The biggest question for any NFL rookie is what kind of impact they will have in their first season playing at the next level. Some players will obviously have a much bigger impact than others and BetOnline has released its prop bet odds for which player will have the biggest impact on the offensive side of the ball as Offensive Rookie of the Year.
NFL player props are great way to add some betting action heading into a new season of games and one of the most popular props is for Offensive Rookie of the Year. The players on this list are the future of the league, but with this prop you get a chance to bet on which one will have the biggest impact right out of the gate based on betting odds by BetOnline.
Ezekial Elliott (Dallas) -150
The former running back from Ohio State and the fourth overall pick of the draft by the Dallas Cowboys is a prohibitive favorite to win this prop and I would have to agree. Elliott is expected to come in and immediate resurrect a Cowboys’ running game that took a major step backwards after leading the NFL in rushing in 2014 behind DeMarco Murray. What makes Elliott even more attractive is his ability to catch the ball out of the backfield. Quarterback Tony Romo flourished in 2014 when Murray won the NFL rushing title and you know that he will be looking to this rookie to fill the void.
Jared Goff (Los Angeles) +800
The value in Goff’s odds is that the top pick of this year’s draft is expected to start the season as the Rams’ quarterback so he will immediately get a chance to show the league what he can do. The drain on the value in these odds is the fact that Los Angeles inherits a St. Louis offense that was ranked near the bottom of the NFL in almost every major category. As a rookie, Goff will have the unenvious task of turning around a passing attack that averaged just 175.3 yards a game.
Sterling Shepard (New York) +1200
Shepard joins the likes of Odell Beckham in the Giants’ receiver corps and after receiving little fanfare as a second round pick, he is climbing this list with bettors after posting some impressive workouts in New York’s recent OTA’s. Catching a ball in practice is one thing, but making a major impact during the regular season is a whole other ball game. In his favor is an offense that loves to move the ball through the air with Eli Manning, but Beckham and a healthy Victor Cruz still line up as his top two targets.
Josh Doctson (Washington) +1600
This is another rookie wide receiver looking to make his mark in the NFC East. The Redskins stunned bettors as division champions last season after entering the year as prohibitive underdogs, so the expectation level for 2016 is already too high. Doctson is a talent that can have an immediate impact in the passing game if Kirk Cousins continues to evolve as a legitimate NFL franchise quarterback. The problem is that Cousins could actually take a slight step backwards this season with defenses making the necessary adjustments to shut him down.
Corey Coleman (Cleveland) +1600
Right off the bat, the Browns owe a major debt of gratitude to the Cavaliers for distracting Cleveland fans from another dismal season of football. The rookie wide receiver from Baylor joins an offense that has turned to quarterback Robert Griffin III (also from Baylor) as its starter after he was demoted to third string last year in Washington. The offense that both these players will try and turn around was ranked in the bottom-third of the league in passing, rushing and total yards in 2015. There were only two teams in the NFL that scored fewer points than the Browns. These two players may still someday flourish as a pass-catch combination, but not this year.
