NFL awards update: Patrick Mahomes still favored for NFL MVP, but not by much

We love talking about NFL awards, even when it’s ridiculously early to do so.

Checking in on each of the major player awards after the first month of the season is a fun exercise, even if it’s a little silly and each award race is bound to change a lot. But being the favorite for a major award after a month isn’t exactly a bad thing.

Using the BetMGM odds, let’s take a look at how each of the major awards look after four weeks of the NFL season:

MVP: Patrick Mahomes still favored, somehow

Mahomes is the best player in the world, but it’s a little strange why he’s favored at BetMGM to win MVP.

Mahomes is off to a mediocre start, with six touchdowns and five interceptions. He has an underwhelming passer rating of 89.7. Yet he’s still the favorite to win MVP at +240. That seems strange until you remember the recent history that MVPs almost always go to a quarterback from a No. 1 seed and the Kansas City Chiefs are 4-0. That simple and boring formula still points to Mahomes, even if it doesn’t make a lot of sense based on how he has played. And it’s questionable if Mahomes’ numbers will get much better, considering injuries to Rashee Rice, Marquise Brown and Isiah Pacheco around him.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is still favored to win NFL MVP. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Josh Allen has played better than Mahomes, and he’s right behind him in the MVP odds at +260. If a vote was taken today it would be egregious if Mahomes got any votes over Allen, no matter what recent voting history or the odds say. We’ll see if the Buffalo Bills can get the No. 1 seed that has been a requirement for MVP voters for most of this century. Would voters break their pattern and give the award to Allen if the Bills are, say, the No. 2 or 3 seed? We’ll see. Lamar Jackson is third in the MVP odds and bit back at 10-to-1.

Realistically Allen has a significant lead in the race, but nothing that someone like C.J. Stroud, Jared Goff or Sam Darnold (or maybe even Jayden Daniels?)…

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Author : Yahoo Sports

Publish date : 2024-10-02 13:49:47

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