NFL Comeback Player of the Year Odds: Joshua Dobbs' Odds Surging After Win Over Saints
The NFL award markets are heating up, and Joshua Dobbs is taking the league by storm with his unlikely success with the Minnesota Vikings. Can Dobbs keep winning and make his case for the Comeback Player of the Year award? Let's take a look at the latest odds.
Peter Alexis - November 13, 2023, 11:32 AM EST
NFL Comeback Player of the Year Odds: Joshua Dobbs' Odds Surging After Win Over Saints
This NFL season has been full of twists and turns, and we are barely passed the halfway mark.
The award markets are starting to heat up, and Joshua Dobbs has taken the league by storm with his latest victory. He now holds the third-best odds to win the NFL Comeback Player of the Year award.
Dobbs led the Vikings to back-to-back wins after getting traded to Minnesota in Week 9, starting with a come from behind miracle against the Atlanta Falcons, without knowing any of the plays or the names of his teammates.
The former Tennessee Volunteer quarterback started the first eight games of the year with the Arizona Cardinals, where he filled in for the injured Kyler Murray. He led the Cardinals to a massive upset win over the Dallas Cowboys, and showcased his impressive athleticism in his first real chance as a starter.
NFL Comeback Player of the Year Odds
Player | Odds | Implied Probability |
|---|---|---|
Damar Hamlin | -160 | 61.5% |
Tua Tagovailoa | +350 | 22.2% |
Joshua Dobbs | +470 | 17.5% |
Lamar Jackson | +1200 | 7.7% |
Baker Mayfield | +2500 | 3.8% |
Breece Hall | +2500 | 3.8% |
Kyler Murray | +3000 | 3.2% |
Aaron Rodgers | +3300 | 2.9% |
Dobbs has flown up the odds leaderboard, and now sits with the third-best odds to win the Comeback Player of the Year.
After his first win over the Falcons last week, he landed at +1200 odds, giving him a 7.7% chance. One week later, he is all the way up to +470, giving him an almost 20% chance at the award.
The comeback player award will be one of the most interesting awards to follow this year. Damar Hamlin still leads the pack as a slight favorite, but has only a few snaps on the field this season. The market is ripe for the taking, and Dobbs is proving his worth for the Vikings each week.
Additionally, Aaron Rodgers is waiting in the wings for the New York Jets, looking to complete a medical marvel by returning to the field from an Achilles tear, months ahead of anything thought possible. He is back at +3300 odds, but if he does the impossible and steps on the field for the Jets this year, even for one game, his odds will rocket to the top.
Vikings Season Outlook Odds
Thanks to Dobbs excelling for the Vikings, Minnesota is trending in the right direction for the playoffs in a shocking turn of events.
When Kirk Cousins went down two weeks ago, this team could have closed up shop and folded until next year. Instead, they finished out against the Packers in the game he exited, and have won two straight with Dobbs at the helm.
Now with a five-game win streak in progress, they are 6-4 and sit in second in the NFC North. Only one and a half games behind the Detroit Lions, the Vikings have a very favorable remaining schedule.
Thanks to only three opponents with a winning record left, the Vikings have launched to -200 odds to make the playoffs. It is the first time they have been favorites to make the playoffs all season, and didn't look possible when they sat at 1-4 through the first five weeks.
Can the Vikings make a run at the playoffs with Joshua Dobbs? It certainly seems like a possibility given who they have left to play. And if they are able to get it done, Dobbs' odds will continue to climb for comeback player of the year.
NFL Odds
