2016-17 NFL MVP: Winner Prediction and Complete Odds for Top Candidates

This NFL season has seen one of the closer MVP races in recent years.

Last year had little to no doubt, as Cam Newton stood out as an elite talent who carried the Carolina Panthers to the playoffs and a Super Bowl berth last season.

But this year? The field is much more crowded, and there isn’t a clear-cut winner.  

Here are the latest odds for the MVP award this season, according to OddsShark. 

This season has been an entertaining campaign, to say the least. At some points, it looked like Dallas Cowboys rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott was the favorite for MVP. Even his fellow rookie quarterback, Dak Prescott, was garnering some attention as well.

Don’t forget about Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers’ late-season charge, either. Through a six-game winning streak, Rodgers has thrown for 15 touchdowns and zero interceptions, an impressive feat for a quarterback who lost his first-string running back, Eddie Lacy, early on in the season.

But the MVP award is not necessarily about what is being done now, but rather the entire body of work. And looking at the award in that frame of mind, there is only one choice for the award: Atlanta Falcons standout quarterback Matt Ryan.

Matty Ice has been anything but cold this season. With the help of Julio Jones and a dynamic duo of a …

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