Although Buffalo Payments security Damar Hamlin remains to be the betting favourite to win the 2023 NFL Comebacker Participant of the 12 months award, he’s not the shoo-in he was just some weeks in the past.
Following his 368-yard, three-touchdown efficiency in a 36-22 win over the Houston Texans on Sunday, Cleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco now has the second-best odds of profitable the award, according to DraftKings, which lists Flacco’s odds at +350, behind solely Hamlin’s -300.
Some have argued that although Hamlin’s return was inspirational — his coronary heart stopped twice throughout a Week 17 recreation towards the Buffalo Payments final season and he fought his approach again to the energetic roster lower than eight months later — it might be troublesome to offer him the CPOTY award over gamers like Flacco, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford or Bucs QB Baker Mayfield as a result of he’s solely appeared in 5 video games this season with two tackles and 111 mixed snaps on protection and particular groups.