Before this NFL season started, sportsbooks gave the Los Angeles Rams a roughly 4 percent chance to win the Super Bowl, tied for 10th place on the betting board with their L.A. rivals, the Chargers.
Now they’re in second behind only the perennial odds darlings, the Kansas City Chiefs. The Rams have ridden a 7-2 record to +700 odds, which implies an over 12 percent chance of winning it all. The Chiefs are now at +550, which is a little over 15 percent. If Los Angeles wins their blockbuster NFC West matchup against the equally hot Seattle Seahawks this week, expect those odds to get even shorter.
Of course, week-to-week changes don’t necessarily make a huge difference in the odds, as the Chiefs’ stranglehold on the top spot evidences after their loss to the Buffalo Bills in Week 10 before their bye, putting them at a bizarre 5-4, good for eighth in the AFC, tied with the Jacksonville Jaguars (who, incidentally, beat them in Week 5).