NFL MVP odds, picks for 2022 season: Joe Burrow, Dak Prescott lead list of value picks to take home award

With the Los Angeles Rams’ Super Bowl LVI victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, the 2021 NFL season is in the books. All fans will miss football over the next six months, and bettors will certainly miss getting action on lines. But don’t get too sad yet, because Caesars Sportsbook has already released Super Bowl odds and MVP odds for next year!

We covered our Super Bowl 2023 value picks earlier this week, so now it’s time to make some MVP predictions. Caesars has dozens of options when it comes to MVP candidates. The players with the longest odds listed are Cam Akers, Kenny Golladay, Bradley Chubb, Melvin Gordon and Darius Leonard, who are all listed at +50000 apiece. Below, we will list the top 21 candidates for 2022 NFL MVP and offer a few picks of our own. 

A couple things to note first before we jump into the picks. A quarterback has won the MVP award every year since 2012, and a non-QB or non-RB hasn’t won the award since 1986. This means I’m not going to get cute with my bets. I’m looking at quarterbacks. Were Cooper Kupp and Jonathan Taylor legitimate MVP candidates this past year? Yes. But the way this award seems to work, it’s tough for them to win. If I’m placing money on a non-QB to win MVP, I’ll take Derrick Henry (+1800) since he ran for 2,000 yards two years ago and was on an absolute tear this season before his foot injury.

Another takeaway from this list: Tom Brady at +4500?! Didn’t he just retire? Caesars Sportsbook said that this line is more of a tribute to his age. If you bet on Brady and he indeed sits out all year, you’ll get your money back! 

“If [Brady] doesn’t play, people would get their money back who bet on him,” said Adam Pullen, Assistant Director of Trading at Caesars Sportsbook. “Obviously people have changed their minds before about retirement, so it wouldn’t be the first time if Brady flipped. We made him 45/1 just to match his age; he’d be turning 45 in August…