{"id":138864,"date":"2023-02-26T15:00:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T20:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=138864"},"modified":"2023-02-24T12:56:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T17:56:21","slug":"top-6-favorites-2023-nfl-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/02\/26\/top-6-favorites-2023-nfl-mvp\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 6 Favorites For 2023 NFL MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2022 NFL season is over, which means it&#8217;s time to start looking at early bets for the upcoming season. Vegas recently released their odds for the 2023 NFL MVP, and six quarterbacks have emerged as clear favorites.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: All odds given are per the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>6 Favorites Emerge For 2023 NFL MVP<\/h2>\n<h3>1. Patrick Mahomes (+700)<\/h3>\n<p>No surprise here &#8211; the best quarterback in football is in a three-way tie as the favorite to win the 2023 NFL MVP. What can be said about the Chiefs quarterback that hasn&#8217;t already been said? When he&#8217;s at his best, there is nobody that can match his ability. Even if he does have the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/02\/14\/is-travis-kelce-the-goat-tight-end\/\" target=\"_self\">best tight end<\/a> and head coach in football, there is no denying Mahomes&#8217; insane talent. Until proven otherwise, you should never bet against the two-time MVP and Super Bowl champion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PATRICK MAHOMES IS THE MVP <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VIs0XHQIRz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/VIs0XHQIRz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BBQ Dom (@BBQDom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBQDom\/status\/1606752453885558786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>2. Josh Allen (+700)<\/h3>\n<p>If there is one quarterback in the league capable of matching Patrick Mahomes at his best, it&#8217;s Josh Allen. While a mid-season elbow injury hampered his final numbers, the Buffalo Bills passer put together some of the best football of his career early in the 2022 season. Now that he&#8217;s completely healthy, he should be able to give Patrick Mahomes a run for his money in 2023, provided the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/02\/21\/saquon-barkley-expected-to-hit-free-agency\/\" target=\"_self\">team adds another offensive weapon<\/a> to his arsenal.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Joe Burrow (+700)<\/h3>\n<p>After a slow start to the 2022 season, Joe Burrow came alive in the final few months and established himself among the elite quarterbacks in the game. Armed with a proven head coach and two great weapons in Tee Higgins and Ja&#8217;Marr Chase, Burrow is in the perfect situation to win the MVP if Mahomes has a down year in 2024.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Justin Herbert (+900)<\/h3>\n<p>After dealing with perhaps the worst play-calling in the league last year, Justin Herbert is finally getting an offensive coordinator worthy of his talents. Joe Lombardi tried to turn the big-armed passer into Alex Smith, which was a fireable offense. Kellen Moore proved his worth in Dallas and should be a massive upgrade for Herbert and the Chargers offense. Now that he has an offensive coordinator capable of scheming to his strengths, don&#8217;t be surprised if Herbert ends up winning the award. In this writer&#8217;s eyes, his odds should be just as good as Allen and Burrow.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/HerbStan22\/status\/1626758067197997056?s=20<\/p>\n<h3>5. Jalen Hurts (+1200)<\/h3>\n<p>After finishing the 2023 season with arguably the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/02\/13\/greatest-performances-in-super-bowl-losses-ranked\/\" target=\"_self\">best performance in a Super Bowl loss<\/a> ever, quarterback Jalen Hurts enters the offseason with the fifth-best odds of taking home MVP honors. It&#8217;s hard to argue with the placement here, as the 2022 MVP runner-up has clearly established himself as one of the best young passers in football. There are two main reasons he&#8217;s not higher: for one, he&#8217;ll have a new offensive coordinator, and it&#8217;s highly unlikely that Brian Johnson will be as good as Shane Steichen. Second, the Eagles will face a harder schedule next year, so Hurts might not be able to put up the same numbers.<\/p>\n<h3>6. Lamar Jackson (+1300)<\/h3>\n<p>Perhaps the most interesting name on this list, Lamar Jackson is one of the favorites to win the 2024 NFL MVP, but will he win it as a Raven? As of this posting, the two sides are still in the midst of<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/02\/11\/mark-andrews-update-lamar-jackson-contract\/\" target=\"_self\"> negotiating a long-term contract<\/a> and there is a chance Baltimore trades Jackson for a king&#8217;s ransom if the two sides cannot agree to terms. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/11\/08\/nfl-mvp-race-candidates\/\" target=\"_self\">Jackson was playing like an MVP<\/a> last year before injuries took their toll, and if he can stay healthy, he should be one of the finalists next year as well.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Jay Biggerstaff &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though the 2022 season just ended, Vegas recently released their 2023 NFL MVP odds, and six quarterbacks have emerged as favorites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":138865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10,3,7,18,21],"tags":[7642,7811,5579,1056,1576,7638],"class_list":["post-138864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiefs","category-ravens","category-bills","category-bengals","category-chargers","category-eagles","tag-chargers-featured","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-justin-herbert","tag-lamar-jackson","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-ravens-featured"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}