Superbowl LVI Thread - Los Angeles Rams v Cincinatti Bengals

I want the Bengals to win but think that the Rams have the edge on paper.

So keen for the half time show, the recent trailer for it had me pumped.

Would love for the Bengals to complete the fairytale and perhaps the most remarkable Superbowl run in quite some time but I think the Rams will be comfortable enough here. Should be a low scoring game with 20 points being enough to win.

On another point, while Burrow has been the fastest #1 pick to make the Superbowl, Stafford became the longest (of those that have made it), extending the record from 10 seasons to 13. It's also the first Superbowl since Superbowl XIII to feature 2 QBs wearing the same number.

Head says Rams cause Defences win SB's, heart says Bengals, fairy-tale story.

Can Joe Cool be the new Brady ?!

Stadium is the most expensive in the world, built for $5.5B, was to cost $2.5B, must have been an Irish contractor :)

Hoping to see the Bengals put an end to many, many years of hurt with a win. If I was a betting man, I'd probably go with the Rams though.

The Rams have done that thing where they have just bought all the best players......it is tough to root for a team that is built that way instead of, through the draft for example....but then again, who says what the "right" way is to build a team.

What was amazing about the Bengals win over the Chiefs last weekend though, was the adjustments they made at halftime. Sure the Chiefs have to take a little of the blame, but they made Mahomes look awful, and the coverage held up time after time while he tried to extend the play . If the same happens with the Rams, I'm not sure Stafford will have the mobility to keep the play alive. (in fact I know he won't)

So in summary, if we get to see 2nd half Bengals, they will win. 1st half Bengals, the Rams will win.

175 - 109 for the season so far

Heart says Bengals head says Rams so went with the Rams for my pick. Not that if Aaron Donald gets his ring next week I can't say I'll be disappointed for him. One of the all time greats imo.

It seems appropriate that the strangest year in the NFL ends up in one of the strangest Super Bowl line ups and is currently having the strangest build up to a Super Bowl I can remember. Totally over-shadowed by the Flores lawsuit and Brady's retirement. Maybe it's no harm and keeps some of the spotlight off the players for at least a week. Here's hoping for a close one and just maybe the fairy-tale ending for the Bengals.

Just signed up for the 99c offer for the nfl app. Looking forward to this and the half time show

Hoping that the Bengals do it.

8 - 3 for the playoffs and 182 - 102 overall

Have to go for the Rams.

At the start of the year I felt they would go for broke to win it all with the Superbowl being hosted in their own stadium. Moving the team back to LA, then moving into what is an incredible stadium (that came with an equally incredible price tag) and now vying to become the biggest name in LA sports has been the long term vision of Stan Kroenke. This will come to fruition on Sunday.

As a Seahawks fan its sickening to watch!

Rams but I really hope the Bengals do it. A real phoenix from the ashes moment. Hard to see their O-Line get moving against the Rams though.

In saying that SF hurt the Rams with very little run game a Jimmy G throwing short snappy passes. Burrow can does that at levels above Jimmy G and has much better receivers to aim for. So its not a dead cert. No pressure whatsoever on the Bengals but Rams are very much in win now mode before the team disintegrates. That pressure can hurt a team in an event like this.

The NFL's obsession with 40m split times all seems a little silly when you see what Cooper Kupp is doing year in year out. He's miles off the fastest guy but he runs the best routes and has the best hands. Far more important than out and out speed in 90% of situations. Outside the top 25-30 receivers the catching ability is hit and miss, more often miss but they can run freakish sprint times. All completely useless when you drop the pass.

I hope the Bengals win this. But I much prefer Cleveland over Cincinnati so I only support them becos Rams are so unlikeable. I think this will be a terrible super bowl and it should have been Chiefs vs Packers. Go Pack go.

Rogers mvp that’s what I’m talking about. Go Pack Go the real champs this season, last season too and definite champs next season.

Didn't they get eliminated by scoring 10 points at home in the playoffs? He earned the MVP but he might not even be on the Packers next year and if he's not, they might not even make the playoffs.

Too right. Everyone hates the Hollywood Rams they got no history they will probably move to Hawaii or London next. No tourists may go to Green Bay but we got the greatest team in the world, the best qb1 in history, the most iconic stadium in the league especially when it snows and let’s not forget, we got making a murderer which is the best show on Netflix. Them them Hollywood execs had to get involved and make a crappy season 2.

I hope ye win tomorrow. But only because Rams are so unlikeable and it is probably the only super bowl ye will ever get to. We all know that any of Packers, Chiefs or Bills would beat either Bengals or Rams this season 99 out of 100 times. There is a reason why you cannot buy the Packers wooly hat in any shop in Dublin, that is because we are so widely loved. Go Pack go.

Imagine how insufferable he'd be if Rogers was a successful QB.