Value play: Bet Los Angeles Rams’ Jared Verse to win NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year

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Four of the last 5 NFL Defensive Rookies of the Year have been edge rushers. The 3 players with the shortest odds to win this coming season’s award are edge rushers.

All 3 were first-round draft picks. Alabama’s Dallas Turner was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings. Florida State’s Jared Verse landed with the Los Angeles Rams and UCLA’s Laiatu Latu was selected by the Indianapolis Colts.

But here we want to find both value and a potential win with a wager.

Below, we analyze the 2024 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year odds from BetMGM Sportsbook and make the best suggestion among our expert NFL picks and predictions.

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2024 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year odds

Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Thursday, July 18 at 7:13 p.m. ET.

EDGE Dallas Turner, Minnesota Vikings (+400)
EDGE Laiatu Latu, Indianapolis Colts (+500)
EDGE Jared Verse, Los Angeles Rams (+1100)
CB Quinyon Mitchell, Philadelphia Eagles (+1100)
CB Terrion Arnold, Detroit Lions (+1100)
DT Byron Murphy, Seattle Seahawks (+1300)

For full list, see BetMGM Sportsbook.

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NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year best bet

EDGE Jared Verse, Los Angeles Rams (+1100)

The best position bet for the award is an edge defender. As mentioned, 4 of the last 5 winners have been edge rushers. Three of those 4 players were the top defensive players taken in the draft.

In this year’s draft, that would be Latu, although no defensive player was selected until the 15th overall pick, although Latu, Turner and Verse were all selected between 15th and 19th overall.

All 3 landed with teams where there are established pass rushers with success. Turner has DL Jonathan Greenard, who the Vikings signed as an offseason free agent after he had 12.5 sacks for the Texans last season. Greenard was teammate of last season’s Defensive Rookie of the Year in EDGE Will Anderson.

On the Colts, Latu will get to play with DLs DeForest Buckner, Kwity Paye and Samson Ebukam, all of whom had between 8.5 and 9.5 sacks.

On the Rams, Verse will have young teammates LB Byron Young and DL Kobie Turner, who had 8 and 9 sacks as rookies last season, respectively.

So, all 3 will have opportunities to face one-on-one blocking.

But the Rams were a playoff team last season and have one of the league’s top offenses, led by a veteran QB Matthew Stafford. The Vikings will be led by veteran QB Sam Darnold or rookie QB J.J. McCarthy this season, while the Colts have a 2nd-year QB Anthony Richardson.

Teams with leads will rush the passer more and get more sacks.

With Turner being the favorite, he isn’t a value play.

With productive pass rushers as teammates, a top veteran QB and a top-10 offense, Verse is the best option, especially for the value.

BET JARED VERSE to win NFL DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (+1100).

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