NFL Week 7 betting recap, trends, line movement: Drake Mayes rise, the inept Jets
The Post’s Dylan Svoboda takes a look at this week’s betting trends and storylines.Drake Maye has arrived.The Patriots’ second-year quarterback is playing himself into the NFL MVP conversation, throwing for 1,744 yards with 12 touchdowns and just two interceptions through seven games.
He’s now +700 to win the award at FanDuel Sportsbook, which are the third-best odds behind MVP favorite Patrick Mahomes (+125) and Josh Allen (+350).Maye’s play has helped New England get out to one of the most surprising starts of the season.Heading into their Week 8 match up against the Browns, the Patriots are sitting in first-place in the AFC East at 5-2.
It’s getting ugly for the Jets.Gang Green fell to 0-7 after losing, 13-6, to the Panthers in one of few winnable games left on their schedule.A winless season is now becoming a real possibility.FanDuel Sportsbook is pricing an 0-17 Jets season at +2500.
They are a sizable 7.5-point underdog to the Joe Burrow-less Bengals in Cincinnati next week before hosting the Browns in Week 10 after their bye week.The Colts are finally being looked at as a Super Bowl contender.After another impressive win, this time a two-touchdown victory over the Chargers in Los Angeles, Indianapolis jumped to +1200 to win the Super Bowl, which is tied with the Rams for the sixth-best odds, just behind the defending champion Eagles (+1000).As mentioned here before, the Colts entered the season as a long shot to even make the playoffs, but the amazing play from Daniel Jones now has them among the class of the league.
The Cardinals’ insane Week 5 loss to the Titans may have been outdone.The Giants led the Broncos, 19-0, going into the fourth quarter and 26-8 with six minutes remaining.With 37 seconds left, they also had a 32-30 lead.And yet, they still left Denver with a loss.Bo Nix and the Broncos scored a ridiculous 33 points during the fourth quarter, which was a Denver franchise record and the most fourth quarter points scored by a team ...