Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes was named league MVP following a record-setting 2018 campaign. Could he soon be the NFL’s MVP again?
Our friends at Tipico Sportsbook, have given Mahomes the second-best odds (+750) to win the NFL’s MVP award for the 2022 NFL season. Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen (+700) is the only player with slightly better odds.
It’s no surprise that those two quarterbacks find themselves atop the odds. Mahomes and the Chiefs defeated Allen and the Bills in the AFC divisional round last season. The matchup has been revered as one of the best playoff games in recent memory, mostly because of the performances of Mahomes and Allen. It was a back-and-forth battle boasting some of the best quarterback play in the league.
Never too early to think about those futures.
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Tom Brady (+900), Aaron Rodgers (+1000) and Justin Herbert (+1000) round out the top 5 in terms of MVP odds. Rodgers, of course, is the reigning league MVP, winning the award in back-to-back seasons. Brady has won league MVP three times during the course of his career. Allen and Herbert are the only two players in the top 5 who have never won an MVP award before. Super Bowl LVI champion Matthew Stafford has the seventh-best odds (+1500).
Getting back to Mahomes, it’s interesting to see him regarded so highly. NFL talking heads have expressed concern about how Mahomes will perform in his first season without star WR Tyreek Hill. These odds would suggest that those with money on the line think highly of Mahomes with or without Hill.
