Veteran quarterback outdid the young Chiefs star
Heading to week 17, the Los Angeles quarterback Green Bay Packers, Aaron Rodgers, is he favorite to be the NFL MVP of the season, after a dramatic change in betting lines in the US.
Rodgers was behind +450 to take the prize in recent weeks, behind the player of Kansas City Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes, which had been a favorite since mid-November. But after Rodgers released the Tennessee Titans On Sunday evening in the snow he passed Mahomes and is the favorite for the prize for the first time this season.
Rodgers is -260 in Caesars Sportsbook by William Hill, followed by Mahomes, whose line went from -400 to +210 after week 16.
Rodgers completed 21 of 25 passes for 231 yards and four touchdowns in the Packers’ 40-14 win over the Titans on Sunday. He leads the NFL with 44 touchdown passes and has a tough road game against it this weekend Chicago bears. Mahomes and the Chiefs, on the other hand, placed the top seed in the AFC for the playoffs and could potentially rest their franchise quarterback at home on Sunday against Los Angeles chargers.
The Packers would claim to be first in the NFC with a win against the Bears on Sunday.
At FanDuel, Rodgers’ chances of MVP improved to -370 on Tuesday. A spokesman for FanDuel pointed out ESPN that the move is based on a combination of Rodgers’ recent performance and a growing interest in the Green Bay quarterback over the past two days.
DraftKings, where Rodgers was the favorite with -335, points out that these moves in the MVP market were recently driven by performance.
Buffao Bills quarterback, Josh Allen is 12-1 on William Hill’s Caesars Sportsbook, followed by Titans running back Derrick Henry at +5,000, the Packers catcher Davante Adams in +7500 and Seattle Seahawks, Russell Wilson at +10 thousand.