Doug Greenberg covers sport betting for ESPN. He previously covered sports betting, sports business and fantasy sports at Front Office Sports, VSiN and RotoWire. He lives in Chicago after growing up in Boston.
It has been quite the NFL offseason for the Los Angeles Rams. First, they pulled off an absolute blockbuster of a trade in June by acquiring two-time and reigning Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett from the Cleveland Browns. Los Angeles had already been the Super Bowl favorite, but the transaction pushed them from +800 to +650, then further to +600. Late August brought another gift, as Aaron Donald officially unretired to rejoin his former team. Now in September, the Rams sit at +500. That's well ahead of the second tier consisting of the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills at 10-1, as well as the reigning champion Seattle Seahawks at 12-1.
The 2026 season will open with a Super Bowl rematch, with the Seahawks listed as 3.5-point favorites over the New England Patriots. Caesars Sportsbook head of football Joey Feazel told ESPN, "With Seattle's recent win still fresh in bettors' minds, the public is likely to show strong interest in them again."
Meanwhile, the Chargers were 11.5-point favorites over the Arizona Cardinals, the largest spread for a Week 1 game since 2012, according to ESPN Research, but that line has dropped to Chargers -10.5. Arizona is dead last on the Super Bowl odds board at 500-1 and is thus far an underdog in every one of its 2026 games.
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