The offseason has brought futures odds for next year’s Super Bowl champion and also player awards. You can bet on who you think will be next year’s MVP, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.
But you will have a hard time finding an Arizona Cardinals player to bet on for Defensive Player of the Year.
In BetMGM Sportsbook’s odds for the award, only one Cardinals player has any odds — safety Budda Baker.
Baker is a long shot to win the award, listed with +15000 or 150/1 odds. He has only 0.67% implied odds of winning. He is one of 40 defenders with +15000 odds.
Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett was the Defensive Player of the Year for last season.
A safety has not won the award since Steelers safety Troy Polamalu did in 2010. Three safeties — Polamalu, Bob Sanders and Ed Reed — won it between 2004 and 2010. A safety has won it only five times ever.
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