Philadelphia Eagles working again Saquon Barkley has grabbed the eye of sportsbooks as he makes a run at turning into the primary non-quarterback to win the NFL’s Most Priceless Participant award since Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson a dozen years in the past.

Barkley opened as a +30000 longshot at BetMGM to win MVP honors in his first season with Philadelphia. He had slashed these in half by Week 11 and to +5000 by final week.

Nonetheless a +5000 longshot Sunday morning, Barkley then exploded for 255 dashing yards and a pair of touchdowns whereas including 4 catches for an additional 47 yards in a 37-20 win over the Los Angeles Rams that night time. By Sunday night time he had trimmed these odds to +650, as he leads the NFL with 1,392 dashing yards to go together with 12 complete touchdowns.

By Tuesday, Barkley had the third-shortest odds at +400, and is now BetMGM’s largest legal responsibility within the MVP market. Solely Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen (+150) and Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson (+250) have shorter MVP odds.

Barkley can also be the -400 favourite to win Offensive Participant of the Yr honors, down from +2500 when the market opened. That is nicely forward of Ravens working again Derrick Henry, who’s a distant second at +275 regardless of having solely 67 fewer dashing yards.

“No person can cease Saquon proper now and the bettors comprehend it,” BetMGM buying and selling supervisor Christian Cipollini mentioned.

Barkley’s MVP odds have seen an identical development at DraftKings, the place he’s now the third favourite at +475 after being +4000 earlier than his efficiency in opposition to the Rams.

Allen is the +150 favourite on the ebook adopted by Jackson, Barkley and Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff (+700). Nobody else has shorter odds than Kansas Metropolis quarterback Patrick Mahomes at +1300.

In the meantime, the ebook reported {that a} pair of quarterbacks noticed their MVP possibilities take monumental hits following upset losses in Week 12. Washington rookie Jayden Daniels went from +2500 to +6000 after the Commanders misplaced to Dallas, whereas Houston’s C.J. Stroud plummeted from +2800 to +9000 following the Texans’ stunning loss to Tennessee.

Going within the different path was Tampa Bay quarterback Baker Mayfield, who continues to be a +3500 longshot however noticed his odds enhance from +5000 following the Buccaneers’ blowout victory over the New York Giants.

–Subject Stage Media