{"id":185461,"date":"2023-01-13T09:33:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T09:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/patrick-mahomes-opens-as-betting-favorite-to-win-super-bowl-mvp\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T09:33:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T09:33:07","slug":"patrick-mahomes-opens-as-betting-favorite-to-win-super-bowl-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/patrick-mahomes-opens-as-betting-favorite-to-win-super-bowl-mvp\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Mahomes opens as betting favorite to win Super Bowl MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The NFL playoffs get underway this weekend with six games spread out between Saturday and Monday. While the Super Bowl is still over five weeks away, it’s not too early to bet on who you think will win the big game. It’s also not too early to bet on who you think will take home Super Bowl MVP honors.<\/p>\n

The Kansas City Chiefs are the current favorites to win the Super Bowl after earning a first-round bye as the No. 1 seed in the AFC. As a result, Patrick Mahomes has opened as the betting favorite to win Super Bowl MVP at +375. <\/p>\n

If you choose to bet the Super Bowl MVP now, you lock in better odds. Of course, there’s the risk that the player you bet on doesn’t even make the Super Bowl. Take Mahomes, for example. If the Chiefs make the Super Bowl, Mahomes will be an odds-on favorite to win MVP. If you wait until the Super Bowl to bet, instead of getting +375 odds that are available now, you would probably have to lay something like -140 with Mahomes. By waiting to bet, you take away the risk of betting a player who isn’t even playing in the game. Everyone’s risk tolerance is different.<\/p>\n

Current Super Bowl MVP favorites<\/h2>\n

Only once in the history of the Super Bowl has the MVP winner not been a member of the team that won the game. Therefore, the first step toward handicapping a Super Bowl MVP is deciding which teams have legitimate chances to win it all. That’s obviously reflected in the odds. Few people would consider Brock Purdy a better quarterback than Justin Herbert, but since the San Francisco 49ers have much better odds to win the Super Bowl than the Los Angeles Chargers, Purdy’s odds to win Super Bowl MVP are better than Herbert’s.<\/p>\n

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