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Josh at -500 on DK now too, with Lamar at +350. If anything, the odds have shifted Josh’s way in the past couple of days.

Dan’s argument only makes too much sense. I swear Ravens fans just have nothing better to do with their time, yet what has their two-time MVP ever done for them in the playoffs?

I’d wait for the party for multiple reasons. If you go to the game or even just Nola and they lose, you’ll have spent a ton of money and be sick to your stomach. If they win, you’ll have just as much fun or more spending the days after in Buffalo, and spend way less money.

That’s what the Ravens get for not officially wrapping up their division sooner. We’re at least in the best physical shape heading into the playoffs as I ever remember.

And if the Bills make the SB, prices to the game probably would only go up. This team would be a huge draw.

I will never bet on Josh to win MVP again. The back and forth and politics is agony. Ravens fans are completely obnoxious and make me puke. If voters don’t realize the value that Josh brings to this team this season, I don’t know when they ever will. Regardless of who wins MVP, just want this team to obliterate anyone that gets in their way in the next four games.

Agreed. At least we’ll be the home team if we both win, so won’t have to worry about travel and will have the home field advantage.

Mayo game days be delicious

This is last year’s list of voters.

Cook has already broken 1,000 now, so got that going for us too.

Yea, if we had only lost to one of our division opponents like the Ravens found ways to lose to the Browns and Steelers.

Heck, I’ll chip in!

I wonder what Schefter’s bonuses are based on? Lame attempts to get attention and be relevant?

Someone can try to make the case that Allen isn’t even top 3 for MVP, but they’d be wrong. You acknowledge yourself that no one means more to their team than Allen. When Hurts went out for the 2nd half against Washington, all the sudden Barkley did nothing, which further highlights that Barkley has needed Hurts to be as great as he’s been this season. Regarding Burrow, there has never been an MVP with 8 losses, only Barry Sanders was an MVP with 7 losses. Wins matter when it comes to being MVP. Even Burrow acknowledges he shouldn’t win MVP, as they aren’t even going to win their division. The only viable alternative MVP candidate to Josh is Lamar.

Must mean Samuel is playing, right? Regarding the DL callup, wouldn’t surprise me if some guys are going to get the day off, like Rousseau or Oliver.

Pat Surtain has become the recent DPOY favorite, around -200 currently. Do you think he’s got it locked up too, or would you say it depends how the games go tomorrow? I think that race is actually still wide open, and guys like Kerby Joseph and Andrew Van Gunkel still have some pretty juicy odds out there (like 25-1 and 30-1). But maybe Vegas knows the media is settling on Surtain as worthy at this point.

Seems like a free ROI of 41%, right?

They were, but that was after Week 16 last year. Then Lamar put up 5 TDs on Miami and a perfect passer rating in Week 17, and his odds went to the -20000 I shared. He was a lock at the end of last season. Josh’s odds are far from -20000.

Lamar’s odds were -20000 heading INTO Week 18 last year, with Dak second at +1800. And they didn’t change much or at all after Week 18, to my memory, as he didn’t even play. This year the vote will be a lot closer than 49-1. https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/10103361-nfl-2023-mvp-odds-tips-on-the-favorites-and-best-values-for-week-18.amp.html

So Lamar is putting up better stats than Josh with a worse roster?

I think voters have likely made up their mind already, but still pulling for the Browns to give Lamar some problems today. Myles Garrett is supposedly playing, so maybe he can cause issues?

If I’m interpreting it correctly, Spotrac has us at 3rd most dead cap this season at $75M. $31M of that is Diggs, and then mostly of mix of the other vets that were released last offseason too. Heading into 2025, we’re sitting at 22nd with about $5.4M so far. $4.1M of that looks to be Tre White. So that’s another good point, right now about $70M less in dead cap. Really amazing what this team has been able to do this season so far, considering the cap situation.

At his pace, he should finish with 30+.

Between the existing roster (not pegged to lose too many key free agents), free agency and the draft, I truly think that Beane can make this roster even stronger heading into the 2025 season. Which is kind of scary for the rest of the league.