Ex-NFL star Chad Ochocinco dishes his 'storybook' Super Bowl matchup for the 2026 NFL season

It’s never too early to think about Super Bowl winners, as we’re just one week away from the 2026 NFL season kicking off.

For Chad Ochocinco, he doesn’t want to jump the gun too early on his prediction for Super Bowl LXI before he sees how teams start playing in the regular season.

But, if it were up to him, he does have a "storybook" ending to the season he wishes to see happen at SoFi Stadium this upcoming February.

And it’s the same Super Bowl matchup the stadium saw the last time it hosted the Super Bowl.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "For me, my storybook ending would be a rematch of the 2021 Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals again," Ochocinco told OutKick while highlighting his partnership with DraftKings.

It was quite the battle between these two teams in 2021, as Matthew Stafford and the Rams, who took a big risk landing the veteran quarterback from the Detroit Lions via trade that offseason, came out on top over Joe Burrow and the Bengals.

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"Obviously, for Aaron Donald, I love the story.

I love the story of him coming out of retirement," Ochocinco said.

"I like it when you think about that team defensively and when you think about what they have offensively.

They already have a high-powered offense.

So, you add Aaron Donald coming back, you already have Myles Garrett.

You have [cornerback] Trent McDuffie.

"I think everybody would have to get hurt for them to lose.