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You can now bet on yardage and touchdown totals for some Chicago Bears players.
The NFL season is becoming increasingly close to a 12-month season. From the Super Bowl, we jump to the NFL Combine. Shortly after that, it’s NFL free agency, and after that, the NFL Draft is right around the corner. May comes, and we get the NFL schedule release and OTAs and mandatory minicamps in June. From mid-June to late-July, that’s when the NFL finally shuts down, but leaves it to the sportsbooks to give us something to talk about!
FanDuel (as well as other domestic sportsbooks) has released their player props for several players in the league, including some Chicago Bears. Here’s some of the season-long props available.
Caleb Williams. FanDuel has set Caleb Williams’ over prop at 3500.5 yards and his passing touchdowns at 22.5. You can also bet Caleb Williams to lead the league in passing yards at +2600, and you can also bet Caleb Williams to become the first Chicago Bear to throw for 4,000 yards at +280. If you think Caleb can go north of 4,500 yards, you can get that for +1100.
My initial leans here are to bet the over on yards and touchdown passes, as well as betting the plus money on the 4,000-yard prop. I wouldn’t touch the lead the league in passing yards prop or the 4,500 passing yardage prop.
Rushing Yardage. FanDuel offers yardage props on about 15 different running backs, but none of them are D’Andre Swift. Whether that’s just because he isn’t a prominent back or they are uncertain about how many carries Swift will get this year, you’ll have to ask FanDuel, but they do have Caleb Williams rushing yardage props.
Caleb Williams' rushing prop total is set at 400.5. You can also bet on Caleb Williams to have over 750 rushing yards and get that at +420. If you want to place a wild bet, you can place Caleb Williams to have over 1,000 rushing yards at +1600.
Here are my initial leans. Don’t bet on over 1,000 yards unless you are feeling generous and just want to donate money. If you can bet the other side at 750 yards, you’ll eat a huge amount of juice, but I think it’s a virtual lock that Williams is under 750 yards. If you can find the number, it’s probably going to be -500, and I think that’s such a guarantee I would eat that much of a favorite to bet it.
Caleb Williams doesn’t want to run. He wants to stay in the pocket. Last year, Williams ran for 489 yards. That was largely due to a dysfunctional offense and a porous offensive line, where Caleb Williams had to run for yardage after the play broke down. I think that will be far less this year, and I don’t see Williams running as much. If you wanted to bet the rushing yardage prop, I would go under 400 yards.
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