Alvin Kamara Odds and Futures

Although the New Orleans Saints are in a bit of a transition period at the quarterback position, their running back continues to be the focal point of their offense in Alvin Kamara. The fifth-year do-it-all back is the engine that drives the Saints and with the state of Louisiana now allowing sports betting on New Orleans Saints’ game, you can wager on lots of different betting markets for Alvin Kamara odds.

Sportsbooks like DraftKings and BetMGM offer a variety of futures markets involving Alvin Kamara odds such as NFL MVP, NFL Offensive Player of the Year, Most Rushing Yards and 2021 and Most Receiving Yards. Entering Week 9 of the 2021 NFL season, let’s check in on those markets and see where Kamara stands and if it’s worth betting on:

Alvin Kamara NFL MVP Odds

Week 9: +100000, BetMGM

This one might be a bit aggressive out of the gate considering a running back hasn’t won NFL MVP since 2012. That’s why at this juncture of the season, it would be wise to avoid Kamara for this NFL MVP odds just because this is typically a quarterback award. No one would deny that Kamara is the MVP of the New Orleans Saints but there’s a reason he’s +100000 at BetMGM to win the award with an implied probability of less than 0.1%.

Verdict: Wouldn’t even put a free bet on it. No thanks!

Alvin Kamara NFL Offensive Player of the Year Odds

Week 9: +4000, BetMGM

For NFL Offensive Player of the Year, Alvin Kamara could be a worthy consideration mainly because of how versatile he is and how quickly he can rack up stats. Kamara has six touchdowns this season, two on the ground and four from the pass and with the quarterback situation murky, he’ll be relied on even more for the remainder of the season.

Once the news came out of Titans RB Derrick Henry being lost for the season due to injury, the door opened immediately for another player to swoop in and take the hardware. Now would be the time to grab Kamara at a sportsbook like BetMGM because if he has a game with multi-touchdowns, those odds will drop dramatically Since 2000, every player that has won the AP NFL OPOY award has been on a winning team with at least 10 wins in that respective season.

Verdict: Grab it now!

Alvin Kamara – Most Rushing Yards in 2021 NFL Season

Week 9: +2500, DraftKings Sportsbook

This one is a tough call and unlikely to happen mainly because of how Alvin Kamara is utilized by the Saints. He’s not the traditional three-down back who will get 95% of the carries like Derrick Henry of Jonathan Taylor will. That said, he’s only 169 yards back of Taylor, who is the NFL rushing yards leader among healthy players and still has an extra game to play with the Colts yet to have a bye.

The Saints also have some games coming up against teams struggling to contain running backs this season like the Falcons and Jets that could easily push Kamara to the top of the yardage rankings. It’s a long shot but at +2500 and the usage the Saints running back gets, it wouldn’t be out of the question to see him with the rushing crown by the conclusion of the season with Henry now out of the picture.

Verdict: Don’t love it but worth a sprinkle.