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DVOA in Rams' Super Bowl LVI Win May Surprise

NFL Super Bowl - The Los Angeles Rams came away as the champion of a very closely fought Super Bowl LVI. The Cincinnati Bengals, however, had slightly better underlying play-by-play performance based on Football Outsiders' DVOA system.

Sort of.

The gap between the teams was bigger with DVOA than with VOA because of the opponent adjustments. The opponent adjustment for playing the Rams is strong, as they were the No. 5 team during the regular season. The opponent adjustment for playing the Bengals is pretty much nonexistent, because the Bengals were perfectly average (0.0%) during the regular season.