One of the more interesting opportunities in futures wagering for sports betting enthusiasts, with respect to the National Football League, has to do with the Most Valuable Player award. This is based on performance during the regular season, even though the award is handed out during the postseason, and the defending champion, Patrick Mahomes II, the quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs, emerged as the favorite when the first lines came out. Quarterbacks tend to win it the vast majority of the time; the last non-quarterback to win was tailback Adrian Peterson for the Minnesota Vikings in 2012; the last time a player other than a quarterback or tailback won the MVP was 2003, when Victor Rodriguez, a defensive end for the Miami Dolphins won it. He is only one of two defensive players who have ever won the MVP, along with the Giants’ Lawrence Taylor in 1986. Between 1975 and 2018, quarterbacks and running backs have won all but three awards: those two defenders and the 1987 award, which went to wide receiver Jerry Rice. Take a look at the NFL MVP odds for this year’s winner as you consider your futures betting.
2019 NFL MVP Odds, Predictions & Picks
NFL MVP Odds
- Patrick Mahomes +400
- Aaron Rodgers, Andrew Luck +800
- Carson Wentz, Drew Brees +1000
- Tom Brady +1200
- Philip Rivers, Russell Wilson +1400
- Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Ryan, Baker Mayfield +2500
- Jared Goff, Cam Newton, Ezekiel Elliott, Deshaun Watson +6000
- Jimmy Garoppolo, Matthew Stafford, Alvin Kamara,
- Christian McCaffrey, Kirk Cousins, Saquon Barkle +8000 Dak Prescott, Le’Veon Bell, Sam Darnold, Sony Michel, Aaron Donald, Khalil Mack, Von Miller, J.J. Watt, Joey Bosa, Melvin Ingram, Myles Garrett, Antonio Brown, Derek Carr, Jameis Winston, Julio Jones, Kyler Murray, Lamar Jackson, Marcus Mariota, Melvin Gordon, Michael Thomas, Mike Evans, Nick Chubb, Odell Beckham Jr, Todd Gurley, Travis Kelce +10000