The Cincinnati Bengals Lost The Super Bowl In A Brutal, Statistically Historic Way

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• The Cincinnati Bengals lost Super Bowl LVI to the Los Angeles Rams by a score of 23-20.
• The Bengals became just the third team to lose the Super Bowl despite being +2 in the turnover battle.
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After making a Cinderella run to Super Bowl LVI, Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals ultimately lost the big game to the Los Angeles Rams by a score of 23-20. The context makes the loss even more heartbreaking as the AFC Champions held the lead for the majority of the second half before giving up the game-winning touchdown to Cooper Kupp with under two minutes to play.

That loss becomes even more devastating with further statistical insight, as the Bengals became just one of three times to lose the Super Bowl despite being +2 in the all-important turnover battle.

“Winning the turnover battle like we did should have allowed us to win that game,” Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said following the game.

Despite the loss in the Super Bowl, the Bengals are certainly well positioned to contend in the AFC in the coming years as second-year signal-caller Joe Burrow established himself as one of the game’s elite quarterbacks during the team’s postseason run. During his second year in the league — and the first in which he played in all of the regular season games — the former Heisman Trophy winner completed 366 of 520 passes for 4,611 yards, 34 touchdowns, and 14 interceptions.

At the time of this writing, the Cincinnati Bengals are currently tied with the San Francisco 49ers with +1400 odds to win next year’s Super Bowl, which makes the AFC North champs one of the top six favorites to lift the 2022-23 Lombardi Trophy. Ahead of the Bengals are the Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams, and Dallas Cowboys.

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