{"id":746760,"date":"2026-02-12T09:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/746760\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T09:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:37:39","slug":"nfl-betting-odds-buffalo-bills-qb-josh-allen-opens-as-favorite-to-win-2026-27-nfl-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/746760\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL betting, odds: Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen opens as favorite to win 2026-27 NFL MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025-26 season is complete, but the NFL is a year-round betting (and content) sport, which means it&#8217;s never too early to look at odds for next season&#8217;s MVP.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Rams QB Matthew Stafford won the MVP award this past season, in a very narrow vote over New England Patriots QB Drake Maye. Stafford threw for 4,707 yards and 47 touchdowns (with eight interceptions) en route to leading the Rams to a 12-5 regular season record and a playoff berth.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen \u2014 the 2024-25 MVP winner \u2014 opened as the favorite to win the award next season at <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/mediaserver.betmgmpartners.com\/renderBanner.do?zoneId=1734022\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BetMGM;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">BetMGM<\/a> at +600 odds, followed by Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson (+700) and Maye (+900).<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes \u2014 currently rehabbing a torn ACL suffered in Week 16 last season \u2014 opened with 11-1 odds and has already been bet down to 10-1. BetMGM&#8217;s <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/johnewing\/status\/2021630318705254465?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:John Ewing noted;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">John Ewing noted<\/a> that Mahomes has the most money wagered in the first few days of this market being open at 46%.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott (12-1) had a terrific individual season last year, but the Cowboys didn&#8217;t experience as much team success due to a porous defense.<\/p>\n<p>In the very early going, Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams (16-1) has the most bets to win the award, followed by Denver Broncos QB Bo Nix (35-1). Nix fractured his ankle in a AFC divisional round, but is expected to have a full recovery well before next season kicks off.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Stafford opened tied for the eighth-best odds with Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence at 14-1.<\/p>\n<p>Super Bowl champion QB Sam Darnold opened with 25-1 odds, just behind Commanders QB Jayden Daniels (20-1) and 49ers QB Brock Purdy.<\/p>\n<p>Rams WR Puka Nakua and Seahawks WR Jaxson Smith-Njigba opened with the best odds for any non-QB at 100-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025-26 season is complete, but the NFL is a year-round betting (and content) sport, which means it&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[220,117,215,925,2639,214,53,2086,48532,427,1370,257,258,833,7,872,107285,895,58,32,14752,249,14747,6,499,107286,36558,1878,238,314],"class_list":{"0":"post-746760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-bills","11":"tag-bo-nix","12":"tag-brock","13":"tag-buffalo","14":"tag-buffalo-bills","15":"tag-buffalobills","16":"tag-chicago-bears-qb","17":"tag-commanders","18":"tag-dak-prescott","19":"tag-dallas-cowboys","20":"tag-denver-broncos","21":"tag-drake-maye","22":"tag-football","23":"tag-josh-allen","24":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-qb","25":"tag-lamar-jackson","26":"tag-los-angeles-rams","27":"tag-matthew-stafford","28":"tag-mvp","29":"tag-new-england-patriots","30":"tag-next-season","31":"tag-nfl","32":"tag-patrick-mahomes","33":"tag-puka-nakua","34":"tag-regular-season-record","35":"tag-sam-darnold","36":"tag-seahawks","37":"tag-trevor-lawrence"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116056990929052167","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}