Rams, already Super Bowl favorites, boost their odds to +500 after ad…

The Rams were the clear Super Bowl favorites even before Aaron Donald came out of retirement. Now it's not even close.

The current Super Bowl odds have the Rams as +500 favorites to win it all. At the start of this month, when it was unclear whether Donald would return, the Rams were at +550. After trading for Myles Garrett, the Rams were at +600. Before adding Garrett, the Rams were +850.

Betting on the Super Bowl favorites is usually a way to lose money, because most years, the preseason Super Bowl favorite doesn't end up winning it all. Last year, the Eagles, Bills and Ravens were co-favorites heading into the season at +700. The eventual Super Bowl winners, the Seahawks, were tied for the 15th longest odds at +6000. sweetbonanza.qpon

This year's odds now have the Bills and Ravens tied for second at +1000 to win the Super Bowl, followed by the Seahawks at +1200 and Chiefs at +1600.

Super Bowl LXI will be played on February 14, 2027, at the Rams’ home field, SoFi Stadium. The last time the Super Bowl was there, the Rams won it all. They're the favorites, but by no means a sure thing, to win on their home field again at the end of this season.

Aaron Donald is returning to the Rams at the age of 35 after two years of retirement, and he says he hasn't lost a step.

More importantly, the trainer who has been timing Donald in speed workouts throughout his football career says he has the data to show that Donald hasn't lost a step.

"Everybody knows I kept myself in shape, lifting weights," Donald said. "Conditioning, I did condition myself. I did run full-speed on the treadmill. It was a little different transition to the grass again, running, cutting. The first day I got to train with my speed trainer since high school, he looked and me and said, 'You ain't missed a step.' That's why it was important for me to work with a guy that's known me been around me since Day One, since high school, just to get his advice of how I'm looking, what he's thinking."

Donald's trainer, Dewayne Brown, posted video a week ago showing Donald doing the footwork drills he has done throughout his NFL career. Donald said the three months of workouts he's been doing while considering a comeback made him confident that he's ready to go.

"A long process, but it was my process that I needed to do, to make myself feel like I could do it," Donald said.

We'll see whether Donald can do it soon, as Rams coach Sean McVay says Donald could be on the field when the Rams open the season against the 49ers in Australia on September 10.