Patriots
The Patriots’ projected win whole is larger than it has been lately coming into the season.
Arguably essentially the most anticipated season because the finish of the Tom Brady period in Foxborough is ready to start on Sunday.
There’s actually one option to show that there are better expectations for the Patriots in 2025 than there have been in different current years. In case you take a look at how oddsmakers view the Patriots coming into the yr, you’d discover that Mike Vrabel has some strain to succeed after they kick the season off in opposition to the Raiders on Sunday.
So, let’s check out what oddsmakers are projecting the Patriots, Drake Maye, and another key members to do in 2025.
Patriots odds
Win whole: 8.5
Odds to win Tremendous Bowl: +6000
Odds to win AFC: +2800 (ninth-best)
Odds to win AFC East: +475 (second-best)
Odds to make playoffs: +115
The Patriots are nonetheless considered as a long-shot title contender. Nonetheless, you may inform that expectations are larger this yr than final season based mostly on the percentages. At the moment final yr, the Patriots’ win whole was set at 4.5, whereas their Tremendous Bowl odds had been on the backside of the league.
This yr, oddsmakers mission the Patriots to be no less than a playoff contender. Their +115 odds to make the playoffs give them a 46.5 p.c implied chance of enjoying within the postseason. Although the Patriots’ win whole is ready at 8.5, they’re really favored to win 11 of their 17 video games within the common season.
The Patriots even have the second-best odds to win the AFC East, trailing simply the Payments. After all, Buffalo, which has received the division in every of the final 5 years, is an enormous favourite to win the AFC East once more with -330 odds.
Drake Maye odds
Odds to win MVP: +5000
Odds to win Offensive Participant of the Yr: +10000
Passing yards whole: 3,330.5
Passing touchdowns whole: 20.5
Speeding yards whole: 500.5
Oddsmakers aren’t projecting Maye to be a prime quarterback simply but. His +5000 odds to win MVP are tied for the 18th-best, with all the gamers listed in entrance of him additionally being quarterbacks.
Nonetheless, oddsmakers are projecting Maye to have a stable season as he enters Yr 2. He threw for two,276 yards, 15 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions final yr, however bear in mind, he performed in 13 video games and solely began and completed 10 of these video games.
If Maye places up the identical stats he had per sport or higher final yr in 2025, he’ll hit the over on every of these stats totals so long as he performs all 17 video games.
Different odds
Mike Vrabel to win Coach of the Yr: +600 (greatest odds)
Christian Gonzalez to win Defensive Participant: +5000 (tied for twelfth)
Stefon Diggs to win Comeback Participant of the Yr: +3000 (Tenth-best odds)
Josh McDaniels to win Assistant Coach of the Yr: +2000
TreVeyon Henderson: +1200 (fifth-best odds)
Just a few Patriots appear to be in rivalry for main awards coming into the season. Vrabel has the very best odds to win one of many prime awards as he’s the betting favourite to win Coach of the Yr.
Vrabel really received Coach of the Yr when he was with the Titans, taking residence the award in 2021. That win by Vrabel was solely simply one among 4 events since 2010 the place the coach who received the award helped his workforce attain the postseason within the earlier yr. In most years, the winner of the award has been a coach who has helped his workforce attain the playoffs after they did not make it within the prior season. So, Vrabel is a powerful candidate for the award in that regard.
Gonzalez can be within the combine for Defensive Participant of the Yr. He really has the identical odds as final yr’s winner, Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II, coming into the season. Nonetheless, Gonzalez will miss the season opener because of a hamstring damage that’s saved him out of form since July, so perhaps that isn’t a great wager to make.
Elsewhere, Diggs is an affordable candidate to win Comeback Participant of the Yr. The 31-year-old will play on Sunday after tearing his ACL final October. DraftKings Sportsbook isn’t projecting him to have main numbers in 2025, although, setting his receiving yards whole at 750.5 and his receiving touchdowns whole at 4.5.
Lastly, Henderson has rapidly change into a favourite amongst Patriots followers and fantasy soccer gamers. His standout efficiency within the preseason has helped his odds to win Offensive Rookie of the Yr enhance, with solely 4 first-round picks (Ashton Jeanty, Cam Ward, Travis Hunter, Omarion Hampton) holding higher odds. DraftKings Sportsbook has set Henderson’s dashing yards projection at 700.5 as he figures to separate carries with Rhamondre Stevenson.
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