LVI: Rams vs. Bengals Betting Preview

Three things you should know before betting on Super Bowl LVI:

1. Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow enters Super Bowl LVI having won six straight starts, and Cincinnati has gone 5-1 straight-up and 6-0 against the spread as a road underdog of more than 2 points since the start of the 2021 regular season. The lone straight-up loss among those half-dozen games was a 21-16 defeat as a 6.5-point road underdog at Cleveland when the Bengals rested Burrow and several other key players in the season finale after already clinching the AFC North crown.

2. After having been one of eight NFL teams to score an average of more than 27 points per game during the regular season, the Bengals have scored an average of 24 points over three playoff victories: a 26-19 home win over Las Vegas, a 19-16 victory at Tennessee and a 27-24 overtime win at Kansas City in the AFC Championship Game. Since the start of 2017, NFL road underdogs that score an average of at least 24 points per game are 21-6 against the spread when coming off a victory by three points or fewer. That includes a 13-4 against-the-spread mark since the start of 2019 and a 7-2 ATS record since the start of the 2021 regular season.

3. The Under is 13-4 in games the Rams have played as a home favorite of 7 points or fewer since the start of the 2019 season, and it’s 15-6 in that same timeframe in games the Bengals have played as a road underdog. All five road games Cincinnati has played since the start of November have gone Under the total, with the Bengals allowing an average of less than 17 points over the five games.

THE PICKS: Cincinnati +4.5 AND Under 48.5