Top Contenders for NFL Comeback Player of the Year 2022 – Preview, Odds

Top Contenders for Comeback Player of the Year

4 leading Contenders for Comeback Player of the Year 2022 with the latest odds from BetOnline sportsbook.

Comeback Player of the Year Odds

Dak Prescott -165

Joe Burrow +125

Dak Prescott

Dak Prescott had suffered a very serious compound ankle fracture and dislocation towards the beginning of the Dallas Cowboys previous season.

Despite that major injury, Prescott came out on opening day and went toe to toe with Tom Brady, barely losing in the closing seconds.

From that point on, Prescott just didn’t look back. He had some rough stretches but still finished the team with 4,449 passing yards, 37 touchdowns and only ten interceptions.

On top of that, he had a completion percentage of 68.8 percent.

In that season finale game in the regular season, Dak also helped his team stomp the Philadelphia Eagles to solidify themselves as the number three seed.

He had thrown five touchdowns and broke the franchise record for single season touchdown passes which was previously 36, held by Tony Romo. Unfortunately, the Cowboys were eliminated in the Wild Card Round by the San Francisco 49ers, but that doesn’t take away from the ridiculous comeback Prescott has had this season.

It isn’t often that a guy can perform like this after seeing such a gruesome leg injury a year ago.

Joe Burrow

Joe Burrow is a very close second, with some offshore betting sites listing him as a narrow favorite.

Burrow had himself a ridiculously good year. In his rookie season, Burrow had suffered a horrible torn ACL and MCL halfway through the year.

He was somehow able to have a quick recovery and return for Week 1 of the NFL season.

He helped the Bengals all the way to the top of the AFC North, winning the division for the first time in years.

They had ten wins on the season, four more than they had in their previous two years combined as well. All of which happened in just his second season of his career.

When you look at his stats, you would think that he isn’t even a sophomore in this league with the way he has been slinging it around.

He finished with 4,611 passing yards, 36 total touchdowns and a league leading 8.9 yards per pass attempt.

Not to mention that he also led the league in completion percentage4 at 70.4 percent.

Throughout the entire last month of the regular season, Burrow had thrown 11 touchdowns and not a single interception to get his team locked into the playoffs.

Now, Burrow has helped his team get the first playoff win in 31 years in Cincinnati history.

Then he went on to get the team's first road playoff win for the first time ever the week after and is about to play in the AFC Championship game. Plus, he is firmly cemented into that MVP race with his recent play towards the end of the season.

Nick Bosa

We can’t discredit the season that Nick Bosa was able to have. Similar to the MVP award, quarterbacks are usually favored in the voting process.

However, Bosa may have done enough to get himself in the conversation here.

He was the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year two years ago, and everybody thought that he would follow it up with an even better season.

Unfortunately, Bosa suffered a torn ACL in just Week 2. He found a way to recover and return to the field in Week 1 of this current season.

He finished the year with 15 and a half sacks, more than his healthy brother Joey Bosa on the Los Angeles Chargers.

It’s already impressive that he was able to return as fast as he did in the first place, but the fact that he returned and had more sacks than his rookie season was even better.

I believe one of the biggest reasons that Bosa is so high up on the list right now is that he can’t rely on other factors like quarterbacks can.

Both Burrow and Prescott have a strong offensive line to work behind and a lot of other receivers to run for them.

As for Bosa, he needs to be dominant every single snap when rushing the passer and can’t sit in the pocket like those other guys. Again, quarterbacks usually win the award, but Bosa has to be in consideration.

Carson Wentz

Surprisingly, Carson Wentz is fourth in the odds list to win the Comeback Player of the Year award.

Funny enough, Wentz is on this list due to poor player and getting benched rather than a serious injury like Burrow, Bosa and Prescott.

Wentz had suffered a lot of minor injuries that caused him to miss some time and ultimately wasn’t that good of a quarterback when he was in the starting lineup with the Philadelphia Eagles last year.

This was the reason that they decided to kick him to the curb and send him over to the Indianapolis Colts.

Wentz in his first season with the Colts was able to produce 3,563 passing yards, 27 touchdowns and seven interceptions.

He relied heavily upon the rushing of Jonathan Taylor to win games but despite a 1-4 start to the season they were a win away from making it into the postseason.

Unfortunately, Wentz and the Colts absolutely collapsed in that season finale against the Jacksonville Jaguars and got knocked out of the playoffs entirely.

If there was any chance for Wentz to get this award at all, that loss to the Jaguars completely crushed it.

On top of all that, there has been comments made in the Colts organization about Wentz getting moved in the offseason again.

There are concerns that he isn’t the guy they need at the quarterback position and that he just won’t be able to take them where they want to go.

He was good enough to get into the conversation at least a little bit, but there should be zero chance that he goes and wins the award when they announce it.

If you are betting on the award, you should stay very far away from Wentz or else you could be losing quite a bit of money betting on him.

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