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Andrew Whitworth Predicts Surprise Winner of Super Bowl LIX

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Andrew McCarty | Last updated Jan 18, 2025 10:18 AM ET

On Saturday afternoon the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans kick off an action-packed weekend of divisional round playoff football.

Just a few hours later the Detroit Lions will host the Washington Commanders before the weekend concludes with two massive games between the Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams followed by a highly-anticipated bout between the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills.

Eight teams still have a shot to win a Super Bowl, but that number will be whittled down to four in just over 36 hours. As the conference championship games and Super Bowl loom, former Los Angeles Rams star Andrew Whitworth revealed his prediction for the team that will hoist the Lombardi Trophy.

During an appearance on "They Call it Late Night with Jason Kelce," Whitworth revealed his underdog prediction: the Los Angeles Rams.

"It may get me killed in here, but I'm going to go with the Rams. Why not?" he said before getting healthily booed by the pro-Eagles crowd. "I just wanted to ask, does anybody remember the last time the Rams played on 'Monday Night Football' in the wild card round? Just wondering. They were that's done it and won the Super Bowl. Played on 'Monday Night Football.'"

Who's lifting the Lombardi this year? @ochocinco and @AndrewWhitworth make their picks. But what does the script say? pic.twitter.com/WyFbRbheSK
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) January 18, 2025

Whitworth just so happened to be on that Rams team that won the Super Bowl after playing in the Wild Card by taking down Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals.

Now he thinks his former team can do it all again - once again coming from the wild card round in a primetime bout while playing on a short week.

Los Angeles will face off against Chad 'Ochocinco' Johnson's Super Bowl pick, the Eagles, on Sunday afternoon.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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