Best Prop Bet for Super Bowl 56

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The big game is finally here. Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams will square off with Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday evening in Super Bowl 56 (6:30 p.m. EST kickoff).

Along with picking who's going to win and betting on the game itself, there are prop bets aplenty that accompany the Super Bowl on an annual basis. This year is no different. 

The bets range from the over/under of 48.5 total points and 5.5 total touchdowns scored, to Bengals running back Joe Mixon recording over 24.5 receiving yards and the Rams' Leonard Floyd producing over half a sack. 

However, the most interesting prop bet to me that I'm going to focus on in this piece is Los Angeles receiver Odell Beckham Jr. scoring a touchdown at any point in the game. 

The odds of it happening are currently set at +120, according to SI Sportsbook.

I'm in the camp that it's going to occur. 

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Here's why: The dynamic wideout has scored six touchdowns in 11 total games with the Rams (includes the team's three postseason contests). Secondly, he's become Stafford's most reliable target after Cooper Kupp, the Rams' prolific No. 1 wideout. With that said, Kupp is going to draw most of the attention from the Bengals' secondary, which bodes well for Beckham and could put him in some favorable one-on-one situations with Cincinnati's weaker defensive backs (i.e. Eli Apple). 

Subsequently, I believe OBJ scores Sunday (possibly as part of a game-winning drive for Stafford & Co., too), and I'm putting my hard-earned SI All Lions money on it happening, with the present +120 odds.


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Vito Chirco
VITO CHIRCO

Vito has covered the NFL and the Detroit Lions for the past five years.  Has extensive reporting history of college athletics, the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Mercy Athletics.  Chirco's work include NFL columns, analyzing potential Detroit Lions prospects coming out of college, NFL draft coverage and analysis of events occurring in the NFL.  Extensive broadcasting experience including hosting a Detroit Tigers podcast and co-hosting a Detroit Lions NFL podcast since 2019.