The Bengals have been my favorite NFL team since I was 5-6 years old. After losing two Super Bowls in the 1980s, this is the year they win their first championship.

It should be a close game. They both have explosive offenses. The Bengals kicker Evan McPherson has been money all year, especially in the playoffs. Special teams could be the difference.

My prediction is Bengals 27, Rams 24. They win it on a last second 47 yard field goal.

I might switch our color scheme to orange and black if they win. Most of my favorite teams growing up wore orange and black uniforms. :)

who will win?

The team that scores the most points :football:





I might switch our color scheme to orange and black if they win. Most of my favorite teams growing up wore orange and black uniforms. :)

Baltimore Orioles fan? (Remember when Baltimore had professional baseball?)

I'm rooting for the Bengals. Can't stand the Rams.

The Bengals will win :thumbsup:

Rams is my home team, I love the Rams, I'm supporting them! :( But I wouldn't be terribly upset if the Bengals win, I like them too ! ;)

As for who I think will win though? IDK ?? I hope it's a good back and forth ,close , exciting game and doesn't get too one sided! ;)

Los Angeles Rams by 3 or 4

Baltimore Orioles fan? (Remember when Baltimore had professional baseball?)

Yes. I liked their old cartoon bird logo. Cal Ripken, Jr. is one of my all-time favorite players. It seems like it has been a longer drought, but they last made the playoffs in 2014. It's hard for them to compete in the AL East with the big spending teams like the Yankees and Red Sox, but the Rays have been able to somehow do it. They need another superstar player like Cal Ripken, Jr. to build around. A winning season would be a good start.

My favorite NHL team is the Vancouver Canucks with their old black, red-orange and yellow jerseys. I know how to pick the winning teams. There's been a lot of disappointment and heartbreak over the years.

Yes. I liked their old cartoon bird logo. Cal Ripken, Jr. is one of my all-time favorite players.

That lazy bum? Guy couldn't even play in 2363 games in a row :rolleyes:

Cincinnati appears to be a team of destiny, but it's basically a home game for the Rams, so don't really have a gut feeling either way about who's going to win, seems like a toss up, will just have to watch and see what happens.

One team seeking its first title ever, and one team seeking its first title in Los Angeles.

I think this Super Bowl will go either way. If I really had to choose who should win, however, my choice would be the Bengals, just for the sake of having first-time NFL champions. And I wouldn't care if this ended up being the second Super Bowl to be decided in overtime.

The Bengals will be wearing their black jerseys with white pants and orange socks. I guess they don't care about the statistic that teams wearing white jerseys have won 14 of the last 17 Super Bowls. Hopefully they can reverse that trend.

I'm rooting for the Bengals. Can't stand the Rams.

I sense the Rams will win!!

HOPEFULLY RAMS
been a rams fan since 1970

Yes probably by a long shot also!!!!!!

Lets pool our bets everyone :)

A tiger vs. a ram? No contest. A tiger would win against a ram.

HOPEFULLY RAMS
been a rams fan since 1970

:);):heart::wave:

A tiger vs. a ram? No contest. A tiger would win against a ram.

A ram beat one in 1903.

https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=DJT19030102.2.64&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------

They’re overdue…..

A ram beat one in 1903.

https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=DJT19030102.2.64&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------

They’re overdue…..


OMG!!!! :eek::crazy::D

I'd rather be a Tiger than a Ram , yes I would , if I could, I surely would!! :lol:


OR , I'd rather be a Ram than a Tiger , but that didn't have quite the right flow! :cool:

A ram beat one in 1903.

https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=DJT19030102.2.64&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------

They’re overdue…..

Interesting! I still think a Bengal would usually win against a Ram. For sure it could outrace it.

I'd rather be a Tiger than a Ram , yes I would , if I could, I surely would!! :lol:


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My prediction system tells me the Bengals will be the winners.

My prediction system tells me the Bengals will be the winners.

This clinches a Rams victory.

This clinches a Rams victory.

If your clinch is right, that's OK too, Rams are my home town team...but I don't give much time to sports anyway....

As an Ohioan...I'm rooting for the Bengals!

I don't care who wins, but I do plan on wearing my custom made Rams jersey, left over from many moons ago when I was their third string kicker. ;) The last time that I wore it was in 2019 when the Rams were last in the Super Bowl.

I don't care who wins, but I do plan on wearing my custom made Rams jersey, left over from many moons ago when I was their third string kicker. ;) The last time that I wore it was in 2019 when the Rams were last in the Super Bowl.

OMG HOW COOL!!! Hey DJM77 :wave: Yeah you are in Missouri , the Rams were in St. Louis than playing the Patriots!! Not sure of the year? , but early 2000's right !!?? ( Kurt Warner) I was TOTALLTY rooting for the St. Louis Rams in that Superbowl over the New England Patriots!!;) DAMN PATRIOTS!!:( And than yeah again in 2019! UGG!!:( Let's just say I am glad Tom Brady is retiring!!:D

I'm here in LA where the Rams originated and they are back here, so maybe this will be their year!!?? :);):cool::wave:

I don't care who wins, but I do plan on wearing my custom made Rams jersey, left over from many moons ago when I was their third string kicker. ;) The last time that I wore it was in 2019 when the Rams were last in the Super Bowl.

You still kick? The Jets need a kicker (among everything else).

OMG HOW COOL!!! Hey DJM77 :wave: Yeah you are in Missouri , the Rams were in St. Louis than playing the Patriots!! Not sure of the year? , but early 2000's right !!?? ( Kurt Warner) I was TOTALLTY rooting for the St. Louis Rams in that Superbowl over the New England Patriots!!;)



It was 2002 when they lost to the Patriots. They did win the Super Bowl in 2000 against the Titans. I still have a VHS tape of that Super Bowl. I was at a church in St. Louis once around that time and Kurt Warner was sitting about three rows in front of me. There's a movie about his life called American Underdog that came out last December. It's a good movie.

You still kick? The Jets need a kicker (among everything else).

Ha! No, I retired from that. ;):lol:

Ha! No, I retired from that. ;):lol:

Trust me, after watching everyone the Jets attempted to use this season, you’d be an improvement.

Definitely the Rams, not only is the City of Angels long overdue for a Super Bowl to complete the circle of championships (NBA Titles, World Series & Stanley Cups), but also, Matthew Stafford & Aaron Donald are long overdue for a Super Bowl Ring

#GORAMS #GODAWGS

In less than 24 hours we’ll have a winner!!!


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In less than 24 hours we’ll have a winner!!!


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But seriously, it's already getting kind of crazy here in LA, fireworks have been going off as of 11:00 PM tonight ( Saturday night) !!! :eek:

Either way if the Rams win or lose it will be nuts ! In happy celebration or OMG , IDK what will go on if they lose !!?? :confused:We are pretty much gonna hunker down and stay put , watch on the TV , but not wander about outside too much Sunday and Monday or so !! :eek::crazy:

About the lead-out program: NBC is simply having a block of coverage of the ongoing Beijing Winter Olympics follow this year's Super Bowl instead of new entertainment programming, so at least I won't have to worry about getting into an dispute about the lead-out program like I did last year. :)

Nothing better tonight then

NBC: “And now, after one of the more exciting Super Bowls ever, bobsledding!!”

America, picking up the remote: “>click<“


Congrats to LA for pulling it out after Beckham went down.

Ok, the 56th SuperBowl is history and LA Rams are the victors, 23-20, closely contested game. First win for LA in SuperBowl since 1999. So this is good for the city. I feel a sadness for Cincinnati, but there can be only 1 winner.

Looking up Super Bowl history and the first one was in 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and played between Green Bay and Kansas City.

Oh I just arrived here in So. Cal in late 66.

Waiting patiently for a drunken Bonnie to show up.

One of the Rams got a Super Bowl win AND a son

Rams WR Van Jefferson wins Super Bowl, sprints from stadium to witness son's birth

https://sports.yahoo.com/rams-wr-van-jefferson-wins-super-bowl-sprints-from-stadium-to-witness-sons-birth-054556334.html

Waiting patiently for a drunken Bonnie to show up.

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I stopped by the Muddle thread last night ! :wave:

I knew Rams would win.......... Trouble is with my luck if I made a bet,THEY WOULD HAVE LOST!!

https://sports.yahoo.com/the-bengals-lost-a-super-bowl-in-a-way-no-other-team-has-in-42-years-193403910.html

The Bengals lost a Super Bowl in a way no other team has in 42 years
Eric Edholm

Mon, February 14, 2022, 1:52 PM

The Cincinnati Bengals lost Super Bowl LVI to the Los Angeles Rams, and there were myriad reasons that can be attributed for their defeat.

Among them ...

Giving up seven sacks.

Not stopping the Rams on their final drive.

Punting four straight times in the second half.

Here's another one we can't forget: Winning the turnover battle — by two, no less! — and not taking better advantage of it.

Matthew Stafford threw two interceptions, and the Bengals turned those into a combined three points. The Bengals did not give the ball away all game.

Bengals coach Zac Taylor agrees that the turnover advantage should have played in their favor more.

If there's ever a game where the turnover margin has been a big deal historically, it's the Super Bowl. The Rams became just the third team in 56 such games to lose the turnover battle by two or more and win. (Even teams that were minus-1 in the turnover margin were a mere 4-8 in Super Bowl history.)

Coincidentally, the last Super Bowl team to lose the TO margin by two or more and win was the 1979 Steelers ... against the Rams. The game was played just down the road from SoFi Stadium at the Rose Bowl, too, for what that's worth.

And Super Bowl teams that committed zero turnovers in the game? They were 19-2 coming into Sunday. The Bengals made it 19-3.

Here's another odd coincidence: The last zero-turnover Super Bowl team to lose before Sunday? The Tennessee Titans, who dropped Super Bowl XXXIV to ... the Rams. (Of course, the Rams also had no turnovers in that game.)

But the Bengals still have themselves to blame

On the surface, it's fair to say the Bengals had zero turnovers. No interceptions plus no lost fumbles equals no turnovers. Simple math.

But if you really want to count empty possessions — i.e. handing the ball over to the opponent not via a punt — then we need to consider two other results: missed field-goal attempts and fourth-down stops.

The Bengals were 2-for-2 on FG tries. But they were 0-for-2 on fourth downs. Both fourth-down failures were big, too.

The first one came on the Bengals' opening possession. Facing a fourth-and-1 at the Los Angeles 49-yard line, Joe Burrow's pass attempt to Ja'Marr Chase was incomplete. Suddenly, it was Rams ball in great field position, and six plays later they converted it into a 7-0 lead.

The final fourth-down failure, of course, came on the final drive. Burrow was hit by Aaron Donald, forcing the ball to hit the turf at the feet of Bengals running back Samaje Perine.

And on both fourth-down stops, Perine was stuffed on third-and-1 the play before. Those two non-conversions loomed large, to say the least.

We understand by Perine was in the game both times — at least in theory.

For one, he has been used as the team's short-yardage back from time to time. Although the question is why. This season, Perine ran the ball nine times with 2 or fewer yards to go; he converted only four of those and had a long run of 2 yards.

Joe Mixon, who had a strong Super Bowl, converted first downs on 28 of his 46 runs this season with 1 or 2 yards to go. Of his failures in those situations, only nine came on third or fourth down (and on one of those plays, Mixon made up for his third-down failure by converting on fourth).

Mixon is the better player, the better short-yardage runner and was having a good game. Taylor was asked about giving it to Perine on the final third down, although he was not asked about why Mixon didn't get the ball there.

“Yeah, they were getting a little softer and we thought we could steal a first down there and come back and take some shots at the end zone,” Taylor said. “Just didn’t work out.”

Our best guess on why Perine got it instead of Mixon: The Bengals were in their hurry-up offense at that point and could not substitute. Although it's fair to wonder why Mixon wasn't in there to start the final drive. He played 44 of the 61 offensive snaps and touched the ball 20 times in the game, but ... it's the last possession of the Super Bowl, you know?

Taylor's point is that the Bengals should win most games when they're plus-two in turnovers. Then again, he of all people should know — history notwithstanding — that the turnover margin isn't some end-all, be-all metric.

The Bengals had lost two prior games this season when winning the turnover margin by two-plus this season — road losses to the Browns and Jets — and were only 3-3 in such games this season.

What might have been on the final play
Adding insult to injury, the Bengals had a shot to win at the end.

Trailing 23-20 and facing a second-and-1 at the Los Angeles 49-yard line with 56 seconds remaining, the Bengals were given a 31.64% chance to win, according to Pro Football Reference. Even after an incomplete pass on second down, the Bengals' win probability fell to only 27.64%.

Getting stuffed on third down hurt badly, especially after losing a timeout because of it. That dropped their chances to a mere 13.75%.

Had they protected Burrow on fourth down, perhaps the Bengals could even have scored.

Burrow had no realistic chance to get the ball to him, but Chase beat the Rams' Jalen Ramsey on the Bengals' final offensive play, streaking wide open downfield with no safety nearby. The Rams appeared to be in Cover 1 (single-high coverage).

In an alternate universe, we were this close to Chase catching a 49-yard TD with about 35 seconds remaining and the Rams likely needing to go for six for the win.

Yet it wasn't meant to be. Donald pressured Burrow, his last pass was incomplete, and that was that.

Forcing two more turnovers than you commit certainly gives your team a great chance of winning. Teams achieving that in the 2021 regular season were a combined 98-14-1.

But missing on two fourth-down conversions, especially when one could have been a touchdown, must be factored in. The Bengals can add that to the list of reasons why they lost the Super Bowl.

Third Time is NOT a charm for Cincinnati...if they lose another Super Bowl...they'll be tied with the Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings for Super Bowl losses.

Congratulations to the Rams. They made the plays when they needed to. Burrow never had much time to throw.

That was a heartbreaking way to lose it on the final drive. It was a good run for the Bengals. They should be contenders for a while with their young players. They need to improve their offensive line.