It’s been over ten years since an MVP was crowned that wasn’t a quarterback. Adrian Peterson is the last to win the Most Valuable Player award as a non-QB, taking the award down in 2012. Despite the attention to signal callers in the MVP voting, there is plenty of opportunities for other skill positions players to win the NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year Award. Let’s take a look at the NFL Offensive Player of the Year odds and potential NFL futures bets heading into the preseason.
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NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award Odds: Ja’Marr Chase Tops Futures Odds
Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook
Ja’Marr Chase +1100
Justin Jefferson +1300
Christian McCaffrey +1500
Nick Chubb +1700
Justin Fields +2000
Tyreek Hill +2000
Joe Burrow +2500
Lamar Jackson +2500
Derrick Henry +3000
Garrett Wilson +3000
Jonathan Taylor +3000
Cooper Kupp +3000
Stefon Diggs +3000
Jalen Hurts +3000
Davante Adams +3000
The top four players on the NFL OPOY odds board are either RBs or WRs and eleven of the top-15. Ja’Marr Chase has the shortest odds to win this year’s OPOY at +1100. He is followed by Justin Jefferson (+1300), Christian McCaffrey (+1500) and Nick Chubb (+1700). Chase has yet to secure the award. However, Jefferson is looking for back-to-back seasons as the league’s top vote getter for the award after he won it in 2023.
Two other former winners sit in the top fifteen of the OPOY NFL futures odds market. Cooper Kupp (+3000) and Derrick Henry (+3000) won the award in 2021 and 2020, respectively. Both are 30:1 to re-claim the hardware, in part due to injury plagued seasons a year ago. Despite those question marks, NFL futures bets on the two have lifted their status toward the top of this list that features futures odds on over 60 players.
Justin Fields (+2000) is the highest quarterback in the Offensive Player of the Year Award odds. He’s followed at the position by Chase’s teammate, Joe Burrow (+2500), Lamar Jackson (+2500) and Jalen Hurts (+300).
Like Kupp and Henry, Burrow’s odds may be impacted by the injury he suffered in the early part of the preseason. Question marks are also swirling about Jonathan Taylor’s (+3000) status heading into 2023. He struggled to stay on the field last year and is now in the midst of a holdout situation as he seeks a trade from the Indianapolis Colts. Taylor’s 30:1 odds are matched by RB Derrick Henry and Cooper Kupp, in addition to Garrett Wilson, Stefon Diggs, Jalen Hurts and Davante Adams.
DraftKings has over 60 names out on their NFL futures odds for Offensive Player of the Year. Many of the clearest candidates are toward the top of the list, but there could be NFL bets with value up and down the board.
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