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Rams Open With Middling 2024 NFC and Super Bowl LIX Odds; Here's Why They Could Be Wrong

While the Los Angeles Rams don't have tremendous odds of reaching or winning Super Bowl LIX, the oddsmakers may be underselling the team's chances.

Matt Galatzan

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With the Kansas City Chiefs beating the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII, the 2023-24 football season has officially come to an end.

With that, of course, comes the flurry of early Super Bowl LIX odds, and in terms of NFC teams, the Los Angeles Rams appear to have a rather promising chance of making it to the big game. 

Among their futures bets for next season, per Draft Kings, the Rams have the eighth-best odds at +1,500 to win the NFC, and the 16th-best odds at +3500 to win the Super Bowl outright. 

That said, while they might not have the highest odds in either category on paper, there is plenty of reason for optimism heading into the offseason.

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Of course, the Rams will return a host of talent at key positions, including a top quarterback Matthew Stafford, arguably the NFL's best defensive player in Aaron Donald, a super talented and versatile player maker at running back with Kyren Williams, and of the league's most elite receiver duos in Puka Nacua and Matthew Stafford.

There is also loads of young talent both to build around and help Donald on defense with Kobie Turner, Byron Young, Ernest Jones, Quentin Lake, and Cobie Durant.

But more importantly, for the first time since the team went all in to win Super Bowl LVI, the Rams have both financial flexibility and draft capital to help build their roster - including the first first-round pick the team has had since 2016 when they drafted Jared Goff No. 1 overall. 

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Considering the success the team has had finding affordable talent over the last couple of years, the idea that they will once again be in a position to be aggressive is certainly an enticing one. 

Of course, no matter how much the Rams improve, they will still have to go through Kyle Shanahan, Brock Purdy, Deeboo, Christian McCaffrey, and the 49ers in the NFC, who hold the top odds to win both the conference and the Super Bowl next season.

Fortunately, the Rams will have six months to figure out how to catch up to their division rival. 

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Matt Galatzan
MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan the Editor-In-Chief of RamDigest.com. Galatzan graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry under Mike Fisher at DallasBasketball.com in 2014, which at the time was part of the 247Sports network. He also spent two years covering the SMU Mustangs for PonyStampede.com on the 247Sports network. When DallasBasketball.com and CowboysCountry.com moved over to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, Galatzan followed suit, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of LonghornsCountry.com and AllAggies.com a year later. Through the years, Galatzan has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, former Longhorns players Dan Neil and Phil Dawson, and many other recruits, and current/former players for each of the teams he has covered. Galatzan is also a full-time employee in the digital media department for Audacy and KRLD FM's 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, which is the official radio home of the Dallas Cowboys. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels. For any inquiries, please email matt.galatzan@gmail.com

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