Baker Mayfield now favored to win NFL MVP behind only Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes
Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz weigh in on Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield’s NFL MVP odds ahead of his game against the San Francisco 49ers. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV .
Video Transcript
Josh Allen has a big lead for his second MVP, but Baker is currently plus 800 to win the MVP.
This weekend, the 4 and 1 Bucks take on the 4-1 49ers.
If the Bucks win this game behind a big game from Baker, is he going to fly up the MVP boards?
Because it's pretty easy to see this as an opportunity, even though the 49ers are banged up and all that, blah, blah, blah, blah.
It's still a 4 and 1 versus a 4 and 1 for a player in Baker that I feel right now is getting a lot of attention and everybody's got a lot of positive vibes around him.
It feels like a big win here could help him just absolutely skyrocket up the MVP odds.
He should.
Will he though is the question, because Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes, as we showed in that graphic at the top of the segment, they're at the top of the MVP odds.
I don't think that's going to change because their names are Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes, and those two feel like really good bets for MVP.
I think the margin will probably get smaller.
I think you'll start to see more and more money being put on Baker, because if you define MVP as like Baker is that.
If MVP is to you, you know, you take this player away and it's a completely different football team.
That's Baker.
If MVP is to you, you know, the sexy stats and the passing yards, the touchdowns, like that's Baker.
Baker fits the bill and has the resume for an MVP caliber season, at least so far.
I just don't think knowing the betting public and knowing the way that we as a football society view Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes that he's going to leapfrog those guys, but I think the margins will start to get smaller and smaller.
