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Super Bowl 2022: Date, Location, Vegas Odds and Team Predictions
February 8, 2021
Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are not going anywhere.
The Super Bowl 55 champion should be in the mix to repeat at Super Bowl 56, with Brady and much of its imposing defense returning for the 2021 season.
Despite being the holder of the Lombardi Trophy, Tampa Bay is third on the Super Bowl 56 odds chart behind the Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers. Kansas City should enter the 2021 NFL season as the team to beat in the AFC, while the Packers could challenge the Bucs if they make a few offensive additions in free agency.
The Los Angeles Rams could be the wild card in the NFC title race since they added Matthew Stafford on the first turn of the quarterback carousel.
Super Bowl 56 Information
Date: February 6, 2022
Location: SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles
Super Bowl 56 Odds
Kansas City +550 (bet $100 to win $550)
Green Bay +900
Tampa Bay +900
Baltimore +1200
Buffalo +1200
Los Angeles Rams +1200
San Francisco +1400
New Orleans +1700
Cleveland +2200
Seattle +2200
Miami +2500
Indianapolis +2800
Los Angeles Chargers +2800
Tennessee +2800
Dallas +3000
New England +3000
Pittsburgh +3000
Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook.
The Chiefs and Bucs will be favored by plenty of bettors to return to the Super Bowl in February 2022, but history suggests one of them will not make it back.
The last repeat matchup in the Super Bowl came at the end of the 1993 season, when the Dallas Cowboys beat the Buffalo Bills for the second straight year.
Kansas City is one of three franchises to represent the AFC at the Super Bowl in the past eight seasons. The Denver Broncos and New England Patriots are the other two.
Quarterback play typically dictates how the AFC playoff picture plays out, so as long as Patrick Mahomes is healthy, the Chiefs should be in a position to make a run at another Super Bowl appearance.
The Buffalo Bills could pose the top challenge to the Chiefs once again since Josh Allen is not expected to lose much firepower from his offense.
Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens could try to knock Kansas City from its perch as well, but that may be dependent on the upgrades they make at wide receiver. Jackson needs a true No. 1 wideout to work with. The good news for the Ravens is there will be plenty of big-name wide receivers on the free-agent market.
If the Miami Dolphins add more talent around Tua Tagovailoa, they could be considered a dark horse in the AFC. Miami finished on the outside of the AFC wild-card race in 2020. It has two first-round picks to work with, and it displayed aggressiveness in the free-agent market last season to improve its squad.
The Dolphins have a strong defense that can put any quarterback under pressure, and if they find the right offensive combination, they could improve their record again under Brian Flores.
Over in the NFC, the Rams asserted their position as a contender by acquiring Stafford from the Detroit Lions in the offseason's first major quarterback deal. Adding Stafford to an offense that includes Cam Akers, Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp could be the perfect complement to an imposing defense, led by Aaron Donald.
Sean McVay's side should challenge the Bucs and Packers to become the second team to play the Super Bowl inside its home stadium. However, it may take a herculean effort to slow down Brady in the postseason, as he ran through three opponents on the road to qualify for Super Bowl 55.
In addition to having the seven-time Super Bowl champion at quarterback, the Bucs have a tenacious defense, led by a rising star in linebacker Devin White. Although Brady won the Most Valuable Player award Sunday, White made a case to earn that honor with 12 tackles in his team's relentless pursuit of Mahomes.
Until the Rams, Packers, or another strong team in the NFC proves it can dethrone Brady, Tampa Bay has to be viewed as the favorite to advance to the Super Bowl. At +900, the Bucs carry good value on the betting chart for a team that just captured a championship. With Brady at the helm, they feel like the best bet to reach the title game.
While it would be great to see a Brady-Mahomes rematch in 12 months' time, there is a good chance it will not happen. Buffalo appears to be the top contender to Kansas City, and if it finds a way to contain Mahomes, it could take the next step.
Prediction: Tampa Bay vs. Buffalo
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