Leading up to the start of this year's NFL Draft, BetOnline released its betting odds for a number of different props in conjunction with the three-day proceedings in Chicago. Three of the most popular player props for Thursday's draft picks in the first round had to do with how many quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers would be chosen that night.
The "over/under" on quarterbacks had a very risky -1500 for OVER 2.5 while the moneyline odds for UNDER 2.5 were set at +800. We all knew that Jared Goff and Carson Wentz were going No. 1 and No. 2 so the big question was when would Paxton Lynch come off the board? Many draft experts had the New York taking him at No. 20, but he ended up going to Denver at 26th after the Broncos decided to move down to get their quarterback of the future. I rolled the dice on a very risky moneyline bet and it paid off.
The betting odds for how many running backs would be taken in the first round were set at +350 for OVER 1.5 and at -500 for the UNDER. Once again, we knew that Ezekiel Elliott was a lock to go on Thursday night and he came off the board to Dallas at No. 4. The next highest graded back in the draft was Derrick Henry, out of Alabama.
NFL general managers and head coaches are reluctant to use a first round pick on a running back given their short shelf life in the league, but I thought that Henry might be an exception to the rule given his overall strength,size and ability. I also rolled the dice that Carolina would take him with the 30th pick of the first round, but I lost that bet when he stayed on the board until Tennessee drafted him with the 14th pick of the second round (45th overall).
My third NFL Draft player prop bet on Thursday night was the over/under on how many wide receivers would be taken in the first round. The betting odds for this prop had a +120 moneyline for OVER 3.5 and the odds for a play on the UNDER were -150. This pick got a bit tricky since the first wide receiver in this year's draft class was not expected to come off the board until the second half of the opening round.
That prediction proved to be correct with Cleveland selecting Corey Coleman at No. 15. There were three other wide receivers considered to be first round material and the floodgates opened from there with Will Fuller going to Houston at No. 21 and Washington taking Josh Doctson with the very next pick. Closing out the trifecta to bring home the money in this prop was Minnesota selecting Laquon Treadwell at No. 23.
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