NFL MVP Odds Breakdown: Lamar Jackson Leads the Field

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00:00If we look at the MVP market at the FanDuel Sportsbook,

00:02are we surprised that the NFL MVP favorite is Lamar Jackson at a 5-1 price,

00:09followed by Josh Allen at a 6-1 price?

00:11Patrick Holmes also tied with Josh Allen at 6-1, as well as Joe Burrow at 6-1.

00:16Jaden Daniels, Justin Herbert, Jalen Hurts, and away we go.

00:19Sometimes you can pinpoint, it's like an NBA.

00:21We know the good players are supposed to be barring injury here.

00:25Lamar Jackson as the favorite, Joe.

00:27Your initial thoughts on that?

00:30Yeah, well, of course he's the favorite.

00:32I think he's the favorite every year, is he not?

00:34It's him and Josh Allen.

00:38I'm a little more curious down the board here a little bit as, you know,

00:43what do we get from C.J. Stroud?

00:46Is it a bounce back?

00:47Does Justin Herbert now, with a year under the Harbaugh system,

00:51does he all of a sudden elevate his game with the Chargers?

00:55And, of course, Jaden Daniels on his sophomore year coming up here,

01:01and Washington poised to make some noise in the East.

01:04I think there's some value down the board.

01:07I'd be, is it just Lamar and Josh?

01:09And that's basically it?

01:11What has the AFC become then?

01:14Yeah, it's interesting, too, because Patrick Mahomes at 6-1 price,

01:17he's always going to be there.

01:18But I don't know if that offense is the same as, like, it was years ago,

01:22whereas Tyreek Hill, I'm going to throw 50 touchdown passes,

01:24come chase me down.

01:25Like, they play great defense in Kansas City,

01:27a multitude of different ways to beat you.

01:29And also, as Kevin Walsh always points out,

01:31it's an ugly brand of football.

01:33Like, Casey's like, ah, we'll score when we need to,

01:34as opposed to stretching you out 28-0 in the first half,

01:37like they had the ability to do just a few years ago.

01:40Joe Burrow at 6-1.

01:41You also have to weigh the price points, too.

01:42Like, the expectations, typically, for an MVP are great season by your quarterback,

01:47great season by your football team.

01:49But what constitutes a great season?

01:51Is that Lamar Jackson going 13-4, putting up great numbers?

01:53Or how about Joe Burrow, throwing for over 5,000 yards this year,

01:5745-plus touchdowns, but his team is fighting around 500

02:00and doesn't even win the division because Lamar Jackson

02:03and the Baltimore Ravens win that division.

02:05When you take a look at a guy like Joe Burrow at 6-1,

02:08you can anticipate a great statistical season,

02:10but does he get the extra bump if we don't think Cincinnati

02:13is as good as we think they are because they're losing games 35-34?

02:19Ultimately, it's all going to be a popularity contest anyway.

02:24Who garners the more headlines?

02:26And the interesting part with Burrow and Lamar is that, you know,

02:31we're going to get to see them go head-to-head a couple of times again this year.

02:34And usually, that influences voters one way or the other, like it or not.

02:40So, a lot of it can play out.

02:42I'm not tying up any of my money long-term for any of these,

02:46certainly 5-6 to 1.

02:49But maybe if you want to take a bomb there and think that a Stroud

02:54or Jared Goff or somebody, and if you like Detroit to win it,

02:58then who's the MVP if Detroit wins and runs the table?

03:01I'm going to look ahead We'll get it back.

03:02And then,

03:06you know,

03:18go head-to-head a little

03:20and relax.

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