Super Bowl 2023 MVP odds: Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts and Travis Kelce favored

With the Super Bowl matchup set between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, it is time to start looking ahead to some MVP odds. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce are the early three favorites, with Hurts leading the way.  The Eagles, coming from a dominant win over the San Francisco 49ers, are a small favorite with two weeks to go before the Super Bowl. There are plenty of questions about the Chiefs’ health going into this Super Bowl.

Kickoff for Super Bowl LVII is set for 6:30 p.m. ET from State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. The game will be broadcast nationally on FOX.

Hurts is listed at +110 to win, while Mahomes is +130. Kelce is the first non-quarterback on the board. Philadelphia’s Hassan Reddick is the defensive player with the best odds.

Odds update live and are from BetMGM.

Historically, the Super Bowl MVP award tends to go to an offensive player, usually a quarterback. Over the past 25 years, only four defensive players have won the award (Ray Lewis in Super Bowl XXXV, Dexter Jackson in XXVII, Malcolm Smith in XLVIII and Von Miller in Super Bowl 50), while 15 of those awards have gone to quarterbacks.

If any defensive player wins it this year, Reddick is a good bet to be the player to do it. He has been a game-wrecker for the Eagles defense all season and nearly unstoppable in their first two playoff games, already accounting for 3.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.

Besides being the two Super Bowl MVP favorites, Hurts and Mahomes are both finalists for this year’s league MVP award. However, the big thing to consider with them is their health going into the Super Bowl.

Hurts has been dealing with a shoulder injury since the end of the regular season, while the Eagles boast a 16-1 record in the 17 games (including playoffs) he has played this season. But he has not performed quite well individually since returning from the injury. In his last three starts, including playoffs, Hurts has averaged only 168 passing yards per game and thrown only two touchdowns (both in the Wild Card playoff run over New York).

His passing game has taken a step back. He has, however, still been able to make an impact on the ground with at least one rushing touchdown in the past two games. He is still the engine that drives the Eagles offense.

Meanwhile, Mahomes is still dealing with the high ankle sprain he suffered in the Divisional round against the Jacksonville Jaguars. After returning to that game, he looked extremely limited and was not quite 100 percent in the AFC Championship Game. Despite that, he still threw for 326 yards and two touchdowns against an outstanding Bengals defense. And while he did not have quite the same mobility that he always does, he could still extend some plays and make the game-deciding scramble that helped put the Chiefs into field goal range.

Kelce is perhaps the most intriguing name among the favorites because a tight end has never won the Super Bowl MVP award.

Kelce is a huge matchup problem for opposing defenses and had another massive regular season as Mahomes’ go-to target. He has taken on an even bigger role in the Chiefs offense this season by re-tooling the team’s wide receiver room. He has already caught 21 passes (on 25 targets) in two playoff games for three touchdowns. No other pass catcher on the Chiefs has more than seven receptions or more than 10 targets.